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