Monthly Measures and Results for December 2017* *(Reflects Safety Outcomes as of October 31 2017 And Permanency Outcomes as of November 30 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 October 2017 there was an increase in the total cases of 12.4% since September 2017. The average for the state fiscal year 2018 To Date reveals a slight increase of .2% since last state fiscal year. Comparatively Georgia had 8.8% more cases last year in October 2016 than October 2017. 30 000 SFY 2018 To Date .2% increase 25 000 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 2015 2014 18 560 17 941 19 470 24 151 12 363 Aug 20 025 18 028 19 788 23 295 12 693 Sep 21 335 19 902 21 943 26 176 13 715 Oct 23 975 21 877 23 541 28 108 15 162 Nov 22 437 23 277 26 664 16 008 Dec 21 481 22 946 24 857 17 416 Jan 19 662 21 916 23 497 18 470 Feb 20 198 22 795 22 721 19 491 Mar 22 872 25 075 24 293 22 662 Apr 21 704 24 431 23 911 24 120 May 23 336 24 307 23 896 25 071 Jun Average 21 685 21 504 22 124 23 905 20 974 20 927 22 583 22 747 17 161 % Change 0.2% -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 continued to increase during October 2017 by 19.3% since September 2017 there was an overall improvement in the average cases of 11.0% decrease for the first quarter 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 11% 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 8 091 5 047 6 363 10 354 4 723 Aug 8 800 6 690 6 419 9 919 5 083 Sep 9 572 9 881 7 460 10 866 5 658 Oct 11 416 12 532 8 588 11 791 6 418 Nov 13 018 8 881 11 259 6 690 Dec 12 145 8 558 10 117 6 919 Jan 10 699 8 036 8 862 6 919 Feb 10 920 8 013 8 111 7 113 Mar 12 431 8 118 8 494 8 552 Apr 11 616 7 549 8 206 9 511 May 12 295 7 398 8 176 9 951 Jun 10 472 6 211 7 450 9 826 Average 9 470 10 646 7 633 9 467 7 280 % Change -11.0% 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 October 2017 (SFY 2018 to date) there was a 8.8% 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 have consistently lower averages in Family Preservation Cases than SFY 2015. 7 000 6 000 2018 To Date 8.8% 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 4 609 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 4 500 4 135 4 964 5 435 2 932 % Change 8.8% -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 have shown a 14% increase in average caseloads over SFY 2017. During July 2017 there was a 12% decrease over June 2017 cases followed by increases in August through October of 32%. 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 Date 14.0% increase 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 4 000 2 000 Jul State FY 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 Jul 6 030 8 499 7 402 9 755 4 680 Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Aug 6 754 7 149 7 960 9 093 4 721 Sep 7 283 5 964 9 268 10 736 5 278 Oct 7 950 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 7 004 6 146 9 927 9 571 8 211 % Change 14.0% -37.7% 3.0% 16.6% 38.2% Outcome II Recurrence of Substantiated Child Maltreatment (October 2016 October 2017) The trend below reveals a decrease in the number of repeated substantiated incidents of child maltreatment. During September 2016 Georgia was slightly below 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% 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 5.24% 4.98% 4.37% 3.96% Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 3.54% 2.86% 2.36% 2.05% 2.09% Jul-17 1.97% Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 1.91% 2.45% 2.44% Outcome III Disposition of Child Abuse and Neglect Reports (October 2016 October 2017) Of the CPS cases that had a disposition during the month of October 2017 28% were screen outs 44% were Family Support and 28% were Investigations. Only 21% 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 July and August 2017. Conversely total investigations declined during the first three months through December 2016 followed by increases through March 2017 followed by fluctuations of decreases and increases through October 2017. 7 000 Unsubstantiated Investigations Substantiated Investigations Family Support 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 Family Support Screenouts Investigations Substantiated Investigations Unsubstantiated Investigations Oct-16 5 732 2 369 2 337 440 1 897 Nov-16 5 093 2 560 2 260 375 1 885 Dec-16 4 373 2 438 2 010 375 1 635 Jan-17 5 298 2 966 2 413 483 1 930 Feb-17 5 155 3 096 2 430 445 1 985 Mar-17 5 991 3 408 2 872 603 2 269 Apr-17 4 598 2 850 2 428 544 1 884 May-17 5 111 3 268 2 972 679 2 293 Jun-17 3 052 2 187 2 319 609 1 710 Jul-17 3 106 2 136 2 437 669 1 768 Aug-17 5 312 3 588 3 596 883 2 713 Sep-17 4 302 2 992 2 956 665 2 291 Oct-17 5 073 3 265 3 202 676 2 526 Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Types of Investigations (October 2016 October 2017) According to September s data 15.4% of Investigations were subsequently opened as a Family Preservation case 10.1% of Investigations were opened as a Foster Care case and 74.5% 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 Oct-16 FamPres SubOpen FamPres UnsubOpen FostCare SubOpen FostCare UnsubOpen Subst Closed Unsubst Closed 169 262 166 115 140 1 547 Nov-16 159 247 135 125 97 1 555 Dec-16 128 240 149 141 136 1 343 Jan-17 193 304 156 154 157 1 562 Feb-17 180 254 125 147 161 1 648 Mar-17 269 343 188 129 198 1 893 Apr-17 208 304 185 110 212 1 607 May-17 283 336 189 120 252 1 937 Jun-17 198 284 197 104 254 1 375 Jul-17 214 246 193 115 280 1 428 Aug-17 327 344 249 151 355 2 255 Sep-17 227 257 187 118 279 1 989 Oct-17 241 273 199 140 267 2 220 Outcome V Number of Children in Placement Services (State Fiscal Year 2018 To Date) There was a slight decrease in the number of placement services that were open during the month of November 2017(19 001) 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 5.3% increase 2 000 0 Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun State FY Jul 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 18 481 17 494 15 340 12 952 10 847 Aug 18 830 17 719 15 530 13 147 10 817 Sep 18 748 17 704 15 798 13 484 10 828 Oct 19 092 17 838 15 993 13 763 10 903 Nov 19 001 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 18 830 17 888 16 437 14 168 11 419 % Change 5.3% 8.8% 16.0% 24.1% 4.5% Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (November 2016 November 2017) The number of children in foster care under the age of 18 increased to 14 021 during November 2017. The following slides reveal that there were 607 entries and 587 exits. On the last day of November 2017 there were 13 436 children in custody from this population. Of those who entered custody during November twenty-eight children (4.6%) had a prior episode within 12 months. 15 000 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 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Nov-16 13 041 Dec-16 13 025 Jan-17 13 052 Feb-17 13 146 Mar-17 13 336 Apr-17 13 273 May-17 13 536 Jun-17 13 576 Jul-17 13 597 Aug-17 Sep-17 13 766 13 655 Oct-17 13 983 Nov-17 14 021 Outcome VI-A Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (Regional) ( November 2016 November 2017) The number of children in Foster Care under the age of 18 during November 2017 was 14 021. Visually you can see that Region 14 has the highest proportion of children in custody at any point in time. During November 2017 Region 14 had 1 604 children in DFCS custody followed by Region 13 with 1 417 children and Region 1 with 1 372 children. (for regional trends see appendix). Region 2 showed the highest change in population counts from October 2017 to November 2017 (35) which represented an 4.2% increase regionally. 16 000 14 000 12 000 10 000 8 000 6 000 4 000 2 000 0 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 Nov-17 Outcome VII Comparison of Foster Care Entries and Exits (November 2016 November 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 from May 2017 through August 2017 with a decrease in September and rebounds in October 2017 and November 2017. There was a net gain of 22 children who were removed (20) and reentered (2) 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 22 children from October 2017 to November 2017. 1400 12 426 1200 12 332 12 534 Entries 12 615 12 679 12 782 Exits 12 900 12 900 End-Of-Month 12 876 13 017 13 192 13 414 13 436 14000 12000 1000 10000 800 8000 600 6000 400 4000 200 2000 0 0 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Nov-16 582 618 Dec-16 601 697 Jan-17 722 523 Feb-17 614 534 Mar-17 723 664 Apr-17 595 494 May-17 755 642 Jun-17 675 687 Jul-17 699 726 Aug-17 897 758 Sep-17 638 465 Oct-17 791 578 Nov-17 607 587 Outcome VII Foster Care Re-Entries (November 2016 November 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 November 2017 (4.6%) decreased both in ratio and actual counts compared to October 2017 s ratio. The number and proportion of re-entries to entries decreased during November 2017 compared to November 2016. 110 10.0% 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 9.0% 5.0% Reentries 7.2% 7.7% 5.1% 9.7% Reentry Rate National Standard less than or equal to 8.60% 7.7% 6.8% 5.6% 6.9% 11.0% 8.6% 10.0% 9.0% 8.0% 7.0% 4.6% 6.0% 5.0% 4.0% 30 3.0% 20 2.0% 10 1.0% 0 0.0% Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Nov-16 58 10.0% Dec-16 30 5.0% Jan-17 65 9.0% Feb-17 44 7.2% Mar-17 37 5.1% Apr-17 46 7.7% May-17 73 9.7% Jun-17 46 6.8% Jul-17 54 7.7% Aug-17 50 5.6% Sep-17 44 6.9% Oct-17 68 8.6% Nov-17 28 4.6% Outcome VIII Foster Care Length of Stay (November 2016 November 2017) During the month of November 2017 the lengths of stay among the foster care populations remained close to October 2017 with a .2% decrease in those children who were 12 months to less than 24 months in custody and a .2 increase in the number of children who were 3 years and less than 4 years in custody. Comparison of the trend from last November 2016 reveals that there are higher proportion of children who are staying in care for more than 24 months. 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-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 Nov-16 5.2% 5.1% 13.4% 28.8% 47.5% Dec-16 5.2% 5.3% 13.8% 28.9% 46.8% Jan-17 5.2% 5.3% 14.2% 28.9% 46.5% Feb-17 5.3% 5.5% 14.3% 29.4% 45.5% 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% 15.0% 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% 45.1% Oct-17 5.3% 7.0% 15.1% 26.9% 45.7% Nov-17 5.4% 7.2% 15.1% 26.7% 45.7% Outcome IX Length of Time to Reunification (November 2016 November 2017) The number of children who reunified within 12 months increased from 59.3% in October 2017 to 68.4% in November 2017. November 2017 s proportion reveals and increase over November 2016 proportion by 6%. 100% 90% National Standard 76.20% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 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 59.2% Jul-17 62.1% Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Aug-17 57.1% Sep-17 57.0% Oct-17 59.3% Nov-17 68.4% Outcome X Percent of Children Placed with Relatives (November 2016 November 2017) The number of children who were in Foster Care that were placed with relatives during the month of November 2017 improved to 30.8% . 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Nov-16 29.3% Dec-16 Jan-17 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 30.0% Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 30.2% 30.5% 30.8% Outcome XI Extended Youth Services (November 2016 November 2017) There were 636 children who remained in custody after their 18th birthday during November 2017. 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 570 572 591 600 594 598 605 610 603 615 624 635 636 Outcome XII Number of Finalized Adoptions (November 2016 November 2017) There were 162 foster children adopted during November 2017. This represents a 36% improvement in finalizations compared to November 2016. 150 125 100 75 50 25 0 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 119 123 46 96 110 99 131 123 105 122 71 69 162 Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (November 2016 November 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 5.02 to 4.90. 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 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 5.02 4.98 4.80 4.76 4.87 4.92 4.81 4.94 4.74 4.82 4.83 4.97 4.90 Appendices Appendix A 100% Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Type of Investigations by Disposition (October 2016 October 2017) 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 Fam. Pres SubOpen FamPres UnsubOpen FostCare SubOpen FostCare UnsubOpen Subst Closed Unsubst Closed Oct-16 7.0% 10.9% 6.9% 4.8% 5.8% 64.5% Nov-16 6.9% 10.7% 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% 62.6% Apr-17 8.1% 11.4% 7.0% 4.2% 8.1% 61.2% May-17 9.2% 10.7% 6.1% 3.9% 8.2% 62.0% Jun-17 8.3% 11.7% 8.3% 4.2% 10.6% 56.9% Jul-17 8.6% 9.9% 7.8% 4.6% 11.3% 57.6% Aug-17 8.9% 9.3% 6.8% 4.1% 9.7% 61.2% Sep-17 7.4% 8.4% 6.2% 3.9% 9.0% 65.2% Oct-17 7.1% 8.1% 6.0% 4.3% 8.0% 66.5% APPENDIX B Regional Graphs of Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (November 2016 November 2017) Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (November 2016 November 2017) Region I 2 000 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Nov-16 1 299 Dec-16 1 291 Jan-17 1 289 Feb-17 1 311 Mar-17 1 326 Apr-17 1 326 May-17 1 330 Jun-17 1 289 Jul-17 1 328 Aug-17 1 359 Sep-17 1 337 Oct-17 1 375 Nov-17 1 372 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (November 2016 November 2017) 2 000 Region II 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Nov-16 Dec-16 691 722 Jan-17 715 Feb-17 742 Mar-17 743 Apr-17 730 May-17 753 Jun-17 771 Jul-17 791 Aug-17 Sep-17 820 816 Oct-17 835 Nov-17 870 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (November 2016 November 2017) Region III 2 000 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Nov-16 Dec-16 1 114 1 078 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 Sep-17 1 004 966 Oct-17 1 007 Nov-17 994 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (November 2016 November 2017) 2 000 Region IV 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 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 1 109 Aug-17 1 120 Sep-17 1 124 Oct-17 1 131 Nov-17 1 122 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (November 2016 November 2017) 2 000 Region V 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Nov-16 Dec-16 1 151 1 134 Jan-17 1 106 Feb-17 1 096 Mar-17 1 099 Apr-17 1 102 May-17 1 112 Jun-17 1 129 Jul-17 1 138 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 1 142 1 135 1 150 1 179 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (November 2016 November 2017) Region VI 2 000 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 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 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 734 735 745 765 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (November 2016 November 2017) 2 000 Region VII 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Nov-16 417 Dec-16 437 Jan-17 448 Feb-17 460 Mar-17 479 Apr-17 488 May-17 510 Jun-17 489 Jul-17 495 Aug-17 519 Sep-17 513 Oct-17 538 Nov-17 558 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (November 2016 November 2017) 2 000 Region VIII 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Nov-16 Dec-16 693 664 Jan-17 653 Feb-17 654 Mar-17 660 Apr-17 657 May-17 684 Jun-17 690 Jul-17 691 Aug-17 Sep-17 711 704 Oct-17 708 Nov-17 703 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (November 2016 November 2017) 2 000 Region IX 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Nov-16 483 Dec-16 492 Jan-17 523 Feb-17 535 Mar-17 566 Apr-17 574 May-17 586 Jun-17 594 Jul-17 577 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 575 571 582 573 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (November 2016 November 2017) Region X 2 000 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 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 Oct-17 758 746 753 Nov-17 760 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (November 2016 November 2017) Region XI 2 000 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 1 135 1 125 1 121 1 124 1 153 1 154 1 163 1 165 Jul-17 1 160 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 1 179 1 177 1 193 1 172 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (November 2016 November 2017) 2 000 Region XII 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Nov-16 Dec-16 691 691 Jan-17 703 Feb-17 721 Mar-17 742 Apr-17 735 May-17 778 Jun-17 779 Jul-17 777 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 870 883 916 932 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (November 2016 November 2017) 2 000 Region XIII 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Nov-16 1 290 Dec-16 1 302 Jan-17 1 328 Feb-17 1 333 Mar-17 1 365 Apr-17 1 382 May-17 1 393 Jun-17 1 436 Jul-17 1 437 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 1 406 1 381 1 450 1 417 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (November 2016 November 2017) 2 000 Region XIV 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Nov-16 1 589 Dec-16 1 596 Jan-17 1 592 Feb-17 1 575 Mar-17 1 601 Apr-17 1 570 May-17 1 625 Jun-17 1 624 Jul-17 1 594 Aug-17 1 569 Sep-17 1 567 Oct-17 1 598 Nov-17 1 604 APPENDIX C Regional Graphs of Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (November 2016 November 2017) National Standard 4.12 Desired Goal to Meet the PIP 6.01 Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (Novemberr 2016 November 2017) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Region I Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Nov-16 4.88 Dec-16 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 Jul-17 5.27 Aug-17 5.22 Sep-17 5.35 Oct-17 5.65 Nov-17 5.54 Region II 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 5.96 6.25 6.15 6.06 6.04 5.70 5.52 Jun-17 Jun-17 5.49 Jul-17 Jul-17 5.44 Aug-17 Aug-17 5.47 Sep-17 Sep-17 5.81 Oct-17 Oct-17 5.58 Nov-17 Nov-17 5.29 Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (November 2016 - November 2017) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Region III Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 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 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 4.71 4.51 4.69 4.64 Region IV 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 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 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 Nov-17 Nov-17 4.50 Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (November 2016 - November 2017) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Region V Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 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 Nov-17 5.26 Region VI 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 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 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 Nov-17 Nov-17 4.06 Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (November 2016 November 2017) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Region VII Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Nov-16 Dec-16 3.44 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 Sep-17 3.53 3.35 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Region VIII Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Oct-17 3.35 Oct-17 Nov-17 Nov-17 3.38 Nov-17 Nov-16 Dec-16 2.86 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 Nov-17 3.58 Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (November 2016 - November 2017) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Region IX Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 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 Sep-17 3.68 3.67 Oct-17 Oct-17 3.56 Nov-17 Nov-17 3.40 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 4.13 4.48 4.56 4.51 Mar-17 Mar-17 5.10 Apr-17 Apr-17 4.74 Region X 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 Nov-17 Nov-17 3.98 Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (November 2016 - November 2017) Region XI 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Nov-16 3.71 Dec-16 3.92 Jan-17 4.21 Feb-17 4.01 Mar-17 3.89 Apr-17 3.67 May-17 3.77 Jun-17 3.82 Jul-17 4.01 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 4.05 4.02 3.91 3.72 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Region XII Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Nov-16 Dec-16 3.97 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 Oct-17 Nov-17 4.32 4.20 4.53 4.54 Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (November 2016 - November 2017) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Region XIII Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Nov-16 Dec-16 7.54 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 Sep-17 7.05 6.81 Oct-17 Oct-17 6.69 Nov-17 Nov-17 6.52 Region XIV 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Nov-16 Dec-16 6.02 6.00 Jan-17 5.90 Feb-17 5.59 Mar-17 5.36 Apr-17 5.05 May-17 5.16 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 Nov-17 Nov-17 5.48