Monthly measures and results for February 2017

Monthly Measures and Results for February 2017*
*(Reflects Safety Outcomes as of December 31 2016 And Permanency Outcomes as of January 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
**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 2017 to Date)
The total Child Protective Cases cases during the month of December 2016 decreased by 4% due to the 7% decrease in Family Support Cases. Family Support cases have increased by 95% since the beginning of the fiscal year. Investigations and family preservation cases have decreased by 51% and 12% respectively.
30 000

25 000 20 000 15 000

2017 Average To Date 10.2%
decrease

2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012

10 000

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

State FY Jul

2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012

17 935 19 470 24 151 12 363 11 256 10 761

Aug
18 022 19 788 23 295 12 693 13 050 12 556

Sep
19 895 21 943 26 176 13 715 14 878 14 045

Oct
21 869 23 541 28 108 15 162 17 050 14 422

Nov
22 426 23 277 26 664 16 008 16 783 14 202

Dec
21 468 22 946 24 857 17 416 16 119 14 002

Jan
21 916 23 497 18 470 15 773 13 860

Feb
22 795 22 721 19 491 15 088 14 070

Mar
25 075 24 293 22 662 15 355 15 411

Apr
24 431 23 911 24 120 14 951 13 697

May
24 307 23 896 25 071 15 157 13 055

Jun Average

21 504 22 124 23 905 13 355 11 944

20 269 22 583 22 747 17 161 13 910 12 618

% Increase
-10.2% -7.7% 32.5% 23.4% 10.2% 5.4%

Outcome IA Child Protective Services Cases Family Support Cases Only (State Fiscal Year To Date)
Although Family Support cases decreased by 7% since November 2016 the current year to date average in State Fiscal Year 2017 is 48.9% higher than the percent of increase for State Fiscal Year 2016. During State Fiscal Year 2016 the average increase was 49.4% lower than State Fiscal Year 2015.

14 000

12 000

2016 to date 29.5%

10 000

8 000

6 000

4 000

2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012

2 000

0 Jul

State FY

Jul

2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012

5 045 6 363 10 354 4 723 3 883 3 443

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Aug
6 688 6 419 9 919 5 083 4 674 4 173

Sep
9 879 7 460 10 866 5 658 5 487 4 842

Oct
12 529 8 588 11 791 6 418 6 488 4 764

Nov
13 012 8 881 11 259 6 690 6 417 4 510

Dec
12 137 8 558 10 117 6 919 6 284 4 423

Jan
8 036 8 862 6 919 6 374 4 425

Feb
8 013 8 111 7 113 6 292 4 437

Mar
8 118 8 494 8 552 6 463 5 174

Apr
7 549 8 206 9 511 6 304 4 945

May
7 398 8 176 9 951 6 364 4 903

Jun
6 211 7 450 9 826 5 265 4 402

Average

% Increase

9 882

29.5%

7 633 -19.4%

9 467

30.0%

7 280

24.3%

5 858

29.1%

4 537

-14.7%

7 000

Outcome IB Child Protective Services Cases
Family Preservation Cases Only
(State Fiscal Year 2017 To Date)
Family Preservation cases increased slightly since October 2016. Overall the average number of cases to date is 16.7% lower than SFY 2016. The drop of the percent of increase in State Fiscal Year 2016 was a difference of 94.1% over the prior State Fiscal Year 2015 which widely contrasts to only an 8% drop in State Fiscal Year 2017 to date over State Fiscal Year 2016..

6 000

2016 to date 16.7%
decrease

5 000

4 000

3 000

2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012

2 000 Jul

State FY
2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012

Jul
4 395 5 705 4 042 2 960 3 037 3 586

Aug
Aug
4 189 5 409 4 282 2 889 2 980 3 641

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Sep
4 058 5 215 4 573 2 779 2 931 3 640

Oct
4 005 5 060 4 971 2 709 3 053 3 709

Nov
4 039 4 946 5 298 2 649 3 150 3 665

Dec
4 123 4 880 5 716 2 746 3 200 3 747

Jan
4 740 5 963 2 813 3 266 3 726

Feb
4 678 6 069 2 879 3 244 3 586

Mar
4 761 6 158 3 004 3 203 3 658

Apr
4 763 6 109 3 031 3 122 3 476

May
4 752 6 048 3 224 3 040 3 323

Jun
4 658 5 992 3 501 3 001 3 148

Jun

Average
4 135 4 964 5 435 2 932 3 102 3 575

% Increase
-16.7% -8.7% 85.4% -5.5% -13.2% -5.6%

14 000

Outcome IC Child Protective Services Cases Investigation Cases Only
(State Fiscal Year 2017 To Date)
Investigation cases decreased in December 2016. During State Fiscal Year 2016 there was an increase in the average cases of 3%. The 39.6% dip can be seen in the downward trend of the investigation cases during State Fiscal Year 2017 to date.

12 000

2017 to date 36.6%
decrease

10 000

8 000

6 000

4 000

2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012

2 000

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

State FY
2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012

Jul
8 495 7 402 9 755 4 680 4 336 3 732

Aug
7 145 7 960 9 093 4 721 5 396 4 742

Sep
5 958 9 268 10 736 5 278 6 460 5 563

Oct
5 335 9 893 11 345 6 035 7 509 5 949

Nov
5 375 9 450 10 106 6 669 7 216 6 027

Dec
5 208 9 508 9 023 7 751 6 635 5 832

Jan
9 140 8 671 8 738 6 133 5 709

Feb
10 104 8 540 9 499 5 552 6 047

Mar
12 196 9 640 11 106 5 689 6 579

Apr
12 119 9 595 11 578 5 525 5 276

May
10 636 9 671 11 896 5 753 4 829

Jun
10 636 8 679 10 578 5 089 4 394

Average
6 253 9 927 9 571 8 211 5 941 5 390

% Increase
-36.6% 3.0% 16.6% 38.2% 10.2% 45.7%

Outcome II Recurrence of Substantiated Child Maltreatment (December 2015 December 2016)
The trend below reveals a decrease in the number of substantiated incidents of child maltreatment. During December 2015 Georgia was above the national standard of 5.4%. One year later this value is 1.15% lower reflecting many 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% Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16

Jul-16

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16

Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 5.56% 5.64% 5.67% 5.69% 5.62% 5.46% 5.80%

Jul-16 5.82%

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 5.71% 5.50% 5.27%

Nov-16
Nov-16 5.03%

Dec-16
Dec-16 4.41%

Outcome III Disposition of Child Abuse and Neglect Reports (December 2015 December 2016)

Of the CPS cases that had a disposition during the month 26% were screen outs 51% were Family Support and 23% were Investigations. Only 17% of the Investigations were substantiated.

Unsubstantiated Investigations 7 000

Substantiated Investigations

Family Support

Investigations

Screenouts

6 000

5 000

4 000

3 000

2 000

1 000

0 Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

Family Support
Screenouts
Investigations Substantiated Investigations Unsubstantiated Investigations

Dec-15
3 196 2 444 3 754 1 159 2 595

Jan-16
2 835 2 083 3 812 1 205 2 607

Feb-16
3 140 2 301 4 149 1 273 2 876

Mar-16 Apr-16

3 084 3 352

2 428 2 722

4 555 1 367

5 788 1 580

3 188 4 208

May-16
2 703 2 245 4 777 1 245 3 532

Jun-16
2 739 2 351 4 870 1 060 3 810

Jul-16
1 887 1 666 3 676 661 3 015

Aug-16
1 869 1 504 3 561 439 3 122

Sep-16
5 989 2 530 2 996 542 2 454

Oct-16
6 171 2 508 2 457 478 1 979

Nov-16
5 723 2 368 2 328 468 1 860

Dec-16
4 859 2 441 2 153 374 1 779

Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Types of Investigations (December 2015 December 2016)
According to December s data 16.7% of Investigations were subsequently opened as a Family Preservation case 13.8% of Investigations were opened as a Foster Care case and 69.5% 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

Dec-15

FamPres SubOpen 373

FamPres UnsubOpen 49

FostCare SubOpen 313

FostCare UnsubOpen Subst Closed
Unsubst Closed

24 636 2 510

Jan-16
410 73 312 37 679 2 790

Feb-16
442 70 284 28 717 2 958

Mar-16
454 80 348 37 842 3 917

Apr-16
384 80 298 51 660 3 408

May-16
323 93 290 61 470 3 568

Jun-16
213 122 234 136 236 2 700

Jul-16
158 141 172 112 147 2 884

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

220 250 201 163 169 2 090

205 217 175 147 139 1 671

184 246 168 112 149 1 528

169 232 136 120 102 1 535

133 213 153 134 136 1 306

Outcome V Number of Children in Placement Services (State Fiscal Year 2017 To Date)
There were no significant increases in the number of placement services that were open during the month of January (18 018). 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

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

20 000

18 000

16 000

14 000

12 000

10 000

8 000 6 000 4 000

2017 to date 8.2%
increase

2 000

0 Jul

State FY Jul

2017 2016 2015 2014 2013

17 503 15 340 12 952 10 847 10 610

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

17 729 15 530 13 147 10 817 10 871

17 717 15 798 13 484 10 828 10 907

17 857 15 993 13 763 10 903 11 016

17 827 16 152 13 779 10 861 10 984

17 826 16 174 14 028 10 992 10 875

18 018 16 533 14 320 11 139 10 951

Jan Feb
16 774 14 489 11 384 10 944

Feb Mar
16 870 14 699 11 707 10 955

Mar Apr
17 010 14 883 12 410 10 966

Apr

May

Jun

May

Jun Average

%

Increase

17 743 8.2%

17 421 17 643 16 437 16.0%

15 142 15 334 14 168 24.1%

12 527 12 611 11 419 4.5%

11 063 10 948 10 924 0.8%

14

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (January 2016 January 2017)
The number of children in foster care under the age of 18 remained constant during January with a slight increase at 13 104. The following slides reveal that there were 716 entries and 507 exits. On the last day of January 2017 there were 12 497 children in custody from this population. Of those who entered custody during the month only 57 children (8%) of them 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 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17

Jan-16 12 159

Feb-16 12 438

Mar-16 Apr-16 12 642 12 730

May-16 13 035

Jun-16 13 120

Jul-16 12 953

Aug-16 13 069

Sep-16 13 010

Oct-16 13 050

Nov-16 13 080

Dec-16 13 056

Jan-17 13 104

Outcome VI-A Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 - (Regional) (January 2016 January 2017)
The number of children in Foster Care under the age of 18 remained constant during January was 13 104. Visually you can see that Region 14 has the highest proportion of children in custody at any point in time.
14 000

12 000 10 000
8 000 6 000 4 000 2 000
0 Jan-16

Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16

Jul-16

R14 R13 R12 R11 R10 R9 R8 R7 R6 R5 R4 R3 R2 R1
Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17

Outcome VII Comparison of Foster Care Entries and Exits (January 2016 January 2017)

Multiple trends can be seen in this graph. Entries increased in January while exits are decreased in January. The ratio of entries to exits is 1.4 which accounts for a slight increase in the end of month population. The end of month trend shows that the Foster Care population is slightly increasing during January 2017.

1400
11 626 1200

11 887

Entries

Exits

End-Of-Month

11 993 12 212 12 333 12 363 12 336

12 393 12 453 12 498 12 462

12 388

14000
12 597
12000

1000

10000

800

8000

600

6000

400

4000

200

2000

0

0

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

Jan-16 828 533

Feb-16 812 551

Mar-16 755 649

Apr-16 737 518

May-16 823 702

Jun-16 787 757

Jul-16 590 617

Aug-16 733 676

Sep-16 617 557

Oct-16 597 552

Nov-16 582 618

Dec-16 594 668

Jan-17 716 507

Outcome VII Foster Care Re-Entries

(January 2016 January 2017)

Reentries into foster care improved during December 2016 followed by a spike revealing that the number of re-entries doubled. There was a decrease in the number of entries during November causing the re-entry rate to rise suddenly. Because the number of entries increased in January the rate remained below the national standard. The reentry rate for December was lower than it has been in 12 months.

Reentries

Reentry Rate

110

11.0%

100 9.4% 90

8.1%

National Standard less than or equal
to 8.60%

8.9%

9.8%

8.0%

10.0% 9.0%

7.8% 80

8.6%

8.0%

70

7.0%

60

6.6%

5.4%

6.1%

6.4%

6.0%

50 5.0%
40

4.7%

5.0% 4.0%

30

3.0%

20

2.0%

10

1.0%

0

0.0%

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

Jan-16 78
9.4%

Feb-16 63
7.8%

Mar-16 41
5.4%

Apr-16 60
8.1%

May-16 41
5.0%

Jun-16 48
6.1%

Jul-16 39
6.6%

Aug-16 63
8.6%

Sep-16 55
8.9%

Oct-16 38
6.4%

Nov-16 57
9.8%

Dec-16 28
4.7%

Jan-17 57
8.0%

Outcome VIII Foster Care Length of Stay (January 2016 January 2017)

Examining the length of stay of children who were in Foster Care during the month there was an increase of .4% from December 2016 to January 2017 of the number of children who were in custody from 24 months through less than 36 months. This is an increase of 3.5% since January 2016. The numbers also show a decline in the proportion of children who were in custody for less than a year from 54.0% in January 2016 to 46.5% in January 2017.

100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30%

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

20%
10%
0% Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17

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

Jan-16 4.7% 4.5% 10.6% 26.1% 54.0%

Feb-16 4.8% 4.6% 10.8% 25.9% 53.9%

Mar-16 4.8% 5.1% 10.8% 26.2% 53.2%

Apr-16 4.7% 5.1% 11.1% 26.8% 52.4%

May-16 4.6% 5.3% 11.1% 27.2% 51.8%

Jun-16 4.7% 5.3% 11.5% 27.2% 51.4%

Jul-16 4.8% 5.1% 11.9% 27.5% 50.6%

Aug-16 5.0% 5.2% 12.6% 27.3% 50.0%

Sep-16 5.1% 5.0% 13.1% 27.8% 49.0%

Oct-16 5.1% 5.0% 13.5% 28.1% 48.2%

Nov-16 5.2% 5.1% 13.4% 28.9% 47.4%

Dec-16 5.2% 5.3% 13.7% 29.1% 46.7%

Jan-17 5.2% 5.3% 14.1% 29.0% 46.5%

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

The number of children who reunified within 12 months decreased to 58.8% during the month of December. This proportion is significantly lower than last December s proportion of 74.8% by 16%.
100%

90%

National Standard
76.20%

80%

70%

60%

50%

40%

30%

20%

10%

0% Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16
Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16
73.2% 70.0% 78.5% 79.3% 73.6% 65.3% 69.5%

Aug-16 Aug-16 66.7%

Sep-16 Sep-16 66.6%

Oct-16 Oct-16 67.6%

Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 62.5% 59.0% 63.0%

Outcome X Percent of Children Placed with Relatives (January 2016 January 2017)

30%

The number of children who were in Foster Care and were placed with Relatives remained constant at 29.4%.

25%

20%

15%

10%

5%

0% Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16

Jul-16

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17

Jan-16 27.0%

Feb-16 Mar-16 27.6% 27.7%

Apr-16 28.3%

May-16 28.3%

Jun-16 29.0%

Jul-16 29.3%

Aug-16 28.9%

Sep-16 28.8%

Oct-16 29.0%

Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 29.3% 29.6% 29.4%

Outcome XI Extended Youth Services (January 2016 January 2017)
There were 599 children who remained in custody after their 18th birthday during January2017.
600

500

400

300

200

100

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

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

497

510

521

532

542

553

548

550

553

568

573

573

599

Outcome XII Number of Finalized Adoptions (January 2016 January 2017)
There were 45 foster children adopted during January 2017 which is a small improvement over January 2016 which only had 42 adoptions.
150

125

100

75

50

25

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

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

42

74

70

69

89

133

80

91

81

88

119

124

45

10.00

Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (January 2016 - January 2017)
The federal measure for stability which is the number of moves per number of days per thousand has decreased from 5.69 to 4.76 which is closer to the federal standard.

9.00

8.00

7.00

6.00

5.00

4.00

3.00

National Standard 4.12

2.00

1.00

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

Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 5.69 5.43 5.25 5.19 5.11 5.08 4.99 4.89 4.85 4.67 4.63 4.73 4.76

Appendices

Appendix A
Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Type of Investigations by Disposition (December 2015 December 2016)

100%

90%

80%

70%

60%

50%

40%

30%

20%

10%

0% Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

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

Dec-15 9.6% 1.3% 8.0% 0.6% 16.3% 64.3%

Jan-16 9.5% 1.7% 7.3% 0.9% 15.8% 64.9%

Feb-16 9.8% 1.6% 6.3% 0.6% 15.9% 65.7%

Mar-16 8.0% 1.4% 6.1% 0.7% 14.8% 69.0%

Apr-16 7.9% 1.6% 6.1% 1.0% 13.5% 69.8%

May-16 6.7% 1.9% 6.0% 1.3% 9.8% 74.3%

Jun-16 5.9% 3.4% 6.4% 3.7% 6.5% 74.2%

Jul-16 4.4% 3.9% 4.8% 3.1% 4.1% 79.8%

Aug-16 7.1% 8.1% 6.5% 5.3% 5.5% 67.6%

Sep-16 8.0% 8.5% 6.9% 5.8% 5.4% 65.4%

Oct-16 7.7% 10.3% 7.0% 4.7% 6.2% 64.0%

Nov-16 7.4% 10.1% 5.9% 5.2% 4.4% 66.9%

Dec-16 6.4% 10.3% 7.4% 6.5% 6.6% 62.9%

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

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

2 000

Region I

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Jan-16 1 245

Feb-16 1 273

Mar-16 1 299

Apr-16 1 311

May-16 1 342

Jun-16 1 342

Jul-16 1 304

Aug-16 1 328

Sep-16 1 322

Oct-16 1 326

Nov-16 1 302

Dec-16 1 293

Jan-17 1 293

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

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Jan-16 579

Feb-16 586

Mar-16 596

Apr-16 621

May-16 629

Jun-16 637

Jul-16 627

Aug-16 649

Sep-16 671

Oct-16 678

Nov-16 Dec-16

692

721

Jan-17 715

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

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Jan-16 1 199

Feb-16 1 232

Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16

1 239

1 214

1 220

1 195

Jul-16 1 168

Aug-16 Sep-16 1 166 1 154

Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 1 137 1 115 1 079 1 070

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

2 000

Region IV

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Jan-16 913

Feb-16 938

Mar-16 1 010

Apr-16 1 031

May-16 1 064

Jun-16 1 101

Jul-16 1 123

Aug-16 1 136

Sep-16 1 131

Oct-16 1 130

Nov-16 1 121

Dec-16 1 115

Jan-17 1 117

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

2 000

Region V

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Jan-16 1 004

Feb-16 1 042

Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 1 064 1 079 1 136

Jun-16 1 140

Jul-16 1 133

Aug-16 1 160

Sep-16 1 147

Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 1 154 1 153 1 133 1 112

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

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Jan-16 699

Feb-16 733

Mar-16 727

Apr-16 730

May-16 735

Jun-16 720

Jul-16 700

Aug-16 722

Sep-16 709

Oct-16 689

Nov-16 682

Dec-16 691

Jan-17 687

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

2 000

Region VII

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Jan-16 315

Feb-16 339

Mar-16 324

Apr-16 355

May-16 366

Jun-16 386

Jul-16 391

Aug-16 395

Sep-16 403

Oct-16 420

Nov-16 417

Dec-16 436

Jan-17 447

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

2 000

Region VIII

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Jan-16 806

Feb-16 830

Mar-16 816

Apr-16 795

May-16 778

Jun-16 779

Jul-16 738

Aug-16 743

Sep-16 709

Oct-16 697

Nov-16 Dec-16

694

664

Jan-17 651

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

2 000

Region IX

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Jan-16 366

Feb-16 385

Mar-16 392

Apr-16 397

May-16 407

Jun-16 439

Jul-16 446

Aug-16 442

Sep-16 464

Oct-16 492

Nov-16 Dec-16

497

504

Jan-17 536

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18

(January 2016 January 2017)

2 000

Region X

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Jan-16 617

Feb-16 633

Mar-16 672

Apr-16 684

May-16 692

Jun-16 708

Jul-16 697

Aug-16 684

Sep-16 690

Oct-16 685

Nov-16 Dec-16

693

697

Jan-17 714

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

2 000

Region XI

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 1 007 1 026 1 033 1 061 1 107 1 099

Jul-16 1 118

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 1 106 1 107 1 126 1 145 1 134 1 134

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

2 000

Region XII

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Jan-16 664

Feb-16 672

Mar-16 679

Apr-16 681

May-16 685

Jun-16 704

Jul-16 691

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17

686

682

690

693

693

710

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

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 1 254 1 257 1 273 1 267 1 333 1 294

Jul-16 1 270

Aug-16 1 274

Sep-16 1 266

Oct-16 1 276

Nov-16 Dec-16 1 290 1 302

Jan-17 1 331

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

2 000

Region XIV

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Jan-16 1 491

Feb-16 1 492

Mar-16 1 518

Apr-16 1 504

May-16 1 541

Jun-16 1 576

Jul-16 1 547

Aug-16 1 578

Sep-16 1 555

Oct-16 1 550

Nov-16 Dec-16 1 586 1 594

Jan-17 1 587

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

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

Jan-16 5.07

Feb-16 5.00

Mar-16 4.85

Apr-16 4.86

May-16 5.02

Jun-16 4.97

Jul-16 4.94

Aug-16 5.03

Sep-16 4.89

Oct-16 4.90

Nov-16 4.74

Dec-16 4.92

Jan-17 4.91

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

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

6.16

5.84

6.16 6.49

6.27

6.38

6.45 6.39

5.90

5.34

5.80

6.10

5.93

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

Jan-16 4.89

Feb-16 4.70

Mar-16 4.72

Apr-16 4.69

May-16 4.69

Jun-16 4.54

Jul-16 4.45

Aug-16 4.58

Sep-16 4.78

Oct-16 4.51

Nov-16 4.59

Dec-16 4.91

Jan-17 4.86

Region IV
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16

Jan-16 5.59

Feb-16 5.05

Mar-16 4.89

Apr-16 4.50

May-16 4.19

Jun-16 4.12

Jul-16 4.01

Aug-16 3.90

Sep-16 Sep-16
3.88

Oct-16 Oct-16
3.53

Nov-16 Nov-16
3.44

Dec-16 Dec-16
3.40

Jan-17 Jan-17
3.70

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

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

Jan-16 6.72

Feb-16 6.17

Mar-16 5.89

Apr-16 5.50

May-16 5.42

Jun-16 5.45

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16

Jul-16 Aug-16

5.37

5.17

Region VI

Jul-16 Aug-16

Sep-16 4.82
Sep-16

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

4.35

4.44

4.49

4.58

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

Jan-16 4.93

Feb-16 4.68

Mar-16 4.96

Apr-16 5.22

May-16 5.40

Jun-16 5.43

Jul-16 5.55

Aug-16 5.71

Sep-16 5.79

Oct-16 5.55

Nov-16 Dec-16

5.38

5.47

Jan-17 5.48

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

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

Jan-16 4.38

Feb-16 4.39

Mar-16 4.74

Apr-16 4.41

May-16 4.13

Jun-16 3.68

Jul-16 3.50

Aug-16 3.33

Sep-16 3.33

Oct-16 3.47

Nov-16 3.38

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

Dec-16 Dec-16
3.20
Dec-16

Jan-17 Jan-17
3.09
Jan-17

Jan-16 3.38

Feb-16 3.21

Mar-16 2.71

Apr-16 2.80

May-16 2.74

Jun-16 2.84

Jul-16 2.70

Aug-16 2.47

Sep-16 2.50

Oct-16 2.37

Nov-16 Dec-16

2.62

2.94

Jan-17 3.20

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

Jan-16 3.92

Feb-16 3.78

Mar-16 3.65

Apr-16 3.61

May-16 3.43

Jun-16 3.59

Jul-16 3.62

Aug-16 3.10

Sep-16 3.00

Oct-16 2.79

Nov-16 Dec-16

2.88

2.89

Jan-17 2.96

10

9

8

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16

Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16

4.39

4.34

4.13

Apr-16 Apr-16
4.27

May-16 May-16
3.95

Jun-16 Jun-16
4.14

Region X

Jul-16 Jul-16 4.06

Aug-16 Aug-16
4.22

Sep-16 Sep-16
4.37

Oct-16 Oct-16
4.26

Nov-16 Nov-16
4.07

Dec-16 Dec-16
4.27

Jan-17 Jan-17 4.41

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

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

4.20

4.07

3.87

3.76

3.83

3.84

3.85

3.85

3.70

3.62

3.51

3.72

4.04

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

Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16

6.19

5.72

5.81

5.64

5.30

4.90

Jul-16 4.64

Aug-16 4.29

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

4.26

4.00

3.81

3.86

3.63

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

Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16

8.75

8.41

8.03

7.92

8.17

8.37

Jul-16 8.19

Aug-16 8.00

Sep-16 7.79

Oct-16 7.50

Nov-16 7.34

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

Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16

7.22

7.08

6.61

6.52

6.55

6.44

Jul-16 6.36

Aug-16 6.16

Sep-16 6.25

Oct-16 6.27

Nov-16 5.98

Dec-16 Dec-16
7.54
Dec-16 Dec-16
6.02

Jan-17 Jan-17
7.18
Jan-17 Jan-17
5.88