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