Monthly measures and results for November 2017

Monthly Measures and Results for November 2017*
*(Reflects Safety Outcomes as of September 30 2017 And Permanency Outcomes as of October 31 2017) With Appendices
This report is produced by the Data Unit. For questions or comments you may contact one of the following Samantha Adams Director (Samantha.Adams dhs.ga.gov) John Roach Unit Manager(John.Roach dhs.ga.gov) Vickie Fluellen Analyst(Vickie.Fluellen dhs.ga.gov)

Part I Definitions And Data Sources contained in Report
Part II Safety Outcomes Part III Permanency/Well-being Outcomes Part IV Appendices
A. Disposition of Investigations by Percentage B. Regional Charts of Outcome V (Trend of Unique Children in the Legal
Custody of DFCS Under the Age of 18) C. Regional Charts of Outcome XIV Stability Performance Coefficient
(Number of Moves/Number of Days in Custody * 1000)

SAFETY Children are first and foremost protected from abuse and neglect.
Outcome I Child Protective Services Cases Count of unique CPS Investigations and Family Preservation (Ongoing) stages open at any point during the month. Includes all cases active at some time during the month. Outcome is calculated 45 days prior to the date of report.
Outcome 1A Family Support Cases Only Count of unique Family Support stages open at any point during the month. Outcome IB Family Preservation Cases Only Count of unique Family Preservation stages open at any point during the month. Outcome IC Investigation Cases Only Count of unique Investigation stages open at any point during the month.
Sources SHINES
Outcome II Recurrence of Substantiated Child Maltreatment Of all the children who were victims of substantiated maltreatment in the first 6 months of the year the percentage that had substantiated maltreatment within the following 6 months. Outcome is calculated 45 days prior to the date of report. Each month is calculated as a rolling calendar year. National Standard less than or equal to 5.40% Source SHINES
Outcome III Disposition of Child Abuse and Neglect Reports Chart reflects the disposition of reports received in a particular month. Data includes count of Family Support Substantiated Investigations Unsubstantiated Investigations and Screen-outs. Outcome is calculated 45 days prior to the date of report. Source SHINES
Outcome IV Subsequent Case-type of Investigations by Disposition Chart reflects the disposition of investigations received in a particular month by the subsequent case type. Data includes count of Family Preservation (Substantiated and Unsubstantiated Open) Foster Care (Substantiated and Unsubstantiated Open) Substantiated and Unsubstantiated Closed. Outcome is calculated 45 days prior to the date of report. Source SHINES

PERMANENCY Children have permanency and stability in their living situations. Outcome V Number of Child Placement Services Cases
Count of unique children who were involved in an open Foster Care or Adoption stage during the month. In placement services each child who is the principal (PC) is considered a case. Source SHINES
Outcome VI Children in the Legal Custody of DFCS Under the Age of 18
Count of unique children who were in the legal custody of DFCS (17 years of age and under) at some point during the month
Outcome VI - A Children in the Legal Custody of DFCS Under the Age of 18 (Regional) Count of unique children who were in the legal custody of DFCS (17 years of age and under) at some point during the month.
Source SHINES
Outcome VII Comparison of Foster Care Entries & Exits Number of children who have entered foster care and number of children who have exited foster care during the month. Total children at end of month show the number of children on the last day of the month. Source SHINES
Outcome VIII Foster Care Re-entries Of all the children who entered foster care the percentage that were discharged from a prior episode of foster care within 12 months of the current foster care placement. National Standard less than or equal to 8.60%. Source SHINES
Outcome IX Foster Care Length of Stay Percentage of children by number of months in foster care during each month. Source SHINES

PERMANENCY cont d Children have permanency and stability in their living situations.
Outcome X Length of Time to Achieve Reunification Percentage of children who exited care during the month through reunification with their family that reunified in less than 12 months from the date of their removal. National Standard greater than or equal to 76.20% Source SHINES
Outcome XI Children Placed with Relatives Of all children in DFCS custody the percentage that are placed with a relative or a relative foster home. State Target greater than or equal to 30.00% Source SHINES
Outcome XII Extended Youth Services Number of children ages 18 21 who remained in the custody of DFCS beyond their birth month. Source SHINES
Outcome XIII Adoptions Finalized The number of children whose adoption was finalized within each month.. Source SHINES
Outcome XIV Stability Performance Coefficient (Number of Moves/Number of Days in Custody * 1000) A calculated value based upon the ACF CFSR Round 3 which is part of Program Improvement. It is calculated from a rolling 12 month population of the entry cohort where the child remained in custody for over 8 days and was not 18 on the date of removal. The federal standard is 4.12. Source SHINES (Not in Slide Deck)
**Note Data may vary from month to month due to 13 month data trends being re-run over the time span for the various outcomes in this report.

Outcome I Child Protective Services Cases (State Fiscal Year 2018 To Date)
During the month of September 2017 there was an increase in the total cases of 6.5% since August 2017. The average for the state fiscal year 2018 To Date reveals a 4.6% decrease since last state fiscal year. Comparatively Georgia had 7.2% less cases last state fiscal year during September 2016 than September 2017.
30 000

25 000

SFY 2018 to date 4.6% decrease

20 000 15 000

2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

10 000

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

State FY Jul

2018 2017 2016

18 559 17 941 19 470

2015 2014

24 151 12 363

Aug
20 022 18 028 19 788 23 295 12 693

Sep
21 333 19 902 21 943 26 176 13 715

Oct

Nov

Dec

21 876 23 541 28 108 15 162

22 436 23 277 26 664 16 008

21 480 22 946 24 857 17 416

Jan
19 661 21 916 23 497 18 470

Feb
20 197 22 795 22 721 19 491

Mar
22 871 25 075 24 293 22 662

Apr
21 703 24 431 23 911 24 120

May
23 335 24 307 23 896 25 071

Jun Average

21 684 21 504

19 971 20 926 22 583

22 124 22 747 23 905 17 161

% Change
-4.6% -7.3% -7.7% 32.5% 23.4%

Outcome IA Child Protective Services Cases Family Support Cases Only
(State Fiscal Year 2018 To Date)

While Family Support cases increased during September 2017 by 8.8% since August 2017 there was an overall improvement in the average cases of 17.1% decrease in the average to date of the current State Fiscal Year 2018 over State Fiscal Year 2017. The chart reveals that there was an increase in SFY 2017 s case average of 39.5% over the prior SFY. SFY 2016 s case average revealed a decrease of 19.4% over SFY 2015.

14 000

12 000

SFY 2018 To Date 17.1% decrease

10 000 8 000 6 000 4 000

2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

2 000

0

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

State FY Jul

2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

8 090 5 047 6 363 10 354 4 723

Aug
8 798 6 690 6 419 9 919 5 083

Sep
9 571 9 881 7 460 10 866 5 658

Oct
12 531 8 588 11 791 6 418

Nov
13 017 8 881 11 259 6 690

Dec
12 144 8 558 10 117 6 919

Jan
10 698 8 036 8 862 6 919

Feb
10 919 8 013 8 111 7 113

Mar
12 430 8 118 8 494 8 552

Apr
11 615 7 549 8 206 9 511

May
12 294 7 398 8 176 9 951

Jun
10 471 6 211 7 450 9 826

Average
8 820 10 645 7 633 9 467 7 280

% Change -17.1%
39.5% -19.4% 30.0% 24.3%

Outcome IB Child Protective Services Cases Family Preservation Cases Only (State Fiscal Year 2018 To Date)
Through September 2017 (SFY 2018 to date) there was a 7.9% increase in the number of Family Preservation cases since SFY 2017. Caseloads decreased from August 2016 October 2016 with case counts remaining constant through April 2017 and increasing for the final two months of SFY 2017. The data revealed that SFY 2017 has an average that is 16.7% lower than SFY 2016 s average. State Fiscal Years 2016 2017 and 2018 to date show a marked decrease in Family Preservation Cases since SFY 2015.

7 000

6 000

2017 to date 7.9%
increase

5 000 4 000 3 000

2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

2 000

Jul

Aug Sep

Oct

Nov Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

State FY
2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

Jul
4 439 4 394 5 705 4 042 2 960

Aug
4 471 4 188 5 409 4 282 2 889

Sep
4 480 4 057 5 215 4 573 2 779

Oct
4 003 5 060 4 971 2 709

Nov
4 037 4 946 5 298 2 649

Dec
4 122 4 880 5 716 2 746

Jan
4 077 4 740 5 963 2 813

Feb
4 016 4 678 6 069 2 879

Mar
4 129 4 761 6 158 3 004

Apr
4 041 4 763 6 109 3 031

May
4 201 4 752 6 048 3 224

Jun
4 360 4 658 5 992 3 501

Average
4 463 4 135 4 964 5 435 2 932

% Change
7.9% -16.7% -8.7% 85.4% -5.5%

Outcome IC Child Protective Services Cases Investigation Cases Only
(State Fiscal Year 2018 To Date)
Since the beginning of SFY 2018 Investigation cases showed an 8.8% increase in average caseloads since 2017. During July 2017 there was a 12% decrease over June 2017 cases followed by increases in August and September 2017 of 21%. Investigation cases declined during the first semester through January 2017 by 43% during SFY 2017. A similar trend is seen from SFY 2014 SFY 2017 of an increase from February March.

14 000 12 000 10 000
8 000 6 000

SFY 2018 to 8.8%
increase

2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

4 000

2 000

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

State FY
2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

Jul
6 030 8 499 7 402 9 755 4 680

Aug
6 753 7 149 7 960 9 093 4 721

Sep
7 282 5 964 9 268 10 736 5 278

Oct
5 342 9 893 11 345 6 035

Nov
5 382 9 450 10 106 6 669

Dec
5 214 9 508 9 023 7 751

Jan
4 886 9 140 8 671 8 738

Feb
5 262 10 104 8 540 9 499

Mar
6 312 12 196 9 640 11 106

Apr
6 047 12 119 9 595 11 578

May
6 840 10 636 9 671 11 896

Jun
6 853 10 636 8 679 10 578

Average
6 688 6 146 9 927 9 571 8 211

% Change
8.8% -37.7%
3.0% 16.6% 38.2%

Outcome II Recurrence of Substantiated Child Maltreatment (September 2016 September 2017)
The trend below reveals a decrease in the number of repeated substantiated incidents of child maltreatment. During September 2016 Georgia was above the national standard of 5.4%. One year later this value is reduced by over 60% reflecting many effective changes that have been implemented in Child Protective Services.
8%

National Standard

7%

less than or equal

to 5.40%

6%

5%

4%

3%

2%

1%

0% Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17

Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 5.49% 5.24% 4.98% 4.37% 3.96%

Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 3.54% 2.86% 2.36% 2.04% 2.08%

Jul-17 1.97%

Aug-17 Sep-17 1.91% 2.52%

Outcome III Disposition of Child Abuse and Neglect Reports (September 2016 September 2017)
Of the CPS cases that had a disposition during the month of September 2017 29% were screen outs 43% were Family Support and 28% were Investigations. Only 22% of the Investigations were substantiated. The overall yearly trend shows the number of Family Support cases significantly higher through June 2017. Screened Out cases while lower than Family Support were less than investigations in June 2017 and July 2017. Conversely total investigations declined during the first four months through December 2016 followed by increases through March 2017 followed by fluctuations of decreases and increases through September 2017.

Unsubstantiated Investigations 7 000

Substantiated Investigations

Family Support

Investigations

Screenouts

6 000

5 000

4 000

3 000

2 000

1 000

0 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17

Family Support
Screenouts
Investigations Substantiated Investigations Unsubstantiated Investigations

Sep-16
6 175 2 508 2 464 455 2 009

Oct-16
5 732 2 369 2 337 442 1 895

Nov-16
5 092 2 560 2 260 375 1 885

Dec-16
4 373 2 438 2 010 375 1 635

Jan-17
5 298 2 966 2 413 482 1 931

Feb-17
5 155 3 096 2 430 447 1 983

Mar-17
5 989 3 408 2 872 606 2 266

Apr-17
4 598 2 851 2 428 552 1 876

May-17
5 110 3 268 2 972 693 2 279

Jun-17
3 052 2 187 2 316 613 1 703

Jul-17
3 106 2 136 2 433 669 1 764

Aug-17
5 309 3 588 3 561 897 2 664

Sep-17
4 274 2 963 2 808 628 2 180

Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Types of Investigations (September 2016 September 2017)
According to September s data 14.9% of Investigations were subsequently opened as a Family Preservation case 10.3% of Investigations were opened as a Foster Care case and 74.8% of Investigations were closed.

4 000 3 000 2 000 1 000
0

Unsubst Closed Subst Closed FostCare UnsubOpen FostCare SubOpen FamPres UnsubOpen FamPres SubOpen

Sep-16

FamPres SubOpen 196

FamPres UnsubOpen 229

FostCare SubOpen 173

FostCare UnsubOpen Subst Closed
Unsubst Closed

149 127 1 688

Oct-16
170 261 166 115 140 1 547

Nov-16 Dec-16

160 246 135 125 97 1 555

128 240 149 141 136 1 343

Jan-17
193 304 155 155 157 1 562

Feb-17 Mar-17

181 253 125 147 162 1 647

272 340 189 128 198 1 893

Apr-17
213 299 186 109 213 1 605

May-17
291 328 189 120 258 1 930

Jun-17
200 281 199 101 255 1 373

Jul-17
215 244 193 114 278 1 424

Aug-17 Sep-17

327 333 248 150 366 2 208

201 227 182 113 260 1 889

Outcome V Number of Children in Placement Services (State Fiscal Year 2018 To Date)
There was a slight increase in the number of placement services that were open during the month of October 2017(19 077) of 1.8% since August 2017. The placement services includes continued collaboration with families after out of home care may have ended as well as those who are in out of home care with DFCS Age 0 - 21.

22 000

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

20 000

18 000

16 000

14 000

12 000

10 000

8 000 6 000 4 000

2018 to date 5.0%
increase

2 000

0

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

State FY Jul

2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

18 485 17 494 15 340 12 952 10 847

Aug
18 831 17 719 15 530 13 147 10 817

Sep
18 744 17 704 15 798 13 484 10 828

Oct
19 077 17 838 15 993 13 763 10 903

Nov
17 811 16 152 13 779 10 861

Dec
17 809 16 174 14 028 10 992

Jan
17 994 16 533 14 320 11 139

Feb
17 998 16 774 14 489 11 384

Mar
17 989 16 870 14 699 11 707

Apr
17 912 17 010 14 883 12 410

May
18 097 17 421 15 142 12 527

Jun
18 296 17 643 15 334 12 611

Average

% Change

18 784 5.0%

17 888 8.8%

16 437 16.0%

14 168 24.1%

11 419 4.5%

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (October 2016 October 2017)

The number of children in foster care under the age of 18 increased to 13 978 during October 2017. The following slides reveal that there were 770 entries and 547 exits. On the last day of August 2017 there were 13 431 children in custody from this population. Of those who entered custody during the month sixty three children (8.2%) had a prior episode within 12 months.

14 000 13 000 12 000 11 000 10 000
9 000 8 000 7 000 6 000 5 000 4 000 3 000 2 000 1 000
0

Oct-16

Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17

Feb-17

Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

Jul-17

Aug-17 Sep-17

Oct-17

Oct-16 13 008

Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 13 034 13 020 13 047

Feb-17 13 140

Mar-17 13 333

Apr-17 13 268

May-17 13 534

Jun-17 13 565

Jul-17 13 592

Aug-17 13 769

Sep-17 13 659

Oct-17 13 978

Outcome VI-A Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (Regional) ( October 2016 October 2017)
The number of children in Foster Care under the age of 18 during October 2017 was 13 978. Visually you can see that Region 14 has the highest proportion of children in custody at any point in time. During October 2017 Region 14 had 1 596 children in DFCS custody followed by Region 13 with 1 449 children and Region 1 with 1 379 children. (for regional trends see appendix). Region 13 showed the highest change in population counts from September 2017 to October 2017 (66) which represented an 4.8% increase regionally and was 21% of the total change in child counts for September 2017.
16 000

14 000 12 000 10 000
8 000 6 000 4 000 2 000
0 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

Jul-17

R14 R13 R12 R11 R10 R9 R8 R7 R6 R5 R4 R3 R2 R1
Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17

Outcome VII Comparison of Foster Care Entries and Exits (October 2016 October 2017)
Multiple trends can be seen in this graph. There was a increase in the number of entries from June 2017 through August 2017 with a drop in September and rebound in October 2017. Exits also increased starting in May 2017 with a decrease in September and rebound in October 2017. There was a net gain of 223 children who were removed from their homes versus those who were discharged from foster care which resulted in the overall population as of the last day of the month having an increase of 223 children from September 2017 to October 2017.

1400 12 451
1200

12 418

12 326

Entries 12 528 12 610

12 672

Exits 12 777

12 897

End-Of-Month 12 891 12 875

13 027

13 208

13 431 14000 12000

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10000

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4000

200

2000

0

0

Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17

Oct-16 601 565

Nov-16 583 616

Dec-16 605 698

Jan-17 723 522

Feb-17 617 534

Mar-17 724 665

Apr-17 596 493

May-17 760 643

Jun-17 670 677

Jul-17 702 719

Aug-17 897 742

Sep-17 633 451

Oct-17 770 547

Outcome VII Foster Care Re-Entries (October 2016 October 2017)
Reentries into foster care improved during December 2016 followed by a spike revealing that the number of re-entries increased over 100%. The re-entry rate and number of reentries for October 2017 (8.2%) increased both in ratio and actual counts compared to September 2017 s ratio. The number and proportion of re-entries to entries increased during October 2017 compared to October 2016.

Reentries

Reentry Rate

110

National

11.0%

Standard less

100

9.6%

9.0%

9.7%

than or equal to 8.60%

10.0%

90

8.1%

8.2% 9.0%

80

7.7%

8.0%

70 60 50 6.0% 40

4.8%

7.3% 5.1%

6.9%

6.6% 5.6%

7.0% 6.0% 5.0% 4.0%

30

3.0%

20

2.0%

10

1.0%

0 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

Jul-17

0.0% Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17

Oct-16 36
6.0%

Nov-16 56
9.6%

Dec-16 29
4.8%

Jan-17 65
9.0%

Feb-17 45
7.3%

Mar-17 37
5.1%

Apr-17 46
7.7%

May-17 74
9.7%

Jun-17 46
6.9%

Jul-17 57
8.1%

Aug-17 50
5.6%

Sep-17 42
6.6%

Oct-17 63
8.2%

Outcome VIII Foster Care Length of Stay (October 2016 October 2017)
During the month of October 2017 the lengths of stay among the foster care populations remained close to September 2017 with a .5% decrease in those children who were 12 months to less than 24 months in custody and a .5 increase in the number of children who were less than 12 months in custody. Comparison of the trend from last August 2016 reveals that there are higher proportion of children who are staying in care for less than 24 months.

100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17

4 Years 3-4 Years 2-3 Years 1-2 Years 1 Year

4 Years 3 - 4 Years 2 - 3 Years 1 - 2 Years
1 Year

Oct-16 5.2% 5.0% 13.6% 28.1% 48.2%

Nov-16 5.2% 5.1% 13.4% 28.8% 47.4%

Dec-16 5.2% 5.3% 13.8% 29.0% 46.8%

Jan-17 5.2% 5.3% 14.2% 28.9% 46.5%

Feb-17 5.3% 5.5% 14.3% 29.4% 45.4%

Mar-17 5.5% 5.7% 14.7% 28.8% 45.3%

Apr-17 5.5% 5.9% 15.0% 28.7% 44.9%

May-17 5.5% 5.8% 15.3% 28.7% 44.7%

Jun-17 5.5% 6.0% 15.1% 29.4% 44.0%

Jul-17 5.3% 6.4% 14.9% 28.9% 44.4%

Aug-17 5.3% 6.6% 14.9% 28.2% 45.0%

Sep-17 5.4% 6.9% 15.2% 27.5% 45.0%

Oct-17 5.3% 7.0% 15.2% 27.0% 45.5%

Outcome IX Length of Time to Reunification (October 2016 October 2017)

The number of children who reunified within 12 months increased from 57.6% in September 2017 to 59.3% in October 2017. October 2017 s proportion is 7.3% lower than October 2016 proportion of 66.6%.

100% 90%

National Standard
76.20%

80%

70%

60%

50%

40%

30%

20%

10%

0% Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

Oct-16 66.6%

Nov-16 62.4%

Dec-16 60.6%

Jan-17 64.5%

Feb-17 64.1%

Mar-17 61.4%

Apr-17 65.1%

May-17 62.3%

Jun-17 58.9%

Jul-17
Jul-17 61.7%

Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17
Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 56.9% 57.6% 59.3%

Outcome X Percent of Children Placed with Relatives (October 2016 October 2017)
The number of children who were in Foster Care that were placed with relatives during the month of October 2017 improved to 30.5% .
35%

30%

25%

20%

15%

10%

5%

0% Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17

Oct-16 29.1%

Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 29.3% 29.7% 29.6%

Feb-17 29.9%

Mar-17 29.6%

Apr-17 29.4%

May-17 29.8%

Jun-17 29.9%

Jul-17 29.8%

Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 30.1% 30.2% 30.5%

Outcome XI Extended Youth Services (October 2016 October 2017)
There were 636 children who remained in custody after their 18th birthday during October 2017.
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17

Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17

564

570

572

591

600

595

599

606

612

604

615

625

636

Outcome XII Number of Finalized Adoptions (October 2016 October 2017)
There were 65 foster children adopted during October 2017. This represents a 26% decrease in finalizations compared to October 2016.
150

125

100

75

50

25

0 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17

Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17

88

119

123

46

96

110

99

131

123

105

121

71

65

Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (October 2016 October 2017)
Over the last 13 months the federal measure for stability which is the number of moves per number of days per thousand has increased from 4.79 to 4.94.
10.00

9.00

8.00

7.00

6.00

5.00

4.00

3.00

National Standard 4.12

2.00

1.00

0.00 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17

Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 4.79 4.75 4.87 4.92 4.81 4.95 4.74 4.81 4.83 4.98 4.95 4.93 4.94

Appendices

Appendix A

100%

Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Type of Investigations by Disposition (September 2016 September 2017)

90%

80%

70%

60%

50%

40%

30%

20%

10%

0% Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17

Sep-16

Fam. Pres SubOpen FamPres UnsubOpen
FostCare SubOpen FostCare UnsubOpen
Subst Closed Unsubst Closed

7.7% 8.9% 6.8% 5.8% 5.0% 65.9%

Oct-16
7.1% 10.9% 6.9% 4.8% 5.8% 64.5%

Nov-16
6.9% 10.6% 5.8% 5.4% 4.2% 67.1%

Dec-16
6.0% 11.2% 7.0% 6.6% 6.4% 62.8%

Jan-17
7.6% 12.0% 6.1% 6.1% 6.2% 61.8%

Feb-17
7.2% 10.1% 5.0% 5.8% 6.4% 65.5%

Mar-17
9.0% 11.3% 6.3% 4.2% 6.6% 62.7%

Apr-17
8.1% 11.4% 7.1% 4.2% 8.1% 61.1%

May-17
9.3% 10.5% 6.1% 3.9% 8.3% 61.9%

Jun-17
8.3% 11.7% 8.3% 4.2% 10.6% 57.0%

Jul-17
8.7% 9.9% 7.8% 4.6% 11.3% 57.7%

Aug-17
9.0% 9.2% 6.8% 4.1% 10.1% 60.8%

Sep-17
7.0% 7.9% 6.3% 3.9% 9.1% 65.8%

APPENDIX B
Regional Graphs of Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18
(October 2016 October 2017)

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (October 2016 October 2017)
Region I
2 000

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

0 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17

Oct-16 1 323

Nov-16 1 299

Dec-16 1 291

Jan-17 1 289

Feb-17 1 311

Mar-17 1 326

Apr-17 1 327

May-17 1 330

Jun-17 1 289

Jul-17 1 328

Aug-17 1 359

Sep-17 1 337

Oct-17 1 379

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (October 2016 October 2017)

2 000

Region II

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

0 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17

Oct-16 679

Nov-16 691

Dec-16 722

Jan-17 715

Feb-17 742

Mar-17 743

Apr-17 730

May-17 753

Jun-17 771

Jul-17 791

Aug-17 820

Sep-17 814

Oct-17 834

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (October 2016 October 2017) Region III
2 000

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

0 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17

Oct-16 1 135

Nov-16 1 113

Dec-16 1 077

Jan-17 1 072

Feb-17 1 055

Mar-17 1 053

Apr-17 1 012

May-17 1 018

Jun-17 1 010

Jul-17 1 000

Aug-17 1 004

Sep-17 966

Oct-17 1 006

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (October 2016 October 2017)

2 000

Region IV

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

0 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17

Oct-16 1 124

Nov-16 1 112

Dec-16 1 104

Jan-17 1 102

Feb-17 1 131

Mar-17 1 136

Apr-17 1 130

May-17 1 135

Jun-17 1 106

Jul-17 1 111

Aug-17 Sep-17 1 122 1 128

Oct-17 1 134

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (October 2016 October 2017)

2 000

Region V

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

0 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17

Oct-16 1 153

Nov-16 1 151

Dec-16 1 134

Jan-17 1 105

Feb-17 1 096

Mar-17 1 098

Apr-17 1 101

May-17 1 111

Jun-17 1 124

Jul-17 1 133

Aug-17 1 143

Sep-17 1 137

Oct-17 1 154

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (October 2016 October 2017) Region VI
2 000
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17

Oct-16 693

Nov-16 686

Dec-16 695

Jan-17 690

Feb-17 690

Mar-17 698

Apr-17 695

May-17 701

Jun-17 719

Jul-17 724

Aug-17 734

Sep-17 735

Oct-17 744

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (October 2016 October 2017)

2 000

Region VII

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

0 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17

Oct-16 416

Nov-16 Dec-16

413

433

Jan-17 444

Feb-17 456

Mar-17 475

Apr-17 484

May-17 506

Jun-17 485

Jul-17 491

Aug-17 Sep-17

515

512

Oct-17 536

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (October 2016 October 2017)

2 000

Region VIII

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

0 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17

Oct-16 698

Nov-16 693

Dec-16 664

Jan-17 653

Feb-17 654

Mar-17 660

Apr-17 657

May-17 684

Jun-17 690

Jul-17 691

Aug-17 711

Sep-17 704

Oct-17 707

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (October 2016 October 2017)

2 000

Region IX

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

0 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17

Oct-16 479

Nov-16 484

Dec-16 494

Jan-17 525

Feb-17 536

Mar-17 568

Apr-17 576

May-17 588

Jun-17 596

Jul-17 579

Aug-17 Sep-17

576

572

Oct-17 579

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (October 2016 October 2017) Region X
2 000

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

0 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17

Oct-16 682

Nov-16 690

Dec-16 694

Jan-17 710

Feb-17 719

Mar-17 715

Apr-17 718

May-17 748

Jun-17 775

Jul-17 776

Aug-17 Sep-17

758

744

Oct-17 750

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (October 2016 October 2017) Region XI
2 000

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

0 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17

Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 1 118 1 135 1 125 1 121 1 124 1 153 1 154 1 164 1 165

Jul-17 1 162

Aug-17 Sep-17 1 181 1 178

Oct-17 1 194

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (October 2016 October 2017)

2 000

Region XII

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

0 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17

Oct-16 686

Nov-16 689

Dec-16 689

Jan-17 701

Feb-17 719

Mar-17 740

Apr-17 733

May-17 776

Jun-17 777

Jul-17 777

Aug-17 Sep-17

870

884

Oct-17 916

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (October 2016 October 2017)

2 000

Region XIII

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

0 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17

Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 1 270 1 291 1 303 1 329 1 333 1 366

Apr-17 May-17 1 382 1 396

Jun-17 1 435

Jul-17 1 437

Aug-17 Sep-17 1 408 1 383

Oct-17 1 449

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (October 2016 October 2017)

2 000

Region XIV

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

0 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17

Oct-16 1 552

Nov-16 Dec-16 1 587 1 595

Jan-17 1 590

Feb-17 1 574

Mar-17 1 602

Apr-17 1 569

May-17 1 624

Jun-17 1 623

Jul-17 1 592

Aug-17 1 568

Sep-17 1 565

Oct-17 1 596

APPENDIX C
Regional Graphs of Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient
(October 2016 October 2017)
National Standard 4.12 Desired Goal to Meet the PIP 6.01

Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (October 2016 October 2017) Region I
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17

Oct-16 5.01

Nov-16 Dec-16

4.88

5.09

Jan-17 5.13

Feb-17 5.12

Mar-17 5.34

Apr-17 5.18

May-17 5.02

Jun-17 5.18

Region II
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

Oct-16 5.51

Nov-16 5.96

Dec-16 6.25

Jan-17 6.15

Feb-17 6.06

Mar-17 6.04

Apr-17 5.70

May-17 5.52

Jun-17 5.49

Jul-17 5.27
Jul-17
Jul-17 5.44

Aug-17 5.22

Sep-17 5.35

Oct-17 5.65

Aug-17
Aug-17 5.47

Sep-17
Sep-17 5.81

Oct-17
Oct-17 5.58

Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient

(October 2016 - October 2017)

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17

Region III
Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

Jul-17

Aug-17 Sep-17

Oct-17

Oct-16 4.63

Nov-16 4.67

Dec-16 5.04

Jan-17 4.92

Feb-17 4.87

Mar-17 5.27

Apr-17 4.83

May-17 4.85

Jun-17 4.78

Jul-17 4.97

Aug-17 4.71

Sep-17 4.51

Oct-17 4.69

Region IV
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17

Oct-16 3.60

Nov-16 Dec-16

3.49

3.55

Jan-17 3.81

Feb-17 3.76

Mar-17 3.95

Apr-17 3.85

May-17 4.08

Jun-17 Jun-17
4.16

Jul-17 Jul-17 4.26

Aug-17 Aug-17
4.30

Sep-17 Sep-17
4.45

Oct-17 Oct-17
4.33

Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (October 2016 - October 2017)

Region V
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17

Oct-16 4.52

Nov-16 4.62

Dec-16 4.78

Jan-17 4.89

Feb-17 4.71

Mar-17 4.58

Apr-17 4.61

May-17 5.17

Jun-17 5.28

Jul-17 5.26

Aug-17 5.45

Sep-17 5.39

Oct-17 5.47

Region VI
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17

Oct-16 5.66

Nov-16 Dec-16

5.49

5.61

Jan-17 5.71

Feb-17 5.45

Mar-17 5.39

Apr-17 4.98

May-17 4.85

Jun-17
Jun-17 4.46

Jul-17
Jul-17 4.40

Aug-17
Aug-17 4.13

Sep-17
Sep-17 4.41

Oct-17
Oct-17 4.07

Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (October 2016 - October 2017)

Region VII
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17

Oct-16 3.46

Nov-16 3.44

Dec-16 3.26

Jan-17 3.17

Feb-17 3.19

Mar-17 3.20

Apr-17 2.94

May-17 3.15

Jun-17 3.42

Jul-17 3.69

Aug-17 3.53

Region VIII
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17

Sep-17 Sep-17
3.35
Sep-17

Oct-17 Oct-17
3.35
Oct-17

Oct-16 2.55

Nov-16 2.86

Dec-16 2.98

Jan-17 3.50

Feb-17 3.51

Mar-17 4.12

Apr-17 3.92

May-17 3.89

Jun-17 3.99

Jul-17 4.27

Aug-17 4.00

Sep-17 3.35

Oct-17 3.48

Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (October 2016 - October 2017)
Region IX
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17

Oct-16 2.84

Nov-16 2.99

Dec-16 2.93

Jan-17 3.06

Feb-17 3.05

Mar-17 3.00

Apr-17 3.17

May-17 3.17

Jun-17 3.16

Jul-17 3.30

Aug-17 3.68

Sep-17
Sep-17 3.67

Oct-17
Oct-17 3.56

10

9

8 7

6

5

4 3

2

1

0 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17

Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17

4.30

4.13

4.48

4.56

Feb-17 Feb-17
4.51

Mar-17 Mar-17
5.10

Region X

Apr-17 Apr-17
4.74

May-17 May-17
5.00

Jun-17 Jun-17
4.66

Jul-17 Jul-17 4.88

Aug-17 Aug-17
4.75

Sep-17 Sep-17
4.21

Oct-17 Oct-17 4.16

Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (October 2016 - October 2017)

Region XI
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17

Oct-16 3.80

Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17

3.71

3.92

4.21

Feb-17 4.01

Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

3.89

3.67

3.77

3.82

Jul-17 4.01

Aug-17 Sep-17

4.05

4.02

Oct-17 3.91

Region XII
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17

Oct-16 4.12

Nov-16 3.97

Dec-16 3.99

Jan-17 3.73

Feb-17 3.84

Mar-17 4.12

Apr-17 4.02

May-17 4.33

Jun-17 3.89

Jul-17 4.09

Aug-17 Sep-17

4.32

4.20

Oct-17 4.53

Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (October 2016 - October 2017)

Region XIII
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17

Oct-16 7.72

Nov-16 7.54

Dec-16 7.64

Jan-17 7.32

Feb-17 7.10

Mar-17 7.39

Apr-17 7.11

May-17 6.80

Jun-17 6.93

Jul-17 7.32

Aug-17 7.05

Sep-17
Sep-17 6.81

Oct-17
Oct-17 6.69

Region XIV
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17

Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17

6.33

6.02

6.00

5.90

5.59

5.36

5.05

5.16

Jun-17 Jun-17
5.25

Jul-17 Jul-17 5.39

Aug-17 Aug-17
5.33

Sep-17 Sep-17
5.51

Oct-17 Oct-17
5.69