Monthly Measures and Results for June 2017*
*(Reflects Safety Outcomes as of April 30 2017 And Permanency Outcomes as of May 31 2017) With Appendices
This report is produced by the Data Unit. For questions or comments you may contact one of the following Samantha Adams Director (Samantha.Adams dhs.ga.gov) John Roach Unit Manager(John.Roach dhs.ga.gov) Vickie Fluellen Analyst(Vickie.Fluellen dhs.ga.gov)
Part I Definitions And Data Sources contained in Report
Part II Safety Outcomes Part III Permanency/Well-being Outcomes Part IV Appendices
A. Disposition of Investigations by Percentage B. Regional Charts of Outcome V (Trend of Unique Children in the Legal
Custody of DFCS Under the Age of 18) C. Regional Charts of Outcome XIV Stability Performance Coefficient
(Number of Moves/Number of Days in Custody * 1000)
SAFETY Children are first and foremost protected from abuse and neglect.
Outcome I Child Protective Services Cases Count of unique CPS Investigations and Family Preservation (Ongoing) stages open at any point during the month. Includes all cases active at some time during the month. Outcome is calculated 45 days prior to the date of report.
Outcome 1A Family Support Cases Only Count of unique Family Support stages open at any point during the month. Outcome IB Family Preservation Cases Only Count of unique Family Preservation stages open at any point during the month. Outcome IC Investigation Cases Only Count of unique Investigation stages open at any point during the month.
Sources SHINES
Outcome II Recurrence of Substantiated Child Maltreatment Of all the children who were victims of substantiated maltreatment in the first 6 months of the year the percentage that had substantiated maltreatment within the following 6 months. Outcome is calculated 45 days prior to the date of report. Each month is calculated as a rolling calendar year. National Standard less than or equal to 5.40% Source SHINES
Outcome III Disposition of Child Abuse and Neglect Reports Chart reflects the disposition of reports received in a particular month. Data includes count of Family Support Substantiated Investigations Unsubstantiated Investigations and Screen-outs. Outcome is calculated 45 days prior to the date of report. Source SHINES
Outcome IV Subsequent Case-type of Investigations by Disposition Chart reflects the disposition of investigations received in a particular month by the subsequent case type. Data includes count of Family Preservation (Substantiated and Unsubstantiated Open) Foster Care (Substantiated and Unsubstantiated Open) Substantiated and Unsubstantiated Closed. Outcome is calculated 45 days prior to the date of report. Source SHINES
PERMANENCY Children have permanency and stability in their living situations. Outcome V Number of Child Placement Services Cases
Count of unique children who were involved in an open Foster Care or Adoption stage during the month. In placement services each child who is the principal (PC) is considered a case. Source SHINES
Outcome VI Children in the Legal Custody of DFCS Under the Age of 18
Count of unique children who were in the legal custody of DFCS (17 years of age and under) at some point during the month
Outcome VI - A Children in the Legal Custody of DFCS Under the Age of 18 (Regional) Count of unique children who were in the legal custody of DFCS (17 years of age and under) at some point during the month.
Source SHINES
Outcome VII Comparison of Foster Care Entries & Exits Number of children who have entered foster care and number of children who have exited foster care during the month. Total children at end of month show the number of children on the last day of the month. Source SHINES
Outcome VIII Foster Care Re-entries Of all the children who entered foster care the percentage that were discharged from a prior episode of foster care within 12 months of the current foster care placement. National Standard less than or equal to 8.60%. Source SHINES
Outcome IX Foster Care Length of Stay Percentage of children by number of months in foster care during each month. Source SHINES
PERMANENCY cont d Children have permanency and stability in their living situations.
Outcome X Length of Time to Achieve Reunification Percentage of children who exited care during the month through reunification with their family that reunified in less than 12 months from the date of their removal. National Standard greater than or equal to 76.20% Source SHINES
Outcome XI Children Placed with Relatives Of all children in DFCS custody the percentage that are placed with a relative or a relative foster home. State Target greater than or equal to 30.00% Source SHINES
Outcome XII Extended Youth Services Number of children ages 18 21 who remained in the custody of DFCS beyond their birth month. Source SHINES
Outcome XIII Adoptions Finalized The number of children whose adoption was finalized within each month.. Source SHINES
Outcome XIV Stability Performance Coefficient (Number of Moves/Number of Days in Custody * 1000) A calculated value based upon the ACF CFSR Round 3 which is part of Program Improvement. It is calculated from a rolling 12 month population of the entry cohort where the child remained in custody for over 8 days and was not 18 on the date of removal. The federal standard is 4.12. Source SHINES
**Note Data may vary from month to month due to 13 month data trends being re-run over the time span for the various outcomes in this report.
Outcome I Child Protective Services Cases (State Fiscal Year 2017 to Date)
During the month of April 2017 there was an decrease in the overall total of cases of 5% from March 2017. The average for the state fiscal year 2017 reveals a 8.7% decrease since last state fiscal year. Comparatively Georgia has an 11% decrease since last April 2016. Similarly the trend increases from January to March in SFY 2014 SFY 2016 and SFY 2017.
30 000
25 000
2017 Avg To Date 8.7% decrease
20 000 15 000
2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
10 000
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
State FY Jul
2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
17 940 19 470 24 151 12 363 11 256
Aug
18 027 19 788 23 295 12 693 13 050
Sep
19 901 21 943 26 176 13 715 14 878
Oct
21 875 23 541 28 108 15 162 17 050
Nov
22 436 23 277 26 664 16 008 16 783
Dec
21 478 22 946 24 857 17 416 16 119
Jan
19 659 21 916 23 497 18 470 15 773
Feb
20 195 22 795 22 721 19 491 15 088
Mar
22 871 25 075 24 293 22 662 15 355
Apr
21 703 24 431 23 911 24 120 14 951
May
24 307 23 896 25 071 15 157
Jun Average % Increase
21 504 22 124 23 905 13 355
20 609 22 583 22 747 17 161 13 910
-8.7% -7.7% 32.5% 23.4% 10.2%
Outcome IA Child Protective Services Cases Family Support Cases Only (State Fiscal Year To Date)
Family Support cases decreased during April 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 37.5% increase over SFY 2016 average caseload.
14 000 12 000
2017 to date 37.5%
increase
10 000
8 000
6 000
4 000
2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
2 000
0
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
State FY
Jul
2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
5 047 6 363 10 354 4 723 3 883
Aug
6 690 6 419 9 919 5 083 4 674
Sep
9 881 7 460 10 866 5 658 5 487
Oct
12 531 8 588 11 791 6 418 6 488
Nov
13 017 8 881 11 259 6 690 6 417
Dec
12 142 8 558 10 117 6 919 6 284
Jan
10 696 8 036 8 862 6 919 6 374
Feb
10 917 8 013 8 111 7 113 6 292
Mar
12 428 8 118 8 494 8 552 6 463
Apr
11 613 7 549 8 206 9 511 6 304
May
7 398 8 176 9 951 6 364
Jun
6 211 7 450 9 826 5 265
Average
10 496 7 633 9 467 7 280 5 858
% Increase
37.5% -19.4% 30.0% 24.3% 29.1%
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 17.3% 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 17.3%
decrease
5 000 4 000 3 000
2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
2 000
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
State FY
2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Jul
4 394 5 705 4 042 2 960 3 037
Aug
4 188 5 409 4 282 2 889 2 980
Sep
4 057 5 215 4 573 2 779 2 931
Oct
4 003 5 060 4 971 2 709 3 053
Nov
4 037 4 946 5 298 2 649 3 150
Dec
4 122 4 880 5 716 2 746 3 200
Jan
4 077 4 740 5 963 2 813 3 266
Feb
4 016 4 678 6 069 2 879 3 244
Mar
4 129 4 761 6 158 3 004 3 203
Apr
4 041 4 763 6 109 3 031 3 122
May
4 752 6 048 3 224 3 040
Jun
4 658 5 992 3 501 3 001
Average
4 106 4 964 5 435 2 932 3 102
% Increase
-17.3% -8.7% 85.4% -5.5% -13.2%
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 followed by a 4% decrease in April 2017.
14 000
12 000
2017 to date 39.1%
decrease
10 000
8 000
6 000
2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
4 000
2 000
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
State FY
2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Jul
8 499 7 402 9 755 4 680 4 336
Aug
7 149 7 960 9 093 4 721 5 396
Sep
5 963 9 268 10 736 5 278 6 460
Oct
5 341 9 893 11 345 6 035 7 509
Nov
5 382 9 450 10 106 6 669 7 216
Dec
5 214 9 508 9 023 7 751 6 635
Jan
4 886 9 140 8 671 8 738 6 133
Feb
5 262 10 104 8 540 9 499 5 552
Mar
6 314 12 196 9 640 11 106 5 689
Apr
6 049 12 119 9 595 11 578 5 525
May
10 636 9 671 11 896 5 753
Jun
10 636 8 679 10 578 5 089
Average
6 006 9 927 9 571 8 211 5 941
% Increase
-39.1% 3.0% 16.6% 38.2% 10.2%
Outcome II Recurrence of Substantiated Child Maltreatment (April 2016 April 2017)
The trend below reveals a decrease in the number of repeated substantiated incidents of child maltreatment. During April 2016 Georgia was above the national standard of 5.4%. One year later this value is reduced by over 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% 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-16 May-16 Jun-16 5.62% 5.46% 5.80%
Jul-16 5.82%
Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 5.70% 5.48% 5.24% 4.98% 4.37% 3.96%
Feb-17 Mar-17 3.54% 2.86%
Apr-17
Apr-17 2.36%
Outcome III Disposition of Child Abuse and Neglect Reports
(April 2016 April 2017)
Of the CPS cases that had a disposition during the month of April 2017 29.2% were screen outs 47.2% were Family Support and 23.6% were Investigations. Only 23.5% 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 through March 2017 with a decrease in April 2017.
Unsubstantiated Investigations 7 000
Substantiated Investigations
Family Support
Investigations
Screenouts
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
Family Support
Screenouts
Investigations Substantiated Investigations Unsubstantiated Investigations
Apr-16
2 703 2 245 4 777 1 244 3 533
May-16
2 740 2 350 4 871 1 053 3 818
Jun-16
1 887 1 666 3 676 645 3 031
Jul-16
1 869 1 502 3 561 427 3 134
Aug-16
5 990 2 530 2 997 521 2 476
Sep-16
6 175 2 508 2 462 455 2 007
Oct-16
5 729 2 368 2 337 444 1 893
Nov-16
5 092 2 560 2 258 375 1 883
Dec-16
4 370 2 439 2 009 377 1 632
Jan-17
5 297 2 965 2 410 484 1 926
Feb-17
5 153 3 096 2 425 454 1 971
Mar-17
5 983 3 408 2 848 624 2 224
Apr-17
4 568 2 825 2 284 536 1 748
Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Types of Investigations (April 2016 April 2017)
According to March s data 19% of Investigations were subsequently opened as a Family Preservation case 12% 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
Apr-16 May-16
FamPres SubOpen FamPres UnsubOpen FostCare SubOpen FostCare UnsubOpen
Subst Closed Unsubst Closed
384 80 298 51 659 3 409
320 96 290 62 467 3 571
Jun-16
207 129 230 140 232 2 704
Jul-16
154 145 165 119 145 2 886
Aug-16
208 262 198 166 163 2 097
Sep-16
196 228 173 149 127 1 687
Oct-16
172 259 167 114 140 1 545
Nov-16 Dec-16
160 246 135 125 97 1 552
129 239 151 139 136 1 341
Jan-17
196 301 159 151 157 1 558
Feb-17
181 247 126 145 168 1 623
Mar-17
280 323 190 120 198 1 828
Apr-17
195 255 173 98 199 1 440
Outcome V Number of Children in Placement Services (State Fiscal Year 2017 To Date)
There was a increase in the number of placement services that were open during the month of April (18 125). 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.
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 8.7%
increase
2 000
0
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
State FY Jul
2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
17 498 15 340 12 952 10 847 10 610
Aug
17 724 15 530 13 147 10 817 10 871
Sep
17 710 15 798 13 484 10 828 10 907
Oct
17 845 15 993 13 763 10 903 11 016
Nov
17 820 16 152 13 779 10 861 10 984
Dec
17 821 16 174 14 028 10 992 10 875
Jan
18 011 16 533 14 320 11 139 10 951
Feb
18 016 16 774 14 489 11 384 10 944
Mar
18 011 16 870 14 699 11 707 10 955
Apr
17 937 17 010 14 883 12 410 10 966
May
18 125 17 421 15 142 12 527 11 063
Jun
17 643 15 334 12 611 10 948
Average
%
Increase
17 865 8.7%
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 (May 2016 May 2017)
The number of children in foster care under the age of 18 increased to 13 544 during May 2017. The following slides reveal that there were 736 entries and 614 exits. On the last day of May 2017 there were 12 967 children in custody from this population. Of those who entered custody during the month sixty-nine children (9.4%) children 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 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17
May-16 13 029
Jun-16 13 112
Jul-16 12 947
Aug-16 13 062
Sep-16 13 003
Oct-16 13 046
Nov-16 Dec-16 13 069 13 050
Jan-17 13 078
Feb-17 13 165
Mar-17 13 353
Apr-17 13 291
May-17 13 544
Outcome VI-A Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 - (Regional) (May 2016 May 2017)
The number of children in Foster Care under the age of 18 during May 2017 was 13 544. Visually you can see that Region 14 has the highest proportion of children in custody at any point in time. During May Region 14 had 1 616 children in DFCS custody followed by Region 13 with 1 388 children and Region 1 with 1 332 children. (for regional trends see appendix).
16 000
14 000 12 000 10 000
8 000 6 000 4 000 2 000
0 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 May-17
Outcome VII Comparison of Foster Care Entries and Exits (May 2016 May 2017)
Multiple trends can be seen in this graph. There was a decrease in the number of entries and exits in May. there was a net gain of 122 children removed from the home and placed into foster care during May 2017. The ratio of entries to exits over the last 13 months is 1.1 entries per exit.
1400 12 326
12 356
12 329
Entries
Exits
12 386 12 447 12 486 12 451
End-Of-Month 12 355 12 554 12 635 12 695
12 808
12 967 14000
1200
12000
1000
10000
800
8000
600
6000
400
4000
200
2000
0
0
May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17
May-16 825 703
Jun-16 786 756
Jul-16 591 618
Aug-16 733 676
Sep-16 617 556
Oct-16 599 560
Nov-16 583 618
Dec-16 599 695
Jan-17 723 566
Feb-17 611 577
Mar-17 719 701
Apr-17 596 536
May-17 736 614
Outcome VII Foster Care Re-Entries
(May 2016 May 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 May 2017 showed an increase since April 2017. The number and proportion of re-entries to entries increased during May 2017 compared to May 2016.
Reentries
Reentry Rate
110
National
Standard less
100
than or equal
to 8.60%
8.8%
90
8.3%
9.8%
9.0%
11.0% 9.4% 10.0%
9.0%
80
70
6.8%
7.0%
7.9%
8.0% 7.0%
60 5.0%
50
40
30
6.0%
5.8%
4.5%
4.9%
6.0% 5.0% 4.0% 3.0%
20
2.0%
10
1.0%
0
0.0%
May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17
May-16 41
5.0%
Jun-16 47
6.0%
Jul-16 40
6.8%
Aug-16 61
8.3%
Sep-16 54
8.8%
Oct-16 35
5.8%
Nov-16 57
9.8%
Dec-16 27
4.5%
Jan-17 65
9.0%
Feb-17 43
7.0%
Mar-17 35
4.9%
Apr-17 47
7.9%
May-17 69
9.4%
Outcome VIII Foster Care Length of Stay (May 2016 May 2017)
During the month of May 2017 the length of stay among the foster care populations remained close to April 2017. Comparison of the trend from last May 2016 reveals that there are higher proportion of children who are staying in care for longer than 12 months.
100%
90%
80%
70% 60% 50% 40% 30%
4 Years 3-4 Years 2-3 Years 1-2 Years 1 Year
20%
10%
0% May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17
4 Years 3 - 4 Years 2 - 3 Years 1 - 2 Years
1 Year
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% 27.6% 50.6%
Aug-16 5.0% 5.2% 12.5% 27.3% 50.0%
Sep-16 5.1% 5.0% 13.1% 27.8% 49.0%
Oct-16 5.2% 5.0% 13.5% 28.1% 48.2%
Nov-16 5.2% 5.1% 13.4% 28.9% 47.4%
Dec-16 5.2% 5.3% 13.7% 29.0% 46.8%
Jan-17 5.2% 5.3% 14.1% 28.9% 46.5%
Feb-17 5.3% 5.5% 14.3% 29.4% 45.4%
Mar-17 5.5% 5.7% 14.7% 28.8% 45.3%
Apr-17 5.5% 5.9% 15.0% 28.8% 44.8%
May-17 5.5% 5.8% 15.3% 28.8% 44.6%
Outcome IX Length of Time to Reunification (May 2016 May 2017)
The number of children who reunified within 12 months increased to 62.9% during the month of May 2017. This proportion is significantly lower than last May s proportion of 73.7%.
100%
90%
National Standard
76.20%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0% May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17
May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 73.7% 65.3% 69.1% 66.7% 66.8% 67.4% 62.3% 60.8% 64.2%
Feb-17 Feb-17 64.2%
Mar-17 Mar-17 61.4%
Apr-17 Apr-17 65.4%
May-17 May-17 62.9%
Outcome X Percent of Children Placed with Relatives (May 2016 May 2017)
The number of children who were in Foster Care that were placed with relatives during the month of May 2017 remained constant at 29.5%.
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0% May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17
May-16 Jun-16 28.3% 28.9%
Jul-16 29.3%
Aug-16 28.8%
Sep-16 28.8%
Oct-16 29.0%
Nov-16 29.3%
Dec-16 29.7%
Jan-17 29.6%
Feb-17 29.9%
Mar-17 29.5%
Apr-17 May-17 29.2% 29.5%
Outcome XI Extended Youth Services (May 2016 May 2017)
There were 608 children who remained in custody after their 18th birthday during May 2017.
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17
May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17
540
551
544
547
548
564
570
573
593
600
597
598
608
Outcome XII Number of Finalized Adoptions (May 2016 May 2017)
There were 127 foster children adopted during May 2017. This represents a 43% improvement in finalizations compared to May 2016.
150
125
100
75
50
25
0 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17
May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17
89
133
80
91
81
88
119
123
46
96
110
99
127
10.00
Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (May 2016 - May 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 5.17 to 4.74 which is closer to the federal standard.
9.00
8.00
7.00
6.00
5.00
4.00
3.00
National Standard 4.12
2.00
1.00
0.00 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17
May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 5.17 5.14 5.06 4.96 4.92 4.74 4.72 4.83 4.88 4.77 4.92 4.75 4.74
Appendices
Appendix A
Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Type of Investigations by Disposition (April 2016 April 2017)
100% 90% 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 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17
Fam. Pres SubOpen FamPres UnsubOpen
FostCare SubOpen FostCare UnsubOpen
Subst Closed Unsubst Closed
Apr-16 7.9% 1.6% 6.1% 1.0% 13.5% 69.8%
May-16 6.7% 2.0% 6.0% 1.3% 9.7% 74.3%
Jun-16 5.7% 3.5% 6.3% 3.8% 6.4% 74.2%
Jul-16 4.3% 4.0% 4.6% 3.3% 4.0% 79.9%
Aug-16 6.7% 8.5% 6.4% 5.4% 5.3% 67.8%
Sep-16 7.7% 8.9% 6.8% 5.8% 5.0% 65.9%
Oct-16 7.2% 10.8% 7.0% 4.8% 5.8% 64.5%
Nov-16 6.9% 10.6% 5.8% 5.4% 4.2% 67.0%
Dec-16 6.0% 11.2% 7.1% 6.5% 6.4% 62.8%
Jan-17 7.8% 11.9% 6.3% 6.0% 6.2% 61.8%
Feb-17 7.3% 9.9% 5.1% 5.8% 6.7% 65.2%
Mar-17 9.5% 11.0% 6.5% 4.1% 6.7% 62.2%
Apr-17 8.3% 10.8% 7.3% 4.2% 8.4% 61.0%
APPENDIX B
Regional Graphs of Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18
(May 2016 May 2017)
Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (May 2016 May 2017)
2 000
Region I
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17
May-16 1 339
Jun-16 1 339
Jul-16 1 302
Aug-16 1 326
Sep-16 1 320
Oct-16 1 324
Nov-16 Dec-16 1 300 1 292
Jan-17 1 290
Feb-17 1 312
Mar-17 1 327
Apr-17 1 327
May-17 1 332
Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (May 2016 May 2017)
Region II
2 000
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17
May-16 Jun-16
629
637
Jul-16 627
Aug-16 649
Sep-16 671
Oct-16 679
Nov-16 Dec-16
691
722
Jan-17 715
Feb-17 741
Mar-17 741
Apr-17 729
May-17 753
Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (May 2016 May 2017) Region III
2 000
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17
May-16 1 221
Jun-16 1 196
Jul-16 1 169
Aug-16 1 167
Sep-16 1 154
Oct-16 1 137
Nov-16 Dec-16 1 115 1 079
Jan-17 1 073
Feb-17 1 055
Mar-17 1 054
Apr-17 1 014
May-17 1 019
Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (May 2016 May 2017)
2 000
Region IV
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17
May-16 1 064
Jun-16 1 101
Jul-16 1 123
Aug-16 1 136
Sep-16 1 131
Oct-16 1 130
Nov-16 Dec-16 1 118 1 111
Jan-17 1 110
Feb-17 1 137
Mar-17 1 143
Apr-17 1 140
May-17 1 145
Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (May 2016 May 2017)
2 000
Region V
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17
May-16 1 137
Jun-16 1 140
Jul-16 1 134
Aug-16 1 161
Sep-16 1 148
Oct-16 1 155
Nov-16 1 153
Dec-16 1 134
Jan-17 1 108
Feb-17 1 099
Mar-17 1 102
Apr-17 1 105
May-17 1 117
Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (May 2016 May 2017)
Region VI
2 000
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17
May-16 735
Jun-16 718
Jul-16 698
Aug-16 720
Sep-16 709
Oct-16 689
Nov-16 682
Dec-16 691
Jan-17 686
Feb-17 686
Mar-17 694
Apr-17 691
May-17 697
Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (May 2016 May 2017)
2 000
Region VII
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17
May-16 366
Jun-16 386
Jul-16 391
Aug-16 395
Sep-16 403
Oct-16 420
Nov-16 417
Dec-16 437
Jan-17 448
Feb-17 460
Mar-17 478
Apr-17 489
May-17 501
Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (May 2016 May 2017)
2 000
Region VIII
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17
May-16 778
Jun-16 779
Jul-16 738
Aug-16 743
Sep-16 708
Oct-16 697
Nov-16 Dec-16
695
665
Jan-17 654
Feb-17 655
Mar-17 661
Apr-17 659
May-17 684
Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (May 2016 May 2017)
2 000
Region IX
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17
May-16 407
Jun-16 439
Jul-16 446
Aug-16 442
Sep-16 464
Oct-16 492
Nov-16 497
Dec-16 504
Jan-17 535
Feb-17 547
Mar-17 575
Apr-17 581
May-17 593
Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18
(May 2016 May 2017)
2 000
Region X
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17
May-16 692
Jun-16 708
Jul-16 697
Aug-16 684
Sep-16 690
Oct-16 685
Nov-16 Dec-16
693
697
Jan-17 714
Feb-17 720
Mar-17 715
Apr-17 719
May-17 751
Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (May 2016 May 2017)
2 000
Region XI
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17
May-16 Jun-16 1 104 1 097
Jul-16 1 116
Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 1 104 1 105 1 124 1 141 1 130 1 126 1 129 1 158 1 154 1 168
Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (May 2016 May 2017)
2 000
Region XII
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17
May-16 Jun-16
685
704
Jul-16 691
Aug-16 686
Sep-16 682
Oct-16 690
Nov-16 Dec-16
693
693
Jan-17 705
Feb-17 723
Mar-17 746
Apr-17 738
May-17 780
Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (May 2016 May 2017)
Region XIII
2 000
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17
May-16 Jun-16 1 330 1 291
Jul-16 1 268
Aug-16 1 271
Sep-16 1 263
Oct-16 1 273
Nov-16 Dec-16 1 288 1 301
Jan-17 1 327
Feb-17 1 330
Mar-17 1 362
Apr-17 1 379
May-17 1 388
Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (May 2016 May 2017)
2 000
Region XIV
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17
May-16 1 542
Jun-16 1 577
Jul-16 1 547
Aug-16 1 578
Sep-16 1 555
Oct-16 1 551
Nov-16 1 586
Dec-16 1 594
Jan-17 1 587
Feb-17 1 571
Mar-17 1 597
Apr-17 1 566
May-17 1 616
APPENDIX C
Regional Graphs of Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient
(May 2016 May 2017)
National Standard 4.12 Desired Goal to Meet the PIP 6.01
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 May-16 Jun-16
Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (May 2016 May 2017) Region I
Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17
May-16 5.10
Jun-16 5.06
Jul-16 5.02
Aug-16 5.11
Sep-16 4.98
Oct-16 4.95
Nov-16 Dec-16
4.80
4.98
Jan-17 5.01
Feb-17 5.04
Mar-17 5.26
Apr-17 5.11
May-17 4.89
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 May-16
Jun-16
Jul-16
Aug-16 Sep-16
Region II
Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17
Feb-17
Mar-17
Apr-17 May-17
May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17
6.33
6.44
6.49 6.44
5.94
5.42
5.89
6.22
6.12
6.08
6.05
5.77
5.53
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 May-16 Jun-16
Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (May 2016 - May 2017) Region III
Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17
May-16 4.73
Jun-16 4.57
Jul-16 4.46
Aug-16 4.60
Sep-16 4.82
Oct-16 4.55
Nov-16 4.64
Dec-16 5.07
Jan-17 4.98
Feb-17 4.92
Mar-17 5.40
Apr-17 4.99
May-17 4.94
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 May-16 Jun-16
Jul-16
Region IV
Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16
May-16 4.22
Jun-16 4.17
Jul-16 4.06
Aug-16 Sep-16
3.91
3.88
Oct-16 3.57
Nov-16 Dec-16
3.52
3.55
Jan-17 Jan-17
3.79
Feb-17 Feb-17
3.70
Mar-17 Mar-17
3.83
Apr-17 Apr-17
3.73
May-17 May-17
3.86
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 May-16 Jun-16
May-16 5.53
Jun-16 5.56
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 May-16 Jun-16
Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (May 2016 - May 2017)
Region V
Jul-16 Jul-16 5.52
Aug-16 Aug-16
5.32
Sep-16 Sep-16
4.97
Oct-16 Oct-16
4.48
Nov-16 Dec-16
Nov-16 Dec-16
4.59
4.71
Region VI
Jan-17 Jan-17
4.84
Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17
Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17
4.65
4.54
4.56
4.94
Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17
May-16 5.45
Jun-16 5.48
Jul-16 5.63
Aug-16 5.80
Sep-16 5.91
Oct-16 5.64
Nov-16 Dec-16
5.47
5.60
Jan-17 5.71
Feb-17 Mar-17
5.44
5.30
Apr-17 4.91
May-17 4.76
Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (May 2016 - May 2017)
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 May-16 Jun-16
Jul-16
Region VII
Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17
Feb-17 Mar-17
May-16 4.19
Jun-16 3.75
Jul-16 3.57
Aug-16 3.39
Sep-16 3.33
Oct-16 3.47
Nov-16 Dec-16
3.42
3.23
Jan-17 3.16
Feb-17 3.20
Mar-17 3.28
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 May-16 Jun-16
Jul-16
Aug-16 Sep-16
Region VIII
Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17
Feb-17 Mar-17
Apr-17 Apr-17
3.07
Apr-17
May-17 May-17
3.44
May-17
May-16 2.84
Jun-16 2.96
Jul-16 2.81
Aug-16 2.58
Sep-16 2.60
Oct-16 2.48
Nov-16 Dec-16
2.75
2.99
Jan-17 3.47
Feb-17 3.43
Mar-17 4.02
Apr-17 3.83
May-17 3.85
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 May-16 Jun-16
Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (May 2016 - May 2017) Region IX
Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17
Apr-17 May-17
May-16 Jun-16
3.45
3.61
Jul-16 3.62
Aug-16 3.10
Sep-16 3.05
Oct-16 2.79
Nov-16 Dec-16
2.90
2.83
Jan-17 2.95
Feb-17 3.07
Mar-17 3.01
Apr-17 3.22
May-17 3.15
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0 May-16 Jun-16
May-16 Jun-16
4.03
4.19
Jul-16 Jul-16 4.09
Aug-16 Aug-16
4.26
Sep-16 Sep-16
4.44
Oct-16 Oct-16
4.40
Region X
Nov-16 Nov-16
4.20
Dec-16 Dec-16
4.42
Jan-17 Jan-17
4.47
Feb-17 Feb-17
4.40
Mar-17 Mar-17
4.93
Apr-17 Apr-17
4.63
May-17 May-17 4.78
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 May-16 Jun-16
Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (May 2016 - May 2017) Region XI
Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17
Apr-17 May-17
May-16 Jun-16
3.88
3.94
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 May-16 Jun-16
Jul-16 3.95
Jul-16
Aug-16 3.95
Sep-16 3.85
Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16
3.74
3.63
3.86
Region XII
Jan-17 4.15
Feb-17 3.91
Mar-17 3.88
Apr-17 3.75
May-17 3.84
Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17
May-16 5.40
Jun-16 5.00
Jul-16 4.75
Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17
4.38
4.33
4.07
3.98
4.02
3.79
3.91
4.18
4.13
4.31
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 May-16 Jun-16
Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (May 2016 - May 2017) Region XIII
Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17
May-16 8.21
Jun-16 8.40
Jul-16 8.23
Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17
8.05
7.85
7.58
7.42
7.64
7.34
7.08
7.34
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 May-16 Jun-16
Jul-16
Aug-16 Sep-16
Region XIV
Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17
Feb-17 Mar-17
May-16 6.57
Jun-16 6.45
Jul-16 6.39
Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17
6.19
6.28
6.31
5.99
5.97
5.83
5.54
5.40
Apr-17 Apr-17
7.07
Apr-17 Apr-17
5.15
May-17 May-17
6.65
May-17 May-17
5.11