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 1000 10000 800 8000 600 6000 400 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