Monthly Measures and Results for March 2017*
*(Reflects Safety Outcomes as of January 31 2017 And Permanency Outcomes as of February 28 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 decline in CPS cases towards the end the last quarter of FFY 2017 continued during the month of January. Because the number of Family Support cases decreased from 12 530 in October 2016 to 10 691 (15% decrease) in January 2017 the trend is also reflected in the overall trend. Both Family Preservation and Investigation cases had a decrease of 2% and 8% respectively since the beginning of the last quarter.
30 000
25 000 20 000 15 000
2017 Average To Date 10.6%
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
21 871 23 541 28 108 15 162 17 050 14 422
Nov
22 429 23 277 26 664 16 008 16 783 14 202
Dec
21 470 22 946 24 857 17 416 16 119 14 002
Jan
19 651 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
20 182 22 583 22 747 17 161 13 910 12 618
% Increase
-10.6% -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)
Cases in January 2017 were significantly lower than the prior three months in State Fiscal Year 2017. This trend s slope is similar to State Fiscal Year 2015 and State Fiscal Year 2016 at the same period with a slight increase followed by a lessening gradation. There was an 11% decrease from December 2017.
14 000
12 000 10 000
2016 to date 31.0%
increase
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
12 530 8 588 11 791 6 418 6 488 4 764
Nov
13 013 8 881 11 259 6 690 6 417 4 510
Dec
12 138 8 558 10 117 6 919 6 284 4 423
Jan
10 691 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
9 998
31.0%
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 16.9%
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
4 040 4 946 5 298 2 649 3 150 3 665
Dec
4 124 4 880 5 716 2 746 3 200 3 747
Jan
4 080 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
4 127 4 964 5 435 2 932 3 102 3 575
% Increase
-16.9% -8.7% 85.4% -5.5% -13.2% -5.6%
Outcome IC Child Protective Services Cases Investigation Cases Only
(State Fiscal Year 2017 To Date)
Investigation cases continued to decline in January 2017. As the chart reveals the number of cases is lower than in State Fiscal Year 2012. 14 000
12 000
2017 to date 38.6%
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
5 336 9 893 11 345 6 035 7 509 5 949
Nov
5 376 9 450 10 106 6 669 7 216 6 027
Dec
5 208 9 508 9 023 7 751 6 635 5 832
Jan
4 880 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
6 057 9 927 9 571 8 211 5 941 5 390
% Increase
-38.6% 3.0% 16.6% 38.2% 10.2% 45.7%
Outcome II Recurrence of Substantiated Child Maltreatment (January 2016 January 2017)
The trend below reveals a decrease in the number of substantiated incidents of child maltreatment. During January2016 Georgia was above the national standard of 5.4%. One year later this value is 1.6% 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% 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-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 5.64% 5.67% 5.69% 5.62% 5.46% 5.81%
Jul-16 5.83%
Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 5.71% 5.50% 5.27% 5.04% 4.41%
Jan-17
Jan-17 4.01%
Outcome III Disposition of Child Abuse and Neglect Reports (January 2016 January 2017)
Of the CPS cases that had a disposition during the month 28% were screen outs 50% were Family Support and 22% were Investigations. Only 21% 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 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
Family Support
Screenouts
Investigations Substantiated Investigations Unsubstantiated Investigations
Jan-16
3 140 2 301 4 149 1 273 2 876
Feb-16
3 084 2 428 4 555 1 367 3 188
Mar-16
3 352 2 722 5 788 1 580 4 208
Apr-16
2 703 2 245 4 777 1 245 3 532
May-16
2 740 2 351 4 870 1 059 3 811
Jun-16
1 887 1 666 3 676 660 3 016
Jul-16
1 869 1 504 3 561 439 3 122
Aug-16
5 990 2 530 2 996 542 2 454
Sep-16
6 171 2 508 2 459 478 1 981
Oct-16
5 723 2 368 2 331 467 1 864
Nov-16
5 090 2 561 2 253 396 1 857
Dec-16
4 363 2 438 1 997 393 1 604
Jan-17
5 043 2 829 2 261 474 1 787
Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Types of Investigations (January 2016 January 2017)
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
Jan-16
FamPres SubOpen 410
FamPres UnsubOpen 73
FostCare SubOpen 312
FostCare UnsubOpen Subst Closed
Unsubst Closed
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 61 469 3 569
Jun-16
213 122 233 137 236 2 700
Jul-16
158 141 172 112 147 2 884
Aug-16
220 250 201 163 169 2 090
Sep-16
205 217 175 147 139 1 673
Oct-16
184 247 168 112 149 1 531
Nov-16
170 234 137 123 104 1 538
Dec-16
138 226 154 134 140 1 324
Jan-17
190 253 164 138 155 1 494
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 February (18 021). 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 8.4%
increase
2 000
0 Jul
State FY Jul
2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
17 501 15 340 12 952 10 847 10 610
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
17 727 15 530 13 147 10 817 10 871
17 715 15 798 13 484 10 828 10 907
17 850 15 993 13 763 10 903 11 016
17 823 16 152 13 779 10 861 10 984
17 823 16 174 14 028 10 992 10 875
18 018 16 533 14 320 11 139 10 951
Jan
Feb
18 021 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
17 740 8.4%
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 (February 2016 February 2017)
The number of children in foster care under the age of 18 remained constant during February with a slight increase at 13 202. The following slides reveal that there were 599 entries and 498 exits. On the last day of February 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 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17
Feb-16 12 439
Mar-16 12 643
Apr-16 May-16 12 732 13 036
Jun-16 13 121
Jul-16 12 954
Aug-16 Sep-16 13 070 13 012
Oct-16 13 051
Nov-16 Dec-16 13 082 13 058
Jan-17 13 110
Feb-17 13 202
Outcome VI-A Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 - (Regional) (February 2016 February 2017)
The number of children in Foster Care under the age of 18 remained constant during January was 13 202. 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 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 Feb-17
Outcome VII Comparison of Foster Care Entries and Exits (February 2016 February 2017)
Multiple trends can be seen in this graph. Entries decreased in February while exits are slightly increased. The ratio of entries to exits is 1.2 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 February 2017.
1400 11 888
11 994
Entries
Exits
End-Of-Month
12 213 12 333 12 364 12 336 12 394 12 454 12 499 12 463 12 390 12 603
14000
12 704
1200
12000
1000
10000
800
8000
600
6000
400
4000
200
2000
0
0
Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17
Feb-16 814 551
Mar-16 755 649
Apr-16 738 519
May-16 823 702
Jun-16 788 757
Jul-16 590 617
Aug-16 734 676
Sep-16 618 558
Oct-16 597 552
Nov-16 583 619
Dec-16 595 668
Jan-17 720 507
Feb-17 599 498
Outcome VII Foster Care Re-Entries (February 2016 February 2017)
The re-entry rate improved during February 2017 by 1.6% following an increase from November 2016 with a subsequent 12-month low in December 2016. Although the number of entries increased in January 2017 the rate remains below the national standard.
110 100
90 80 7.7%
8.1%
Reentries
Reentry Rate
National Standard less than or equal
to 8.60%
8.9%
9.9%
8.6%
8.1%
11.0% 10.0% 9.0% 8.0% 6.5%
70
7.0%
60
5.4%
50
5.0% 6.1%
6.6%
6.4%
6.0% 5.0%
40
4.7%
4.0%
30
3.0%
20
2.0%
10
1.0%
0
0.0%
Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17
Feb-16 63
7.7%
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 58
9.9%
Dec-16 28
4.7%
Jan-17 58
8.1%
Feb-17 39
6.5%
Outcome VIII Foster Care Length of Stay (February 2016 February 2017)
Examining the length of stay of children who were in Foster Care during the month there was an increase of .5% from January 2017 to February 2017 of the number of children who were in custody from 12 months through less than 24 months. The graph also reveals a decline in the proportion of children who were in custody for less than a year from 53.9% in February 2016 to 45.4% in February 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% Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17
4 Years 3 - 4 Years 2 - 3 Years 1 - 2 Years
1 Year
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% 5.2% 14.1% 29.0% 46.5%
Feb-17 5.3% 5.5% 14.3% 29.5% 45.4%
Outcome IX Length of Time to Reunification (February 2016 February 2017)
The number of children who reunified within 12 months increased in February 2017 to 65.9%. While this is lower than a year earlier it is an upward trend since December 2016 from 59.5%.
100%
90%
National Standard
76.20%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0% Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16
Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16
70.0% 78.4% 79.3% 73.6% 65.4% 69.1%
Aug-16 Aug-16 66.7%
Sep-16 Sep-16 66.8%
Oct-16 Oct-16 67.4%
Nov-16 Nov-16 62.9%
Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 59.5% 63.3% 65.9%
Outcome X Percent of Children Placed with Relatives (February 2016 February 2017)
30%
The number of children who were in Foster Care and were placed with Relatives remained constant at 29.6%.
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0% Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17
Feb-16 27.6%
Mar-16 27.7%
Apr-16 28.3%
May-16 28.3%
Jun-16 29.0%
Jul-16 29.4%
Aug-16 28.9%
Sep-16 28.8%
Oct-16 29.0%
Nov-16 29.3%
Dec-16 29.6%
Jan-17 29.5%
Feb-17 29.6%
Outcome XI Extended Youth Services (February 2016 February 2017)
There were 603 children who remained in custody after their 18th birthday during February 2017.
600
500
400
300
200
100
0 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17
Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17
510
522
534
543
554
547
550
552
568
573
575
598
603
Outcome XII Number of Finalized Adoptions (February 2016 February 2017)
There were 93 foster children adopted during February 2017 which 26% higher than February 2016.
150
125
100
75
50
25
0 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17
Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17
74
70
69
89
133
80
91
81
88
120
124
46
93
10.00
Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (February 2016 - February 2017)
The federal measure for stability which is the number of moves per number of days per thousand has decreased from 5.45 in February 2016 to 4.70 twelve months later 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 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17
Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 5.45 5.27 5.20 5.13 5.09 5.01 4.91 4.87 4.69 4.67 4.78 4.85 4.70
Appendices
Appendix A
Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Type of Investigations by Disposition (January 2016 January 2017)
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
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
Fam. Pres SubOpen FamPres UnsubOpen
FostCare SubOpen FostCare UnsubOpen
Subst Closed Unsubst Closed
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% 3.8% 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% 6.8% 5.8% 5.4% 65.5%
Oct-16 7.7% 10.3% 7.0% 4.7% 6.2% 64.0%
Nov-16 7.4% 10.1% 5.9% 5.3% 4.5% 66.7%
Dec-16 6.5% 10.7% 7.3% 6.3% 6.6% 62.6%
Jan-17 7.9% 10.6% 6.9% 5.8% 6.5% 62.4%
APPENDIX B
Regional Graphs of Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18
(February 2016 February 2017)
Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (February 2016 February 2017)
2 000
Region I
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17
Feb-16 1 273
Mar-16 1 299
Apr-16 May-16 1 311 1 342
Jun-16 1 342
Jul-16 1 304
Aug-16 Sep-16 1 328 1 323
Oct-16 1 326
Nov-16 Dec-16 1 302 1 293
Jan-17 1 293
Feb-17 1 316
Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (February 2016 February 2017)
Region II
2 000
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17
Feb-16 586
Mar-16 596
Apr-16 621
May-16 629
Jun-16 637
Jul-16 627
Aug-16 Sep-16
649
671
Oct-16 678
Nov-16 Dec-16
692
721
Jan-17 715
Feb-17 740
Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (February 2016 February 2017)
Region III
2 000
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17
Feb-16 1 232
Mar-16 1 239
Apr-16 1 214
May-16 1 220
Jun-16 1 195
Jul-16 1 168
Aug-16 Sep-16 1 166 1 154
Oct-16 1 137
Nov-16 Dec-16 1 115 1 079
Jan-17 1 070
Feb-17 1 052
Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (February 2016 February 2017)
2 000
Region IV
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17
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 Sep-16 1 136 1 131
Oct-16 1 130
Nov-16 Dec-16 1 121 1 115
Jan-17 1 117
Feb-17 1 149
Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (February 2016 February 2017)
2 000
Region V
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17
Feb-16 1 042
Mar-16 1 064
Apr-16 1 079
May-16 1 136
Jun-16 1 140
Jul-16 1 133
Aug-16 Sep-16 1 160 1 147
Oct-16 1 154
Nov-16 Dec-16 1 153 1 134
Jan-17 1 114
Feb-17 1 106
Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (February 2016 February 2017)
Region VI
2 000
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17
Feb-16 733
Mar-16 727
Apr-16 May-16
730
735
Jun-16 720
Jul-16 700
Aug-16 Sep-16
722
709
Oct-16 689
Nov-16 Dec-16
682
691
Jan-17 687
Feb-17 687
Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (February 2016 February 2017)
2 000
Region VII
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17
Feb-16 339
Mar-16 324
Apr-16 355
May-16 366
Jun-16 386
Jul-16 391
Aug-16 Sep-16
395
403
Oct-16 420
Nov-16 Dec-16
417
436
Jan-17 448
Feb-17 458
Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (February 2016 February 2017)
2 000
Region VIII
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17
Feb-16 831
Mar-16 817
Apr-16 796
May-16 779
Jun-16 780
Jul-16 739
Aug-16 Sep-16
744
710
Oct-16 698
Nov-16 Dec-16
695
665
Jan-17 652
Feb-17 656
Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (February 2016 February 2017)
2 000
Region IX
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17
Feb-16 385
Mar-16 392
Apr-16 May-16
397
407
Jun-16 439
Jul-16 446
Aug-16 Sep-16
442
464
Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17
492
497
504
538
549
Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18
(February 2016 February 2017)
2 000
Region X
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17
Feb-16 633
Mar-16 672
Apr-16 684
May-16 692
Jun-16 708
Jul-16 697
Aug-16 Sep-16
684
690
Oct-16 685
Nov-16 Dec-16
693
697
Jan-17 714
Feb-17 720
Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (February 2016 February 2017)
2 000
Region XI
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17
Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 1 026 1 033 1 061 1 107 1 099
Jul-16 1 118
Aug-16 Sep-16 1 106 1 107
Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 1 126 1 145 1 134 1 134 1 137
Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (February 2016 February 2017)
2 000
Region XII
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17
Feb-16 672
Mar-16 679
Apr-16 May-16
681
685
Jun-16 704
Jul-16 691
Aug-16 Sep-16
686
682
Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17
690
693
693
710
729
Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (February 2016 February 2017)
Region XIII
2 000
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17
Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 1 254 1 270 1 264 1 330 1 291
Jul-16 1 267
Aug-16 Sep-16 1 271 1 263
Oct-16 1 273
Nov-16 Dec-16 1 288 1 299
Jan-17 1 328
Feb-17 1 329
Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (February 2016 February 2017)
2 000
Region XIV
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17
Feb-16 1 495
Mar-16 1 521
Apr-16 1 508
May-16 1 544
Jun-16 1 579
Jul-16 1 550
Aug-16 Sep-16 1 581 1 558
Oct-16 1 553
Nov-16 Dec-16 1 589 1 597
Jan-17 1 590
Feb-17 1 574
APPENDIX C
Regional Graphs of Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient
(February 2016 February 2017)
National Standard 4.12 Desired Goal to Meet the PIP 6.01
Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (February 2016 February 2017)
Region I
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17
Feb-16 5.06
Mar-16 4.91
Apr-16 4.90
May-16 5.06
Jun-16 5.01
Jul-16 4.97
Aug-16 Sep-16
5.06
4.92
Oct-16 4.91
Nov-16 Dec-16
4.76
4.94
Jan-17 4.98
Feb-17 5.04
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16
Region II
Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16
Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17
Feb-17
Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17
5.88
6.22
6.55 6.33
6.44
6.51
6.45
5.96
5.41
5.85
6.16
6.02
5.87
Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient
(February 2016 February 2017)
Region III
10 9
8 7 6 5 4
3 2
1 0
Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16
Jul-16
Aug-16 Sep-16
Oct-16
Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17
Feb-16 4.71
Mar-16 4.73
Apr-16 4.70
May-16 4.70
Jun-16 4.55
Jul-16 4.45
Aug-16 Sep-16
4.58
4.78
Oct-16 4.52
Nov-16 Dec-16
4.60
4.94
Jan-17 4.89
Feb-17 4.80
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Feb-16
Mar-16
Apr-16
May-16 Jun-16
Region IV
Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16
Feb-16 5.05
Mar-16 4.89
Apr-16 4.50
May-16 4.19
Jun-16 4.12
Jul-16 4.02
Aug-16 Sep-16
3.92
3.90
Oct-16 Oct-16
3.56
Nov-16 Nov-16
3.49
Dec-16 Dec-16
3.47
Jan-17 Jan-17
3.81
Feb-17 Feb-17
3.70
Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (February 2016 - February 2017)
Region V
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17
Feb-16 6.16
Mar-16 5.89
Apr-16 5.50
May-16 5.42
Jun-16 5.43
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16
Jul-16 5.39
Jul-16
Aug-16 Sep-16
5.18
4.84
Region VI
Aug-16 Sep-16
Oct-16 4.37
Nov-16 Dec-16
4.47
4.57
Jan-17 4.68
Feb-17 4.46
Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17
Feb-16 4.71
Mar-16 5.00
Apr-16 5.27
May-16 5.44
Jun-16 5.47
Jul-16 5.55
Aug-16 Sep-16
5.72
5.77
Oct-16 5.52
Nov-16 Dec-16
5.35
5.47
Jan-17 5.53
Feb-17 5.23
Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (February 2016 - February 2017)
Region VII
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16
Feb-16 4.44
Mar-16 4.80
Apr-16 4.47
May-16 4.19
Jun-16 3.75
Jul-16 3.57
Aug-16 Sep-16
3.39
3.39
Oct-16 3.53
Nov-16 Dec-16
3.48
3.33
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Feb-16 Mar-16
Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16
Region VIII
Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16
Jan-17 Jan-17
3.24
Jan-17
Feb-17 Feb-17
3.24
Feb-17
Feb-16 3.23
Mar-16 2.74
Apr-16 2.83
May-16 2.77
Jun-16 2.88
Jul-16 2.73
Aug-16 Sep-16
2.54
2.55
Oct-16 2.41
Nov-16 Dec-16
2.67
3.02
Jan-17 3.31
Feb-17 3.35
Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient
(February 2016 - February 2017)
Region IX
10
9 8 7
6
5 4 3 2
1 0
Feb-16
Mar-16
Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16
Jul-16
Aug-16 Sep-16
Oct-16
Nov-16 Dec-16
Jan-17
Feb-17
Feb-16 3.78
Mar-16 3.65
Apr-16 May-16
3.61
3.43
Jun-16 3.57
Jul-16 3.60
Aug-16 Sep-16
3.10
3.00
Oct-16 2.79
Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17
2.88
2.87
3.12
Feb-17 3.08
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0 Feb-16 Mar-16
Feb-16 Mar-16
4.33
4.12
Apr-16 May-16
Apr-16 May-16
4.26
3.94
Jun-16 Jun-16
4.13
Jul-16 Jul-16
4.04
Region X
Aug-16 Aug-16
4.22
Sep-16 Sep-16
4.43
Oct-16 Oct-16
4.32
Nov-16 Nov-16
4.13
Dec-16 Dec-16
4.36
Jan-17 Jan-17
4.43
Feb-17 Feb-17 4.41
Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (February 2016 - February 2017)
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16
Region XI
Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16
Oct-16
Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17
Feb-17
Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17
4.11
3.91
3.80
3.84
3.85
3.87
3.86
3.72
3.64
3.53
3.75
4.11
3.76
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Feb-16
Mar-16
Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16
Region XII
Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16
Oct-16
Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17
Feb-17
Feb-16 Mar-16
5.73
5.83
Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16
5.64
5.30
4.90
Jul-16 4.66
Aug-16 Sep-16
4.30
4.28
Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17
4.02
3.86
3.95
3.75
3.79
Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (February 2016 - February 2017) Region XIII
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16
Feb-16 8.40
Mar-16 8.02
Apr-16 May-16
7.94
8.19
Jun-16 8.40
Jul-16 8.23
Aug-16 Sep-16
8.03
7.83
Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16
7.54
7.41
7.64
Region XIV
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16
Feb-16 7.12
Mar-16 6.66
Apr-16 May-16
6.54
6.57
Jun-16 6.44
Jul-16 6.36
Aug-16 Sep-16
6.16
6.25
Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16
6.28
6.01
6.06
Jan-17 Jan-17
7.33
Jan-17 Jan-17
5.97
Feb-17 Feb-17
6.99
Feb-17 Feb-17
5.58