Monthly Measures and Results for April 2017* *(Reflects Safety Outcomes as of February 28 2017 And Permanency Outcomes as of March 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 February 2017 there was a decrease of 2.7% from the prior month of January. The overall average was a 10.6% decrease since last state fiscal year. Comparatively this marks a 11.4% decrease over last year at this time during the month of February 2016. The trends from SFY 2013 2017 reveal increases during the first half of their state fiscal year followed by a decrease around January to February. 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 17 937 19 470 24 151 12 363 11 256 10 761 Aug 18 024 19 788 23 295 12 693 13 050 12 556 Sep 19 897 21 943 26 176 13 715 14 878 14 045 Oct 21 872 23 541 28 108 15 162 17 050 14 422 Nov 22 433 23 277 26 664 16 008 16 783 14 202 Dec 21 475 22 946 24 857 17 416 16 119 14 002 Jan 19 656 21 916 23 497 18 470 15 773 13 860 Feb 20 193 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 20 186 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) Family Support cases decreased during the prior two months to February 2017 which shows a slight increase in cases from January 2017 of 2%. During SFY 2016 there was a decrease over the SFY 2015 average caseload of 19.4%. The State Fiscal Year 2017 to date trend reveals that Family Support Cases are being implemented with a 32.5% increase over SFY 2016 average caseload. 14 000 12 000 10 000 2017 to date 32.5% increase 8 000 6 000 4 000 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2 000 0 Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun State FY Jul 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 5 045 6 363 10 354 4 723 3 883 3 443 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 13 016 8 881 11 259 6 690 6 417 4 510 Dec 12 141 8 558 10 117 6 919 6 284 4 423 Jan 10 694 8 036 8 862 6 919 6 374 4 425 Feb 10 916 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 10 114 32.5% 7 633 -19.4% 9 467 30.0% 7 280 24.3% 5 858 29.1% 4 537 -14.7% Outcome IB Child Protective Services Cases Family Preservation Cases Only (State Fiscal Year 2017 To Date) Family Preservation cases decreased from August 2016 October 2016. Since the third quarter of SFY 2017 cases have continued to decrease. Currently the SFY 2017 year to date average is 17.2% lower than SFY 2016 s average. 7 000 6 000 2017 to date 17.2% decrease 5 000 4 000 3 000 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 4 394 5 705 4 042 2 960 3 037 3 586 Aug 4 188 5 409 4 282 2 889 2 980 3 641 Sep 4 057 5 215 4 573 2 779 2 931 3 640 Oct 4 003 5 060 4 971 2 709 3 053 3 709 Nov 4 038 4 946 5 298 2 649 3 150 3 665 Dec 4 123 4 880 5 716 2 746 3 200 3 747 Jan 4 079 4 740 5 963 2 813 3 266 3 726 Feb 4 018 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 Average 4 113 4 964 5 435 2 932 3 102 3 575 % Increase -17.2% -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 declined during the first half through the beginning of the second semester of SFY 2017 to date by 43%. There is an increase in the number of investigation cases in February of 8% since January 2017 during State Fiscal Year 2017 to date. 14 000 12 000 10 000 2017 to date 39.6% decrease 8 000 6 000 4 000 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2 000 Jul State FY 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 Jul 8 498 7 402 9 755 4 680 4 336 3 732 Aug Aug 7 148 7 960 9 093 4 721 5 396 4 742 Sep Sep 5 961 9 268 10 736 5 278 6 460 5 563 Oct Oct 5 339 9 893 11 345 6 035 7 509 5 949 Nov Dec Nov 5 379 9 450 10 106 6 669 7 216 6 027 Dec 5 211 9 508 9 023 7 751 6 635 5 832 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jan 4 883 9 140 8 671 8 738 6 133 5 709 Feb 5 259 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 5 960 9 927 9 571 8 211 5 941 5 390 % Increase -39.6% 3.0% 16.6% 38.2% 10.2% 45.7% Outcome II Recurrence of Substantiated Child Maltreatment (February 2016 February 2017) The trend below reveals a decrease in the number of substantiated incidents of child maltreatment. During February 2016 Georgia was above the national standard of 5.4%. One year later this value is 2% 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% 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-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 5.67% 5.69% 5.62% 5.46% 5.81% Jul-16 5.83% Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 5.71% 5.50% 5.27% 5.03% 4.40% 4.00% Feb-17 Feb-17 3.55% Outcome III Disposition of Child Abuse and Neglect Reports (February 2016 February 2017) Of the CPS cases that had a disposition during the month of February 2017 29.1% were screen outs 48.4% were Family Support and 22.5% were Investigations. Only 19% of the Investigations were substantiated. The overall yearly trend shows a jump in the number of cases in August 2016 that were family support as well as screened out cases. Conversely total investigations declined during the first semester with a slight increase during the first month of the second semester. Unsubstantiated Investigations 7 000 Substantiated Investigations Family Support Investigations Screenouts 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 Family Support Screenouts Investigations Substantiated Investigations Unsubstantiated Investigations Feb-16 3 084 2 428 4 555 1 367 3 188 Mar-16 3 352 2 722 5 789 1 581 4 208 Apr-16 2 703 2 245 4 777 1 245 3 532 May-16 2 740 2 350 4 870 1 059 3 811 Jun-16 1 887 1 666 3 676 660 3 016 Jul-16 1 869 1 502 3 561 439 3 122 Aug-16 5 990 2 530 2 996 540 2 456 Sep-16 6 174 2 508 2 461 471 1 990 Oct-16 5 729 2 368 2 334 465 1 869 Nov-16 5 092 2 560 2 256 390 1 866 Dec-16 4 368 2 439 2 008 393 1 615 Jan-17 5 297 2 965 2 396 508 1 888 Feb-17 4 928 2 959 2 286 443 1 843 Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Types of Investigations (February 2016 February 2017) According to February s data 17% of Investigations were subsequently opened as a Family Preservation case 11% of Investigations were opened as a Foster Care case and 72% 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 Feb-16 FamPres SubOpen 442 FamPres UnsubOpen 70 FostCare SubOpen 284 FostCare UnsubOpen Subst Closed Unsubst Closed 28 717 2 958 Mar-16 454 80 348 37 843 3 917 Apr-16 384 80 298 51 660 3 408 May-16 323 93 290 61 469 3 569 Jun-16 214 122 233 137 236 2 700 Jul-16 158 141 172 112 147 2 884 Aug-16 Sep-16 220 250 200 164 169 2 090 204 220 174 148 134 1 679 Oct-16 183 248 168 113 148 1 534 Nov-16 169 237 137 123 101 1 547 Dec-16 139 229 154 135 140 1 336 Jan-17 201 294 168 142 159 1 540 Feb-17 179 234 131 137 167 1 578 Outcome V Number of Children in Placement Services (State Fiscal Year 2017 To Date) There were no significant increases or decline in the number of placement services that were open during the month of March (18 004). 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. 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 22 000 20 000 18 000 16 000 14 000 12 000 10 000 8 000 6 000 4 000 2017 to date 8.5% increase 2 000 0 Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun State FY Jul 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 17 499 15 340 12 952 10 847 10 610 Aug 17 725 15 530 13 147 10 817 10 871 Sep 17 712 15 798 13 484 10 828 10 907 Oct 17 847 15 993 13 763 10 903 11 016 Nov 17 821 16 152 13 779 10 861 10 984 Dec 17 821 16 174 14 028 10 992 10 875 Jan 18 013 16 533 14 320 11 139 10 951 Feb 18 016 16 774 14 489 11 384 10 944 Mar 18 004 16 870 14 699 11 707 10 955 Apr 17 010 14 883 12 410 10 966 May 17 421 15 142 12 527 11 063 Jun 17 643 15 334 12 611 10 948 Average % Increase 17 829 8.5% 16 437 16.0% 14 168 24.1% 11 419 4.5% 10 924 0.8% Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (March 2016 March 2017) The number of children in foster care under the age of 18 increased by 1.3%. The following slides reveal that there were 712 entries and 643 exits. On the last day of March 2017 there were 12 705 children in custody from this population. Of those who entered custody during the month only 30 children (4%) 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 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Mar-16 12 639 Apr-16 12 728 May-16 Jun-16 13 032 13 117 Jul-16 12 950 Aug-16 13 065 Sep-16 13 004 Oct-16 13 046 Nov-16 Dec-16 13 075 13 051 Jan-17 13 080 Feb-17 13 168 Mar-17 13 348 Outcome VI-A Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 - (Regional) (March 2016 March 2017) The number of children in Foster Care under the age of 18 during March 2017 was 13 348. Visually you can see that Region 14 has the highest proportion of children in custody at any point in time. During March Region 14 had 1598 children in DFCS custody followed by Region 13 with 1357 and Region 1 with 1328. (for regional trends see appendix). 16 000 14 000 12 000 10 000 8 000 6 000 4 000 2 000 0 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 R14 R13 R12 R11 R10 R9 R8 R7 R6 R5 R4 R3 R2 R1 Feb-17 Mar-17 Outcome VII Comparison of Foster Care Entries and Exits (March 2016 March 2017) Multiple trends can be seen in this graph. Entries and exits increased in March. The ratio of entries to exits over the last 13 months is 1.1 which accounts for a slight increase in the end of month population trend from March 2016 to March 2017. 1400 11 991 12 209 Entries Exits End-Of-Month 12 329 12 360 12 332 12 389 12 448 12 492 12 454 12 362 12 558 12 636 14000 12 705 1200 12000 1000 10000 800 8000 600 6000 400 4000 200 2000 0 0 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Mar-16 757 648 Apr-16 737 519 May-16 823 703 Jun-16 788 757 Jul-16 590 618 Aug-16 733 676 Sep-16 615 556 Oct-16 598 554 Nov-16 583 621 Dec-16 597 689 Jan-17 718 522 Feb-17 610 532 Mar-17 712 643 Outcome VII Foster Care Re-Entries (March 2016 March 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 re-entry rate remained below the national standard. The re-entry rate and number of reentries for March 2017 was lower than it has been in 12 months. Reentries Reentry Rate 110 11.0% 100 90 8.0% 80 National Standard less than or equal to 8.60% 8.8% 8.2% 9.8% 8.5% 10.0% 9.0% 8.0% 70 60 5.3% 50 6.1% 5.0% 6.6% 5.9% 7.0% 7.0% 4.2% 6.0% 5.0% 40 4.0% 4.4% 30 3.0% 20 2.0% 10 1.0% 0 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 0.0% Feb-17 Mar-17 Mar-16 40 5.3% Apr-16 59 8.0% May-16 41 5.0% Jun-16 48 6.1% Jul-16 39 6.6% Aug-16 60 8.2% Sep-16 54 8.8% Oct-16 35 5.9% Nov-16 57 9.8% Dec-16 26 4.4% Jan-17 61 8.5% Feb-17 43 7.0% Mar-17 30 4.2% Outcome VIII Foster Care Length of Stay (March 2016 March 2017) Examining the length of stay of children who were in Foster Care during the month there was an increase of .4% from February 2017 to March 2017 of the number of children who were in custody from 24 months through less than 36 months. The increase over 13 months was 3.9%. The percentage of children who have been custody for less than a year has decreased to 45.2%. This chart also reveals that the number of children remaining in custody more than 48 months has increased by .7% over the last 13 months. 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 4 Years 3-4 Years 2-3 Years 1-2 Years 1 Year 20% 10% 0% Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 4 Years 3 - 4 Years 2 - 3 Years 1 - 2 Years 1 Year Mar-16 4.8% 5.1% 10.8% 26.2% 53.2% Apr-16 4.7% 5.1% 11.1% 26.8% 52.3% 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% 12.5% 27.3% 50.0% Sep-16 5.1% 5.0% 13.1% 27.8% 49.0% Oct-16 5.2% 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% 29.0% 46.7% Jan-17 5.2% 5.3% 14.1% 29.0% 46.4% Feb-17 5.3% 5.5% 14.3% 29.5% 45.4% Mar-17 5.5% 5.7% 14.7% 28.9% 45.2% Outcome IX Length of Time to Reunification (March 2016 March 2017) The number of children who reunified within 12 months decreased to 61.4% during the month of March. This proportion is significantly lower than last March s proportion of 78.4% by 17%. 100% 90% National Standard 76.20% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 78.4% 79.1% 73.7% 65.4% 69.1% 66.6% 66.8% 67.6% 62.7% 60.6% Jan-17 Jan-17 64.3% Feb-17 Feb-17 63.7% Mar-17 Mar-17 61.4% Outcome X Percent of Children Placed with Relatives (March 2016 March 2017) 35% The number of children who were in Foster Care and were placed with Relatives remained constant at 29.5%. 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 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 29.7% Jan-17 29.6% Feb-17 Mar-17 29.9% 29.5% Outcome XI Extended Youth Services (March 2016 March 2017) There were 598 children who remained in custody after their 18th birthday during March 2017. 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 521 531 541 552 546 548 551 566 572 573 593 601 598 Outcome XII Number of Finalized Adoptions (March 2016 March 2017) There were 107 foster children adopted during March 2017. This represents a 52% improvement over March 2016 as a comparison of last year during the same month. 150 125 100 75 50 25 0 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 70 69 89 133 80 91 81 88 120 123 46 96 107 10.00 Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (March 2016 - March 2017) Over the last 13 months the federal measure for stability which is the number of moves per number of days per thousand has decreased from 5.28 to 4.74 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 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 5.28 5.22 5.15 5.11 5.02 4.92 4.88 4.70 4.66 4.76 4.80 4.68 4.74 Appendices Appendix A Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Type of Investigations by Disposition (February 2016 February 2017) 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 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 Fam. Pres SubOpen FamPres UnsubOpen FostCare SubOpen FostCare UnsubOpen Subst Closed Unsubst Closed 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% 3.3% 6.4% 3.8% 6.5% 74.1% 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% 8.6% 6.8% 5.8% 5.2% 65.6% Oct-16 7.6% 10.4% 7.0% 4.7% 6.2% 64.1% Nov-16 7.3% 10.2% 5.9% 5.3% 4.4% 66.9% Dec-16 6.5% 10.7% 7.2% 6.3% 6.6% 62.6% Jan-17 8.0% 11.7% 6.7% 5.7% 6.3% 61.5% Feb-17 7.4% 9.6% 5.4% 5.6% 6.9% 65.0% APPENDIX B Regional Graphs of Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (March 2016 March 2017) Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (March 2016 March 2017) 2 000 Region I 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 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 Dec-16 1 302 1 293 Jan-17 1 292 Feb-17 1 314 Mar-17 1 328 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (March 2016 March 2017) 2 000 Region II 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 596 621 629 637 Jul-16 627 Aug-16 649 Sep-16 671 Oct-16 679 Nov-16 Dec-16 693 722 Jan-17 716 Feb-17 742 Mar-17 742 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (March 2016 March 2017) Region III 2 000 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Mar-16 1 240 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 1 215 1 221 1 196 Jul-16 1 169 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 1 167 1 154 1 137 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 1 115 1 079 1 072 1 054 1 053 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (March 2016 March 2017) 2 000 Region IV 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Mar-16 1 010 Apr-16 1 031 May-16 1 064 Jun-16 1 101 Jul-16 1 123 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 1 136 1 131 1 130 Nov-16 Dec-16 1 121 1 113 Jan-17 1 112 Feb-17 1 139 Mar-17 1 146 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (March 2016 March 2017) 2 000 Region V 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Mar-16 1 064 Apr-16 1 079 May-16 1 136 Jun-16 1 140 Jul-16 1 133 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 1 160 1 147 1 154 Nov-16 1 152 Dec-16 1 133 Jan-17 1 106 Feb-17 1 097 Mar-17 1 100 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (March 2016 March 2017) Region VI 2 000 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Mar-16 727 Apr-16 730 May-16 735 Jun-16 720 Jul-16 700 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 722 709 689 Nov-16 682 Dec-16 691 Jan-17 686 Feb-17 686 Mar-17 694 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (March 2016 March 2017) 2 000 Region VII 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Mar-16 324 Apr-16 355 May-16 366 Jun-16 386 Jul-16 391 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 395 403 420 Nov-16 Dec-16 417 436 Jan-17 447 Feb-17 459 Mar-17 476 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (March 2016 March 2017) 2 000 Region VIII 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Mar-16 817 Apr-16 796 May-16 779 Jun-16 780 Jul-16 739 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 744 709 698 Nov-16 Dec-16 695 665 Jan-17 655 Feb-17 656 Mar-17 662 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (March 2016 March 2017) 2 000 Region IX 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 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-17 535 Feb-17 547 Mar-17 575 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (March 2016 March 2017) 2 000 Region X 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 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 Feb-17 720 Mar-17 715 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (March 2016 March 2017) 2 000 Region XI 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 1 032 1 060 1 105 1 097 Jul-16 1 116 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 1 104 1 105 1 124 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 1 143 1 132 1 126 1 130 1 155 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (March 2016 March 2017) 2 000 Region XII 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 679 681 685 704 Jul-16 691 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 686 682 690 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 693 693 706 725 746 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (March 2016 March 2017) Region XIII 2 000 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 1 267 1 262 1 328 1 289 Jul-16 1 265 Aug-16 1 268 Sep-16 1 260 Oct-16 1 269 Nov-16 Dec-16 1 284 1 297 Jan-17 1 324 Feb-17 Mar-17 1 326 1 358 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (March 2016 March 2017) 2 000 Region XIV 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Mar-16 1 520 Apr-16 1 506 May-16 1 543 Jun-16 1 578 Jul-16 1 549 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 1 580 1 557 1 553 Nov-16 Dec-16 1 588 1 596 Jan-17 1 589 Feb-17 1 573 Mar-17 1 598 APPENDIX C Regional Graphs of Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (March 2016 March 2017) National Standard 4.12 Desired Goal to Meet the PIP 6.01 Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (March 2016 March 2017) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Region I Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Mar-16 4.94 Apr-16 4.93 May-16 5.09 Jun-16 5.02 Jul-16 4.98 Aug-16 5.07 Sep-16 4.91 Oct-16 4.89 Nov-16 Dec-16 4.74 4.92 Jan-17 4.94 Feb-17 4.97 Mar-17 5.06 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Region II Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 6.23 6.57 6.33 6.44 6.49 6.44 5.94 5.38 5.82 6.12 5.98 5.93 5.79 Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (March 2016 - March 2017) Region III 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Mar-16 4.74 Apr-16 4.73 May-16 4.74 Jun-16 4.57 Jul-16 4.47 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 4.60 4.81 4.55 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 4.62 5.04 4.92 4.82 5.17 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Region IV Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Mar-16 4.92 Apr-16 4.51 May-16 4.21 Jun-16 4.16 Jul-16 4.03 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 3.88 3.87 3.53 Nov-16 Nov-16 3.45 Dec-16 Dec-16 3.46 Jan-17 Jan-17 3.69 Feb-17 Feb-17 3.59 Mar-17 Mar-17 3.69 Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (March 2016 - March 2017) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Region V Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Mar-16 5.93 Apr-16 5.56 May-16 5.48 Jun-16 5.47 Jul-16 5.41 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 5.20 Sep-16 Oct-16 4.84 4.37 Region VI Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 4.46 Dec-16 4.57 Jan-17 4.68 Feb-17 4.51 Mar-17 4.33 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Mar-16 5.02 Apr-16 5.28 May-16 5.45 Jun-16 5.48 Jul-16 5.62 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 5.79 5.88 5.60 Nov-16 5.42 Dec-16 5.54 Jan-17 5.65 Feb-17 5.35 Mar-17 5.16 Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (March 2016 - March 2017) Region VII 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Mar-16 4.80 Apr-16 4.47 May-16 4.19 Jun-16 3.75 Jul-16 3.57 Aug-16 3.39 Sep-16 3.33 Oct-16 3.47 Nov-16 Dec-16 3.44 3.27 Jan-17 3.18 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Region VIII Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Feb-17 3.22 Mar-17 Mar-17 3.29 Feb-17 Mar-17 Mar-16 2.75 Apr-16 2.85 May-16 2.79 Jun-16 2.90 Jul-16 2.75 Aug-16 2.53 Sep-16 2.53 Oct-16 2.40 Nov-16 Dec-16 2.65 2.92 Jan-17 3.37 Feb-17 3.36 Mar-17 3.96 Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (March 2016 - March 2017) Region IX 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 3.63 3.59 3.42 3.57 Jul-16 3.58 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 3.05 2.96 2.73 Nov-16 Dec-16 2.82 2.77 Jan-17 2.93 Feb-17 2.95 Mar-17 2.88 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 4.12 4.26 3.94 4.13 Jul-16 Jul-16 4.04 Aug-16 Aug-16 4.20 Region X Sep-16 Sep-16 4.42 Oct-16 Oct-16 4.32 Nov-16 Nov-16 4.13 Dec-16 Dec-16 4.32 Jan-17 Jan-17 4.35 Feb-17 Feb-17 4.29 Mar-17 Mar-17 4.70 Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (March 2016 - March 2017) Region XI 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 3.92 3.82 3.85 3.92 3.93 3.91 3.81 3.70 3.56 3.69 3.95 3.70 3.57 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Region XII Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Mar-16 5.86 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 5.70 5.36 4.96 Jul-16 4.70 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 4.34 4.32 4.07 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 3.94 3.97 3.76 3.81 3.81 Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (March 2016 - March 2017) Region XIII 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Mar-16 8.03 Apr-16 7.95 May-16 8.21 Jun-16 8.41 Jul-16 8.23 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 8.03 7.84 7.56 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 7.40 7.59 7.31 Region XIV 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Mar-16 6.64 Apr-16 6.53 May-16 6.56 Jun-16 6.44 Jul-16 6.36 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 6.16 6.25 6.28 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 5.96 5.95 5.80 Feb-17 Feb-17 7.04 Feb-17 Feb-17 5.50 Mar-17 Mar-17 7.22 Mar-17 Mar-17 5.31