Monthly measures and results for July 2017

Monthly Measures and Results for July 2017*
*(Reflects Safety Outcomes as of May 31 2017 And Permanency Outcomes as of June 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 May 2017 there was an increase in the overall total of cases of 7.5% since April 2017. The average for the state fiscal year 2017 reveals a 7.6% decrease since last state fiscal year. Comparatively Georgia had 4% more cases last year in May 2016.

30 000 25 000 20 000 15 000

2017 Avg To Date 7.6% decrease

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
22 435 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
23 338 24 307 23 896 25 071 15 157

Jun Average

21 504 22 124 23 905 13 355

20 857 22 583 22 747 17 161 13 910

% Change
-7.6% -7.7% 32.5% 23.4% 10.2%

14 000

Outcome IA Child Protective Services Cases Family Support Cases Only (State Fiscal Year To Date)
Family Support cases increased during May 2017 by 5.8% since April 2017 showing a rebound in the decrease from March 2017 to April 2017. 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 39.7% increase over SFY 2016 average caseload.

12 000

2016 to date 39.7% increase

10 000 8 000 6 000 4 000

2017 2016 2015 2014 2013

2 000

0 Jul

State FY

Jul

2017 2016 2015 2014 2013

5 047 6 363 10 354 4 723 3 883

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

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
12 143 8 558 10 117 6 919 6 284

Jan
10 697 8 036 8 862 6 919 6 374

Feb
10 918 8 013 8 111 7 113 6 292

Mar
12 429 8 118 8 494 8 552 6 463

Apr
11 613 7 549 8 206 9 511 6 304

May
12 293 7 398 8 176 9 951 6 364

Jun
6 211 7 450 9 826 5 265

Average
10 660 7 633 9 467 7 280 5 858

% Change
39.7% -19.4% 30.0% 24.3% 29.1%

7 000 6 000

Outcome IB Child Protective Services Cases Family Preservation Cases Only (State Fiscal Year 2017 To Date)
During May there was a 4% increase in the number of Family Preservation cases since April 2017. Caseloads decreased from August 2016 October 2016 with case counts remaining constant through April 2017. Currently the SFY 2017 year to date average is 17.1% lower than SFY 2016 s average. Both State Fiscal Years 2016 and 2017 show a marked decrease in Family Preservation Cases since SFY 2015.
2017 to date 17.1%
decrease

5 000 4 000 3 000

2017 2016 2015 2014 2013

2 000

Jul

Aug

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
Sep 4 057 5 215 4 573 2 779 2 931

Oct
Oct 4 003 5 060 4 971 2 709 3 053

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

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
4 201 4 752 6 048 3 224 3 040

Jun
4 658 5 992 3 501 3 001

Average
4 115 4 964 5 435 2 932 3 102

% Change -17.1%
-8.7% 85.4% -5.5% -13.2%

14 000

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%. A similar trend is seen from SFY 2013 SFY 2017 of an increase from February March. During May 2017 there was a 13% increase over April 2017 although the overall cases since SFY 2016 decreased by 38.3%

12 000 10 000
8 000 6 000 4 000

2017 to date 38.3%
decrease

2017 2016 2015 2014 2013

2 000 Jul

State FY
2017 2016 2015 2014 2013

Jul
8 499 7 402 9 755 4 680 4 336

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

Sep

Oct

Nov

Sep
5 963 9 268 10 736 5 278 6 460

Oct
5 341 9 893 11 345 6 035 7 509

Nov
5 381 9 450 10 106 6 669 7 216

Dec
Dec 5 213 9 508 9 023 7 751 6 635

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jan
4 885 9 140 8 671 8 738 6 133

Feb
5 261 10 104 8 540 9 499 5 552

Mar
6 313 12 196 9 640 11 106 5 689

Apr
6 049 12 119 9 595 11 578 5 525

May
6 844 10 636 9 671 11 896 5 753

Jun
10 636 8 679 10 578 5 089

Average
6 082 9 927 9 571 8 211 5 941

% Change -38.3%
3.0% 16.6% 38.2% 10.2%

Outcome II Recurrence of Substantiated Child Maltreatment (May 2016 May 2017)
The trend below reveals a decrease in the number of repeated substantiated incidents of child maltreatment. During May 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% May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17

May-16 Jun-16 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%

May-17
May-17 2.05%

Outcome III Disposition of Child Abuse and Neglect Reports

(May 2016 May 2017)

Of the CPS cases that had a disposition during the month of May 2017 29% were screen outs 45% were Family Support and 26% were Investigations. Only 24% of

the Investigations were substantiated. The overall yearly trend shows a jump in the number of Family Support cases in August 2016 and Screened Out cases.

Conversely total investigations declined during the first semester through December 2016 During the second semester Investigations increased through March 2017

followed by a decrease in April 2017 and a rebound in May 2017.

Unsubstantiated Investigations

Substantiated Investigations

Family Support

Investigations

Screenouts

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

Family Support
Screenouts
Investigations Substantiated Investigations Unsubstantiated Investigations

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 Sep-16

5 990 6 175

2 530 2 508

2 997 521

2 463 455

2 476 2 008

Oct-16
5 729 2 368 2 337 444 1 893

Nov-16
5 092 2 560 2 258 375 1 883

Dec-16
4 372 2 439 2 010 375 1 635

Jan-17
5 297 2 965 2 413 484 1 929

Feb-17
5 155 3 097 2 428 448 1 980

Mar-17
5 987 3 409 2 865 616 2 249

Apr-17
4 596 2 850 2 403 565 1 838

May-17
4 979 3 185 2 819 678 2 141

Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Types of Investigations (May 2016 May 2017)
According to May s data 20% of Investigations were subsequently opened as a Family Preservation case 10% of Investigations were opened as a Foster Care case and 70% 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

May-16 Jun-16

FamPres SubOpen FamPres UnsubOpen FostCare SubOpen FostCare UnsubOpen
Subst Closed Unsubst Closed

320 96 290 61 467 3 572

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
196 229 173 149 127 1 687

Oct-16
171 260 166 115 140 1 546

Nov-16
160 246 135 125 97 1 553

Dec-16
128 240 149 141 136 1 342

Jan-17
194 303 156 154 156 1 561

Feb-17
182 251 125 147 162 1 642

Mar-17
275 335 192 125 202 1 879

Apr-17
219 283 183 104 216 1 573

May-17
295 292 187 114 256 1 859

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

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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

State FY Jul

2017 2016 2015 2014 2013

17 493 15 340 12 952 10 847 10 610

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Aug
17 719 15 530 13 147 10 817 10 871

Sep
17 706 15 798 13 484 10 828 10 907

Oct
17 840 15 993 13 763 10 903 11 016

Nov
17 815 16 152 13 779 10 861 10 984

Dec
17 814 16 174 14 028 10 992 10 875

Jan
18 002 16 533 14 320 11 139 10 951

Jan
Feb
18 007 16 774 14 489 11 384 10 944

Feb
Mar
17 999 16 870 14 699 11 707 10 955

Mar
Apr
17 928 17 010 14 883 12 410 10 966

Apr

May

Jun

May 18 110

Jun Average

%

Change

18 314 17 858 8.7%

17 421 17 643 16 437 16.0%

15 142 15 334 14 168 24.1%

12 527 12 611 11 419 4.5%

11 063 10 948 10 924 0.8%

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (June 2016 June 2017)
The number of children in foster care under the age of 18 increased to 13 561 during June 2017. The following slides reveal that there were 651 entries and 637 exits. On the last day of June 2017 there were 12 924 children in custody from this population. Of those who entered custody during the month thirty-seven children (5.7%) children had a prior episode within 12 months.
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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 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

Jun-16 13 085

Jul-16 12 922

Aug-16 13 038

Sep-16 12 982

Oct-16 13 023

Nov-16 13 043

Dec-16 13 031

Jan-17 13 059

Feb-17 13 149

Mar-17 13 338

Apr-17 13 272

May-17 13 523

Jun-17 13 561

Outcome VI-A Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (Regional) (June 2016 June 2017)
The number of children in Foster Care under the age of 18 during June 2017 was 13 561. Visually you can see that Region 14 has the highest proportion of children in custody at any point in time. During June 2017 Region 14 had 1 617 children in DFCS custody followed by Region 13 with 1 435 children and Region 1 with 1 289 children. (for regional trends see appendix).
16 000

14 000 12 000 10 000
8 000 6 000 4 000 2 000
0 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 Jun-17

Outcome VII Comparison of Foster Care Entries and Exits

(June 2016 June 2017)

Multiple trends can be seen in this graph. There was a decrease in the number of entries and exits in June 2017. there was a only net gain of 14 children removed from the home and placed into foster care during June 2017 versus those who were discharged. The overall population of the last day of the month had a slight increase of 14 children from May 2017 to June 2017.

Entries

Exits

End-Of-Month

1400 12 331

12 307

12 367 12 426 12 460 12 431 12 339

12 537 12 618 12 676 12 783

12 910

12 924 14000

1200

12000

1000

10000

800

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

Jun-16 787 754

Jul-16 591 615

Aug-16 731 671

Sep-16 615 556

Oct-16 597 563

Nov-16 583 612

Dec-16 600 692

Jan-17 720 564

Feb-17 612 578

Mar-17 720 705

Apr-17 596 542

May-17 740 650

Jun-17 651 637

Outcome VII Foster Care Re-Entries

(June 2016 June 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 June 2017 (5.7%) decreased compared to April 2017 s ratio of 9.6%. The number and proportion of re-entries to entries decreased during June 2017

compared to June 2016.

Reentries

Reentry Rate

110

National

Standard less

100

than or equal

to 8.60%

8.9%

90

8.2%

9.8%

8.9%

9.6%

11.0% 10.0% 9.0%

80 70
6.1% 60 50

6.8%

6.4%

7.0% 4.9%

7.7%

8.0% 5.7% 7.0%
6.0% 5.0%

40

4.8%

4.0%

30

3.0%

20

2.0%

10

1.0%

0

0.0%

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

Jun-16 48
6.1%

Jul-16 40
6.8%

Aug-16 60
8.2%

Sep-16 55
8.9%

Oct-16 38
6.4%

Nov-16 57
9.8%

Dec-16 29
4.8%

Jan-17 64
8.9%

Feb-17 43
7.0%

Mar-17 35
4.9%

Apr-17 46
7.7%

May-17 71
9.6%

Jun-17 37
5.7%

Outcome VIII Foster Care Length of Stay (June 2016 June 2017)

During the month of June 2017 the length of stay among the foster care populations remained close to May 2017. Comparison of the trend from last June 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% Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

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

Jun-16 4.7% 5.3% 11.5% 27.2% 51.3%

Jul-16 4.8% 5.1% 11.9% 27.6% 50.5%

Aug-16 5.0% 5.2% 12.6% 27.3% 49.9%

Sep-16 5.1% 5.0% 13.1% 27.8% 48.9%

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% 28.8% 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%

Jun-17 5.5% 6.0% 15.2% 29.5% 43.8%

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

The number of children who reunified within 12 months decreased to 58.3% during the month of June 2017. This proportion is significantly lower than last June s proportion of 65.3%.
100%

90%

National Standard
76.20%

80%

70%

60%

50%

40%

30%

20%

10%

0% Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17
Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 65.3% 69.1% 66.7% 66.8% 66.6% 62.8% 60.8% 64.2% 64.1%

Mar-17 Mar-17 61.6%

Apr-17 Apr-17 65.7%

May-17 May-17 62.9%

Jun-17 Jun-17 58.3%

Outcome X Percent of Children Placed with Relatives (June 2016 June 2017)
The number of children who were in Foster Care that were placed with relatives during the month of June 2017 remained constant at 29.6%.
35%

30%

25%

20%

15%

10%

5%

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

Jun-16 29.0%

Jul-16 29.4%

Aug-16 Sep-16 28.8% 28.8%

Oct-16 29.0%

Nov-16 29.3%

Dec-16 29.7%

Jan-17 29.6%

Feb-17 30.0%

Mar-17 29.6%

Apr-17 29.4%

May-17 Jun-17 29.7% 29.6%

Outcome XI Extended Youth Services (June 2016 June 2017)
There were 614 children who remained in custody after their 18th birthday during June 2017.
700

600

500

400

300

200

100

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

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

551

544

547

548

564

570

573

592

599

596

598

607

614

Outcome XII Number of Finalized Adoptions (June 2016 June 2017)
There were 122 foster children adopted during June 2017. This represents a 8% decrease in finalizations compared to June 2016.
150

125

100

75

50

25

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

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

133

80

91

81

88

119

123

46

96

110

99

131

122

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Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (June 2016 - June 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 5.18 to 4.90 which is closer to the federal standard.

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8.00

7.00

6.00

5.00

4.00

3.00

National Standard 4.12

2.00

1.00

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

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

5.18

5.10

5.00

4.96

4.78

4.75

4.87

4.94

4.83

5.02

4.85

4.94 4.90

Appendices

Appendix A
Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Type of Investigations by Disposition (May 2016 May 2017)

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90%

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 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17

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

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 7.1% 10.8% 6.9% 4.8% 5.8% 64.5%

Nov-16 6.9% 10.6% 5.8% 5.4% 4.2% 67.1%

Dec-16 6.0% 11.2% 7.0% 6.6% 6.4% 62.8%

Jan-17 7.7% 12.0% 6.2% 6.1% 6.2% 61.8%

Feb-17 7.3% 10.0% 5.0% 5.9% 6.5% 65.4%

Mar-17 9.1% 11.1% 6.4% 4.2% 6.7% 62.5%

Apr-17 8.5% 11.0% 7.1% 4.0% 8.4% 61.0%

May-17 9.8% 9.7% 6.2% 3.8% 8.5% 61.9%

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

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

2 000

Region I

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Jun-16 1 339

Jul-16 1 302

Aug-16 Sep-16 1 326 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 1 328

May-17 1 330

Jun-17 1 289

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

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Jun-16 637

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-17 742

Apr-17 729

May-17 753

Jun-17 770

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

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Jun-16 1 195

Jul-16 1 168

Aug-16 1 165

Sep-16 1 152

Oct-16 1 135

Nov-16 1 113

Dec-16 1 077

Jan-17 1 071

Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 1 054 1 052 1 012 1 017 1 011

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

2 000

Region IV

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Jun-16 1 093

Jul-16 1 115

Aug-16 Sep-16 1 128 1 125

Oct-16 1 124

Nov-16 Dec-16 1 112 1 106

Jan-17 1 104

Feb-17 1 132

Mar-17 1 137

Apr-17 1 131

May-17 1 136

Jun-17 1 107

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

2 000

Region V

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Jun-16 1 139

Jul-16 1 133

Aug-16 Sep-16 1 160 1 147

Oct-16 1 153

Nov-16 Dec-16 1 151 1 134

Jan-17 1 107

Feb-17 1 098

Mar-17 1 100

Apr-17 1 102

May-17 1 111

Jun-17 1 127

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

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Jun-16 718

Jul-16 698

Aug-16 Sep-16

720

709

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

689

682

691

685

Feb-17 685

Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

693

690

696

714

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

2 000

Region VII

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Jun-16 380

Jul-16 385

Aug-16 390

Sep-16 398

Oct-16 415

Nov-16 412

Dec-16 432

Jan-17 443

Feb-17 455

Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

473

484

502

486

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

Jun-16 780

Jul-16 739

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16

744

710

698

Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17

693

665

654

Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

655

661

658

684

685

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

2 000

Region IX

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Jun-16 433

Jul-16 442

Aug-16 438

Sep-16 460

Oct-16 488

Nov-16 493

Dec-16 504

Jan-17 535

Feb-17 547

Mar-17 576

Apr-17 584

May-17 593

Jun-17 599

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18

(June 2016 June 2017)

2 000

Region X

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Jun-16 708

Jul-16 697

Aug-16 Sep-16

684

690

Oct-16 685

Nov-16 Dec-16

693

697

Jan-17 714

Feb-17 721

Mar-17 716

Apr-17 719

May-17 748

Jun-17 770

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

2 000

Region XI

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Jun-16 1 097

Jul-16 1 116

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 1 104 1 105 1 124 1 141 1 130 1 126

Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 1 129 1 158 1 154 1 167 1 171

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

Jun-16 700

Jul-16 687

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

683

679

687

690

689

702

Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

720

743

736

778

780

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

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Jun-16 1 291

Jul-16 1 268

Aug-16 Sep-16 1 271 1 263

Oct-16 1 273

Nov-16 Dec-16 1 288 1 300

Jan-17 1 326

Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 1 329 1 361 1 377 1 391 1 435

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

2 000

Region XIV

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Jun-16 1 575

Jul-16 1 545

Aug-16 Sep-16 1 576 1 553

Oct-16 1 549

Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 1 584 1 592 1 587

Feb-17 1 571

Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 1 599 1 568 1 617 1 617

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

Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (June 2016 June 2017)

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

Jul-16

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

Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17

Jun-16 5.12

Jul-16 5.07

Aug-16 5.15

Sep-16 5.02

Oct-16 5.03

Nov-16 4.90

Dec-16 5.09

Jan-17 5.12

Feb-17 5.14

Mar-17 5.41

Apr-17 5.24

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

Jul-16

Aug-16 Sep-16

Region II
Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17

Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17

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

6.52

6.57

6.51

6.01

5.49

5.96

6.28

6.20

6.12

6.12

5.83

May-17 May-17
5.08
May-17
May-17 5.62

Jun-17 Jun-17
5.25
Jun-17
Jun-17 5.58

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

Jun-16 4.59

Jul-16 4.48

Aug-16 4.62

Sep-16 4.86

Oct-16 4.57

Nov-16 4.66

Dec-16 5.08

Jan-17 4.98

Feb-17 4.93

Mar-17 5.40

Apr-17 5.00

May-17 5.06

Jun-17 4.88

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

Jun-16 4.35

Jul-16 4.23

Aug-16 4.06

Sep-16 3.99

Oct-16 3.65

Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17

3.54

3.64

3.90

Feb-17 Feb-17
3.82

Mar-17 Mar-17
3.97

Apr-17 Apr-17
3.88

May-17 May-17
4.12

Jun-17 Jun-17
4.12

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

Jul-16

Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (June 2016 - June 2017) Region V
Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

Jun-16 5.57

Jul-16 5.54

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

Jul-16

Aug-16 Sep-16

5.33

5.00

Aug-16 Sep-16

Oct-16 4.51
Oct-16

Nov-16 4.62
Nov-16

Dec-16 Jan-17

4.74

4.90

Region VI

Dec-16 Jan-17

Feb-17 4.74

Mar-17 4.69

Apr-17 4.73

May-17 5.23

Jun-17 5.22

Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

Jun-16 5.40

Jul-16 5.54

Aug-16 5.72

Sep-16 5.84

Oct-16 5.60

Nov-16 5.46

Dec-16 5.61

Jan-17 5.78

Feb-17 5.50

Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

5.39

4.99

4.94

4.56

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

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

Jun-16 3.68

Jul-16 3.50

Aug-16 3.33

Sep-16 3.28

Oct-16 3.44

Nov-16 3.42

Dec-16 3.25

Jan-17 3.15

Feb-17 3.20

Mar-17 3.31

Apr-17 3.06

Region VIII
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 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-17
3.56
May-17

Jun-17 Jun-17
3.74
Jun-17

Jun-16 2.96

Jul-16 2.81

Aug-16 2.58

Sep-16 2.61

Oct-16 2.55

Nov-16 2.84

Dec-16 2.98

Jan-17 3.48

Feb-17 3.44

Mar-17 4.04

Apr-17 3.92

May-17 3.97

Jun-17 4.24

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

Jul-16

Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (June 2016 - June 2017) Region IX
Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

Jun-16 3.63

Jul-16 3.74

Aug-16 Sep-16

3.23

3.19

10 9

8

7 6

5

4 3 2

1

0 Jun-16

Jul-16

Aug-16 Sep-16

Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16

4.14

4.05

4.19

4.36

Oct-16 2.91
Oct-16 Oct-16
4.31

Nov-16 3.01
Nov-16 Nov-16
4.11

Dec-16 Jan-17

2.95

3.08

Region X

Dec-16 Dec-16
4.50

Jan-17 Jan-17
4.57

Feb-17 3.20
Feb-17 Feb-17
4.50

Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

3.31

3.47

3.47

3.40

Mar-17 Mar-17
5.06

Apr-17 Apr-17
4.77

May-17 May-17
5.12

Jun-17 Jun-17 4.80

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

Jun-16
3.98
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Jun-16

Jul-16 3.99
Jul-16

Aug-16 Sep-16

4.00

3.88

Oct-16 3.78

Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17

3.68

3.87

4.15

Region XII

Feb-17 3.90

Mar-17 Apr-17

3.87

3.78

May-17 3.98

Jun-17 3.97

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

Jun-16 5.07

Jul-16 4.80

Aug-16 Sep-16

4.43

4.40

Oct-16 4.09

Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17

3.92

3.92

3.71

Feb-17 3.84

Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

4.25

4.19

4.47

4.00

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

Jul-16

Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (June 2016 - June 2017) Region XIII
Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17

Jun-16 8.47

Jul-16 8.33

Aug-16 Sep-16

8.14

7.97

Oct-16 7.68

Nov-16 Dec-16

7.52

7.64

Jan-17 7.35

Feb-17 7.09

Mar-17 7.37

Apr-17 7.13

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

Jul-16

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

Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17

Jun-16 6.47

Jul-16 6.44

Aug-16 Sep-16

6.23

6.33

Oct-16 6.35

Nov-16 Dec-16

6.03

6.00

Jan-17 5.89

Feb-17 5.61

Mar-17 5.49

Apr-17 5.26

May-17 May-17
6.78
May-17 May-17
5.35

Jun-17 Jun-17
6.78
Jun-17 Jun-17
5.42