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