Monthly measures and results for May 2017

Monthly Measures and Results for May 2017*
*(Reflects Safety Outcomes as of March 31 2017 And Permanency Outcomes as of April 30 2017) With Appendices
This report is produced by the Data Unit. For questions or comments you may contact one of the following Samantha Adams Director (Samantha.Adams dhs.ga.gov) John Roach Unit Manager(John.Roach dhs.ga.gov) Vickie Fluellen Analyst(Vickie.Fluellen dhs.ga.gov)

Part I Definitions And Data Sources contained in Report
Part II Safety Outcomes Part III Permanency/Well-being Outcomes Part IV Appendices
A. Disposition of Investigations by Percentage B. Regional Charts of Outcome V (Trend of Unique Children in the Legal
Custody of DFCS Under the Age of 18) C. Regional Charts of Outcome XIV Stability Performance Coefficient
(Number of Moves/Number of Days in Custody * 1000)

SAFETY Children are first and foremost protected from abuse and neglect.
Outcome I Child Protective Services Cases Count of unique CPS Investigations and Family Preservation (Ongoing) stages open at any point during the month. Includes all cases active at some time during the month. Outcome is calculated 45 days prior to the date of report.
Outcome 1A Family Support Cases Only Count of unique Family Support stages open at any point during the month. Outcome IB Family Preservation Cases Only Count of unique Family Preservation stages open at any point during the month. Outcome IC Investigation Cases Only Count of unique Investigation stages open at any point during the month.
Sources SHINES
Outcome II Recurrence of Substantiated Child Maltreatment Of all the children who were victims of substantiated maltreatment in the first 6 months of the year the percentage that had substantiated maltreatment within the following 6 months. Outcome is calculated 45 days prior to the date of report. Each month is calculated as a rolling calendar year. National Standard less than or equal to 5.40% Source SHINES
Outcome III Disposition of Child Abuse and Neglect Reports Chart reflects the disposition of reports received in a particular month. Data includes count of Family Support Substantiated Investigations Unsubstantiated Investigations and Screen-outs. Outcome is calculated 45 days prior to the date of report. Source SHINES
Outcome IV Subsequent Case-type of Investigations by Disposition Chart reflects the disposition of investigations received in a particular month by the subsequent case type. Data includes count of Family Preservation (Substantiated and Unsubstantiated Open) Foster Care (Substantiated and Unsubstantiated Open) Substantiated and Unsubstantiated Closed. Outcome is calculated 45 days prior to the date of report. Source SHINES

PERMANENCY Children have permanency and stability in their living situations. Outcome V Number of Child Placement Services Cases
Count of unique children who were involved in an open Foster Care or Adoption stage during the month. In placement services each child who is the principal (PC) is considered a case. Source SHINES
Outcome VI Children in the Legal Custody of DFCS Under the Age of 18
Count of unique children who were in the legal custody of DFCS (17 years of age and under) at some point during the month
Outcome VI - A Children in the Legal Custody of DFCS Under the Age of 18 (Regional) Count of unique children who were in the legal custody of DFCS (17 years of age and under) at some point during the month.
Source SHINES
Outcome VII Comparison of Foster Care Entries & Exits Number of children who have entered foster care and number of children who have exited foster care during the month. Total children at end of month show the number of children on the last day of the month. Source SHINES
Outcome VIII Foster Care Re-entries Of all the children who entered foster care the percentage that were discharged from a prior episode of foster care within 12 months of the current foster care placement. National Standard less than or equal to 8.60%. Source SHINES
Outcome IX Foster Care Length of Stay Percentage of children by number of months in foster care during each month. Source SHINES

PERMANENCY cont d Children have permanency and stability in their living situations.
Outcome X Length of Time to Achieve Reunification Percentage of children who exited care during the month through reunification with their family that reunified in less than 12 months from the date of their removal. National Standard greater than or equal to 76.20% Source SHINES
Outcome XI Children Placed with Relatives Of all children in DFCS custody the percentage that are placed with a relative or a relative foster home. State Target greater than or equal to 30.00% Source SHINES
Outcome XII Extended Youth Services Number of children ages 18 21 who remained in the custody of DFCS beyond their birth month. Source SHINES
Outcome XIII Adoptions Finalized The number of children whose adoption was finalized within each month.. Source SHINES
Outcome XIV Stability Performance Coefficient (Number of Moves/Number of Days in Custody * 1000) A calculated value based upon the ACF CFSR Round 3 which is part of Program Improvement. It is calculated from a rolling 12 month population of the entry cohort where the child remained in custody for over 8 days and was not 18 on the date of removal. The federal standard is 4.12. Source SHINES
**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)
During the month of March 2017 there was an increase in the overall total of cases of 13% from February 2017. The average for the state fiscal year 2017 reveals a 9.3% decrease since last state fiscal year. Comparatively although Georgia has an 8% decrease since last March 2016 the cases from February to March reveal a slight upwards trend since SFY 2014.
30 000

25 000 20 000 15 000

2017 Avg To Date 9.3% 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

17 938 19 470 24 151 12 363 11 256 10 761

Aug
18 025 19 788 23 295 12 693 13 050 12 556

Sep
19 898 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
19 655 21 916 23 497 18 470 15 773 13 860

Feb
20 191 22 795 22 721 19 491 15 088 14 070

Mar
22 868 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

20 484 22 583 22 747 17 161 13 910 12 618

% Increase
-9.3% -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 increased during March 2017 close to the second quarter cases during October December 2016. 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 35.9% increase over SFY 2016 average caseload.

14 000

12 000

2017 to date 35.9%
increase

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
13 015 8 881 11 259 6 690 6 417 4 510

Dec
12 140 8 558 10 117 6 919 6 284 4 423

Jan
10 693 8 036 8 862 6 919 6 374 4 425

Feb
10 914 8 013 8 111 7 113 6 292 4 437

Mar
12 426 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

10 370 35.9%

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. The trend since August has remained within relative limits by not exceeding caseloads from August 2016 which witnessed a decline. Currently the SFY 2017 year to date average is 17.1% lower than SFY 2016 s average. State Fiscal Years 2016 and 2017 show a marked decrease in Family Preservation Cases since SFY 2015.
7 000

6 000

2017 to date 17.1%
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
4 078 4 740 5 963 2 813 3 266 3 726

Feb
4 017 4 678 6 069 2 879 3 244 3 586

Mar
4 130 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
4 114 4 964 5 435 2 932 3 102 3 575

% Increase
-17.1% -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%. However a similar trend is seen from SFY 2012 SFY 2017 of an increase from February March. There was an increase in the number of investigation cases in March of 20% over February 2017.
14 000

12 000 10 000
8 000 6 000 4 000

2017 to date 39.1%
decrease

2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012

2 000 Jul

State FY
2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012

Jul
8 499 7 402 9 755 4 680 4 336 3 732

Aug
Aug
7 149 7 960 9 093 4 721 5 396 4 742

Sep
Sep
5 962 9 268 10 736 5 278 6 460 5 563

Oct
Oct
5 340 9 893 11 345 6 035 7 509 5 949

Nov Dec

Nov
5 380 9 450 10 106 6 669 7 216 6 027

Dec
5 212 9 508 9 023 7 751 6 635 5 832

Jan
Jan
4 884 9 140 8 671 8 738 6 133 5 709

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Feb
5 260 10 104 8 540 9 499 5 552 6 047

Mar
6 312 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
6 000 9 927 9 571 8 211 5 941 5 390

% Increase
-39.1% 3.0% 16.6% 38.2% 10.2% 45.7%

Outcome II Recurrence of Substantiated Child Maltreatment (March 2016 March 2017)
The trend below reveals a decrease in the number of repeated substantiated incidents of child maltreatment. During March 2016 Georgia was above the national standard of 5.4%. One year later this value is reduced by 50% reflecting many effective changes that have been implemented in Child Protective Services.
8%

National Standard

7%

less than or equal

to 5.40%

6%

5%

4%

3%

2%

1%

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

Jul-16

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

Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 5.69% 5.62% 5.46% 5.80%

Jul-16 5.82%

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 5.71% 5.49% 5.26% 5.00% 4.38% 3.96%

Feb-17
Feb-17 3.53%

Mar-17
Mar-17 2.85%

Outcome III Disposition of Child Abuse and Neglect Reports

(March 2016 March 2017)
Of the CPS cases that had a disposition during the month of March 2017 27.9% were screen outs 49.1% were Family Support and 23% were Investigations. Only 22% 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 continuing through the second semester with slight increases during the last quarter 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 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

Family Support
Screenouts
Investigations Substantiated Investigations Unsubstantiated Investigations

Mar-16
3 352 2 722 5 790 1 581 4 209

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

May-16
2 740 2 350 4 871 1 059 3 812

Jun-16
1 887 1 666 3 676 659 3 017

Jul-16
1 869 1 502 3 561 438 3 123

Aug-16
5 990 2 530 2 997 530 2 467

Sep-16
6 175 2 508 2 462 456 2 006

Oct-16
5 729 2 368 2 336 447 1 889

Nov-16
5 092 2 560 2 256 377 1 879

Dec-16
4 370 2 439 2 009 382 1 627

Jan-17
5 297 2 965 2 407 495 1 912

Feb-17
5 152 3 095 2 415 464 1 951

Mar-17
5 781 3 283 2 708 601 2 107

Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Types of Investigations (March 2016 March 2017)
According to March s data 20% of Investigations were subsequently opened as a Family Preservation case 11% of Investigations were opened as a Foster Care case and 69% 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

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

FamPres SubOpen 454

FamPres UnsubOpen 80

FostCare SubOpen 348

FostCare UnsubOpen Subst Closed
Unsubst Closed

37 843 3 918

384 80 298 51 660 3 408

323 93 290 62 469 3 569

213 123 233 137 236 2 700

Jul-16
158 141 171 113 147 2 884

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16

214 256 198 166 165 2 094

197 227 173 149 127 1 687

173 258 167 114 141 1 544

Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17

163 243 135 125 97 1 551

131 237 152 137 137 1 340

196 300 162 148 156 1 553

Feb-17 Mar-17

182 242 127 143 169 1 609

275 314 190 117 192 1 796

Outcome V Number of Children in Placement Services (State Fiscal Year 2017 To Date)

There was a decline in the number of placement services that were open during the month of April (17 932). 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

17 497 15 340 12 952 10 847 10 610

Aug
17 723 15 530 13 147 10 817 10 871

Sep
17 709 15 798 13 484 10 828 10 907

Oct
17 844 15 993 13 763 10 903 11 016

Nov
17 819 16 152 13 779 10 861 10 984

Dec
17 820 16 174 14 028 10 992 10 875

Jan
18 011 16 533 14 320 11 139 10 951

Feb
18 013 16 774 14 489 11 384 10 944

Mar
18 007 16 870 14 699 11 707 10 955

Apr
17 932 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

17 838 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 (April 2016 April 2017)
The number of children in foster care under the age of 18 remained close within 1% of March 2017 population at 13 275. The following slides reveal that there were 587 entries and 476 exits. On the last day of April 2017 there were 12 799 children in custody from this population. Of those who entered custody during the month forty-six children (7.8%) 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 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17

Apr-16 12 727

May-16 13 030

Jun-16 13 113

Jul-16 12 946

Aug-16 13 061

Sep-16 13 004

Oct-16 13 045

Nov-16 13 068

Dec-16 13 048

Jan-17 13 075

Feb-17 13 161

Mar-17 13 346

Apr-17 13 275

Outcome VI-A Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 - (Regional) (April 2016 April 2017)
The number of children in Foster Care under the age of 18 during April 2017 was 13 275. Visually you can see that Region 14 has the highest proportion of children in custody at any point in time. During April Region 14 had 1568 children in DFCS custody followed by Region 13 with 1377 and Region 1 with 1326. (for regional trends see appendix).
16 000

14 000 12 000 10 000
8 000 6 000 4 000 2 000
0 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 Mar-17 Apr-17

Outcome VII Comparison of Foster Care Entries and Exits

(April 2016 April 2017)

Multiple trends can be seen in this graph. While there was a marked decrease in the number of entries and exits in April since March there was a net gain of 111 children removed from the home and placed into foster care during April 2017 alone. The ratio of entries to exits over the last 13 months is 1.1. April showed a slight increase over the average with 1.2 .

Entries

Exits

End-Of-Month

1400 12 208

12 327

12 356 12 328 12 385 12 447 12 486 12 450 12 354 12 550 12 630 12 688

12 799 14000

1200

12000

1000

10000

800

8000

600

6000

400

4000

200

2000

0

0

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

Apr-16 732 519

May-16 822 703

Jun-16 786 757

Jul-16 590 618

Aug-16 733 676

Sep-16 618 557

Oct-16 599 559

Nov-16 582 618

Dec-16 598 694

Jan-17 721 525

Feb-17 611 531

Mar-17 716 658

Apr-17 587 476

Outcome VII Foster Care Re-Entries

(April 2016 April 2017)

Reentries into foster care improved during December 2016 followed by a spike revealing that the number of re-entries increased. Although there was an increase in the number of re-entries during January of over 100% the number of entries also increased which allowed the rate to remain below the standard. The re-entry rate and number of reentries for April 2017 showed an increase since March 2017. The number and proportion of re-entries to entries decreased compared to April 2016.

Reentries

Reentry Rate

110

11.0%

National

100

Standard less

9.5%

10.0%

than or equal to 8.60%

8.9%

90

8.2%

7.8% 9.0%

80

8.1%

70

60

6.0%

6.6%

8.2%

50 5.0%
40

5.8%

4.3%

6.9% 4.5%

8.0% 7.0% 6.0% 5.0% 4.0%

30

3.0%

20

2.0%

10

1.0%

0 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16

Jul-16

0.0% Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17

Apr-16 59
8.1%

May-16 41
5.0%

Jun-16 47
6.0%

Jul-16 39
6.6%

Aug-16 60
8.2%

Sep-16 55
8.9%

Oct-16 35
5.8%

Nov-16 55
9.5%

Dec-16 26
4.3%

Jan-17 59
8.2%

Feb-17 42
6.9%

Mar-17 32
4.5%

Apr-17 46
7.8%

Outcome VIII Foster Care Length of Stay (April 2016 April 2017)
Examining the length of stay of children who were in Foster Care during the month there was an increase of .4% from March 2017 to April 2017 of the number of children who were in custody from 24 months through less than 36 months. The percentage of children who have been custody for less than a year has decreased to 44.8%. This chart also reveals that the proportion of children remaining in custody more than 48 months has increased by .8% over the same time last year April 2016.
100%

90%

80%

70% 60% 50% 40% 30%

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

20%

10%

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

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

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 5.2% 5.0% 13.6% 28.1% 48.2%

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

Dec-16 5.2% 5.3% 13.8% 29.0% 46.7%

Jan-17 5.2% 5.3% 14.2% 28.9% 46.4%

Feb-17 5.3% 5.5% 14.3% 29.4% 45.4%

Mar-17 5.5% 5.7% 14.7% 28.9% 45.2%

Apr-17 5.5% 5.9% 15.1% 28.8% 44.8%

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

The number of children who reunified within 12 months increased to 65.4% during the month of April. This proportion is significantly lower than last April s proportion of 79.1%.
100%

90%

National Standard
76.20%

80%

70%

60%

50%

40%

30%

20%

10%

0% Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16
Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 79.1% 73.7% 65.4% 69.1% 66.6% 66.8% 67.4% 62.6% 60.9%

Jan-17 Jan-17 64.2%

Feb-17 Feb-17 64.1%

Mar-17 Mar-17 61.2%

Apr-17 Apr-17 65.4%

Outcome X Percent of Children Placed with Relatives (April 2016 April 2017)
The number of children who were in Foster Care that were placed with relatives during the month of April 2017 remained constant at 29.2%.
35%

30%

25%

20%

15%

10%

5%

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

Apr-16 28.3%

May-16 Jun-16 28.3% 29.0%

Jul-16 29.3%

Aug-16 28.8%

Sep-16 28.8%

Oct-16 29.0%

Nov-16 29.3%

Dec-16 29.6%

Jan-17 29.6%

Feb-17 29.8%

Mar-17 Apr-17 29.4% 29.2%

Outcome XI Extended Youth Services (April 2016 April 2017)
There were 604 children who remained in custody after their 18th birthday during April 2017.
700

600

500

400

300

200

100

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

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

533

542

553

546

549

551

567

573

576

595

602

601

604

Outcome XII Number of Finalized Adoptions (April 2016 April 2017)
There were 97 foster children adopted during April 2017. This represents a 41% improvement over April 2016 as a comparison of last year during the same month.
150

125

100

75

50

25

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

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

69

89

133

80

91

81

88

120

123

46

96

110

97

10.00

Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (April 2016 - April 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 5.24 to 4.69 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 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17

Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 5.24 5.16 5.13 5.05 4.94 4.91 4.72 4.69 4.80 4.85 4.74 4.89 4.69

Appendices

Appendix A
Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Type of Investigations by Disposition (March 2016 March 2017)
100% 90% 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 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17

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

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 5.8% 3.4% 6.4% 3.8% 6.5% 74.1%

Jul-16 4.4% 3.9% 4.7% 3.1% 4.1% 79.8%

Aug-16 6.9% 8.3% 6.4% 5.4% 5.3% 67.7%

Sep-16 7.7% 8.9% 6.8% 5.8% 5.0% 65.9%

Oct-16 7.2% 10.8% 7.0% 4.8% 5.9% 64.4%

Nov-16 7.0% 10.5% 5.8% 5.4% 4.2% 67.0%

Dec-16 6.1% 11.1% 7.1% 6.4% 6.4% 62.8%

Jan-17 7.8% 11.9% 6.4% 5.9% 6.2% 61.7%

Feb-17 7.4% 9.8% 5.1% 5.8% 6.8% 65.1%

Mar-17 9.5% 10.9% 6.6% 4.1% 6.7% 62.3%

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

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

2 000

Region I

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Apr-16 May-16 1 308 1 339

Jun-16 1 339

Jul-16 1 301

Aug-16 Sep-16

1 325

1 319

Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 1 323 1 299 1 291

Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 1 289 1 311 1 326

Apr-17 1 326

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

2 000

Region II

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Apr-16 May-16

621

629

Jun-16 637

Jul-16 627

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

649

671

679

691

722

Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17

715

741

741

Apr-17 729

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

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 1 215 1 221 1 196

Jul-16 1 169

Aug-16 Sep-16

1 167

1 154

Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 1 137 1 115 1 079

Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 1 072 1 054 1 053

Apr-17 1 013

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

2 000

Region IV

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Apr-16 May-16 1 031 1 064

Jun-16 1 101

Jul-16 1 123

Aug-16 Sep-16

1 136

1 131

Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 1 130 1 118 1 111

Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 1 110 1 137 1 143

Apr-17 1 140

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

2 000

Region V

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Apr-16 1 079

May-16 1 137

Jun-16 1 140

Jul-16 1 133

Aug-16 1 160

Sep-16 1 147

Oct-16 1 154

Nov-16 1 152

Dec-16 1 133

Jan-17 1 106

Feb-17 1 097

Mar-17 1 100

Apr-17 1 101

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

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Apr-16 May-16

728

735

Jun-16 718

Jul-16 698

Aug-16 Sep-16

720

709

Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

689

682

691

Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17

686

686

694

Apr-17 689

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

2 000

Region VII

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Apr-16 355

May-16 366

Jun-16 386

Jul-16 391

Aug-16 Sep-16

395

403

Oct-16 420

Nov-16 417

Dec-16 436

Jan-17 447

Feb-17 459

Mar-17 476

Apr-17 485

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

2 000

Region VIII

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Apr-16 796

May-16 779

Jun-16 780

Jul-16 739

Aug-16 744

Sep-16 710

Oct-16 698

Nov-16 696

Dec-16 666

Jan-17 655

Feb-17 656

Mar-17 662

Apr-17 660

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

2 000

Region IX

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Apr-16 May-16

397

407

Jun-16 439

Jul-16 446

Aug-16 Sep-16

442

464

Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

492

497

504

Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17

535

547

575

Apr-17 581

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18

(April 2016 April 2017)

2 000

Region X

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Apr-16 684

May-16 692

Jun-16 708

Jul-16 697

Aug-16 684

Sep-16 690

Oct-16 685

Nov-16 693

Dec-16 697

Jan-17 714

Feb-17 720

Mar-17 715

Apr-17 716

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

2 000

Region XI

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Apr-16 May-16 1 060 1 104

Jun-16 1 097

Jul-16 1 116

Aug-16 Sep-16 1 104 1 105

Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 1 124 1 141 1 130

Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 1 126 1 129 1 158

Apr-17 1 154

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

2 000

Region XII

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Apr-16 May-16

681

685

Jun-16 704

Jul-16 691

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

686

682

690

693

693

Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17

705

723

744

Apr-17 736

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

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 1 266 1 330 1 291

Jul-16 1 267

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 1 270 1 263 1 272 1 287 1 299 1 326 1 329 1 361 1 377

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

2 000

Region XIV

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Apr-16 May-16 1 506 1 542

Jun-16 1 577

Jul-16 1 548

Aug-16 Sep-16

1 579

1 556

Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 1 552 1 587 1 596

Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 1 589 1 572 1 598

Apr-17 1 568

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

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

Apr-16 May-16

4.94

5.10

Jun-16 5.06

Jul-16 5.02

Aug-16 Sep-16

5.12

4.98

Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

4.95

4.80

4.97

Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17

5.00

5.03

5.23

Apr-17 5.03

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

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

6.58

6.33

6.44 6.49

6.44

5.94

5.41 5.86

6.17

6.08

6.03

6.00

5.72

Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient

(April 2016 - April 2017)

Region III

10 9

8 7 6 5 4

3 2

1 0
Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16

Jul-16

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16

Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17

Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17

Apr-16 May-16

4.73

4.74

Jun-16 4.57

Jul-16 4.47

Aug-16 Sep-16

4.60

4.82

Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

4.55

4.60

5.04

Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17

4.94

4.88

5.36

Apr-17 4.89

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

Jul-16

Region IV
Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16

Apr-16 4.51

May-16 4.21

Jun-16 4.16

Jul-16 4.04

Aug-16 Sep-16

3.89

3.88

Oct-16 Nov-16

3.57

3.48

Dec-16 Dec-16
3.51

Jan-17 Jan-17
3.76

Feb-17 Feb-17
3.67

Mar-17 Mar-17
3.79

Apr-17 Apr-17
3.66

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

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 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

Apr-17

Apr-16 May-16

5.58

5.51

Jun-16 5.51

Jul-16 5.46

Aug-16 Sep-16

5.25

4.90

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

Jul-16

Aug-16 Sep-16

Oct-16 Nov-16

4.41

4.52

Region VI

Oct-16 Nov-16

Dec-16 4.64
Dec-16

Jan-17 4.74
Jan-17

Feb-17 4.56

Mar-17 4.45

Apr-17 4.46

Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17

Apr-16 May-16

5.27

5.44

Jun-16 5.47

Jul-16 5.61

Aug-16 Sep-16

5.77

5.89

Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

5.62

5.44

5.57

Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17

5.66

5.37

5.23

Apr-17 4.80

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

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

Apr-16 May-16

4.47

4.19

Jun-16 3.75

Jul-16 3.57

Aug-16 Sep-16

3.39

3.33

Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

3.47

3.44

3.27

Jan-17 Feb-17

3.20

3.24

Region VIII
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 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-17
3.35
Mar-17

Apr-17 Apr-17
3.11
Apr-17

Apr-16 May-16

2.90

2.84

Jun-16 2.95

Jul-16 2.83

Aug-16 Sep-16

2.60

2.61

Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

2.49

2.77

3.01

Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17

3.49

3.47

4.07

Apr-17 3.90

Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient

(April 2016 - April 2017)

Region IX
10

9 8 7

6

5 4 3 2

1 0
Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16

Jul-16

Aug-16 Sep-16

Oct-16

Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17

Feb-17

Mar-17

Apr-17

Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16

3.61

3.45

3.61

Jul-16 3.62

Aug-16 Sep-16

3.10

3.01

Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

2.75

2.84

2.77

Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17

2.89

2.95

2.94

Apr-17 3.19

10

9

8

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16

Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16

4.30

3.98

4.14

Jul-16 Jul-16 4.06

Aug-16 Aug-16
4.22

Sep-16 Sep-16
4.42

Region X

Oct-16 Oct-16
4.35

Nov-16 Nov-16
4.15

Dec-16 Dec-16
4.41

Jan-17 Jan-17
4.44

Feb-17 Feb-17
4.38

Mar-17 Mar-17
4.88

Apr-17 Apr-17 4.55

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

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

Jul-16

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

Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17

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

3.82

3.87

3.93

3.94

3.93

3.83

3.69

3.58

3.80

4.10

3.86

3.84

3.69

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

Apr-16 May-16

5.74

5.40

Jun-16 5.00

Jul-16 4.75

Aug-16 Sep-16

4.38

4.33

Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17

4.07

3.97

4.01

3.76

3.88

4.15

Apr-17 4.13

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

Apr-16 May-16

7.94

8.20

Jun-16 8.40

Jul-16 8.22

Aug-16 Sep-16

8.04

7.85

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

7.56

7.41

7.60

7.30

7.03

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

Apr-16 May-16

6.54

6.57

Jun-16 6.44

Jul-16 6.38

Aug-16 Sep-16

6.18

6.28

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

6.30

6.00

5.98

5.84

5.55

Mar-17 Mar-17
7.29
Mar-17 Mar-17
5.40

Apr-17 Apr-17
7.06
Apr-17 Apr-17
5.12