Monthly measures and results for August 2017

Monthly Measures and Results for August 2017*
*(Reflects Safety Outcomes as of June 30 2017 And Permanency Outcomes as of July 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)
During the month of June 2017 there was a decrease in the total cases of 7.1% since May 2017. The average for the state fiscal year 2017 reveals a 7.3% decrease since last state fiscal year. Comparatively Georgia had .8% less cases last year in June 2016 than June 2017.

30 000

25 000

SFY 2017 7.3%
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
22 435 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
22 870 25 075 24 293 22 662 15 355

Apr
21 701 24 431 23 911 24 120 14 951

May
23 334 24 307 23 896 25 071 15 157

Jun Average

21 683 21 504 22 124 23 905 13 355

20 925 22 583 22 747 17 161 13 910

% Change
-7.3% -7.7% 32.5% 23.4% 10.2%

14 000 12 000

Outcome IA Child Protective Services Cases Family Support Cases Only (State Fiscal Year 2017)
Family Support cases decreased during June 2017 by 14.8% since May 2017 closing out the SFY with a decrease in proximity to the beginning of the second semester. The chart reveals that there was an increase in SFY 2017 s case average of 39.4% over the prior SFY. SFY 2016 s case average revealed a decrease of 19.4% over SFY 2015.
SFY 2017 39.4%
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
Aug
6 690 6 419 9 919 5 083 4 674

Sep
Sep
9 881 7 460 10 866 5 658 5 487

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

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
12 292 7 398 8 176 9 951 6 364

May

Jun

Jun
10 469 6 211 7 450 9 826 5 265

Average
10 644 7 633 9 467 7 280 5 858

% Change 39.4% -19.4% 30.0% 24.3% 29.1%

7 000

Outcome IB Child Protective Services Cases Family Preservation Cases Only (State Fiscal Year 2017)
During June there was a 3.8% increase in the number of Family Preservation cases since May 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 16.7% lower than SFY 2016 s average. Both State Fiscal Years 2016 and 2017 show a marked decrease in Family Preservation Cases since SFY 2015.

6 000

SFY 2017 16.7%
decrease

5 000 4 000 3 000

2017 2016 2015 2014 2013

2 000

Jul

Aug

State FY Jul

Aug

2017 2016 2015 2014 2013

4 394 5 705 4 042 2 960 3 037

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

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

4 037 4 946 5 298 2 649 3 150

4 122 4 880 5 716 2 746 3 200

4 077 4 740 5 963 2 813 3 266

4 016 4 678 6 069 2 879 3 244

4 129 4 761 6 158 3 004 3 203

4 041 4 763 6 109 3 031 3 122

Apr
May
4 201 4 752 6 048 3 224 3 040

May
Jun
4 360 4 658 5 992 3 501 3 001

Jun

Average

% Change

4 135 -16.7%

4 964 -8.7%

5 435 85.4%

2 932 -5.5%

3 102 -13.2%

14 000

Outcome IC Child Protective Services Cases Investigation Cases Only (State Fiscal Year 2017)
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 June 2017 there was a .2% increase over May 2017 although the overall cases since SFY 2016 decreased by 37.7%

12 000 10 000
8 000 6 000 4 000

SFY 2017 37.7%
decrease

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
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
5 381 9 450 10 106 6 669 7 216

Dec
5 213 9 508 9 023 7 751 6 635

Jan
4 885 9 140 8 671 8 738 6 133

Feb
5 261 10 104 8 540 9 499 5 552

Mar
6 312 12 196 9 640 11 106 5 689

Apr
6 047 12 119 9 595 11 578 5 525

May
6 841 10 636 9 671 11 896 5 753

Jun
6 854 10 636 8 679 10 578 5 089

Average
6 146 9 859 9 571 8 211 5 941

% Change -37.7%
3.0% 16.6% 38.2% 10.2%

Outcome II Recurrence of Substantiated Child Maltreatment (June 2016 June 2017)
The trend below reveals a decrease in the number of repeated substantiated incidents of child maltreatment. During June 2016 Georgia was above the national standard of 5.4%. One year later this value is reduced by over 60% 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% Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17

Jun-16 5.80%

Jul-16 5.82%

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 5.70% 5.49% 5.24% 4.98% 4.37% 3.96%

Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 3.54% 2.86% 2.36%

May-17
May-17 2.04%

Jun-17
Jun-17 2.08%

Outcome III Disposition of Child Abuse and Neglect Reports

(June 2016 June 2017)

Of the CPS cases that had a disposition during the month of June 2017 29% were screen outs 41% were Family Support and 30% were Investigations. Only 27% 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 fluctuations of decreases and increases through June 2017.

Unsubstantiated Investigations

Substantiated Investigations

Family Support

Investigations

Screenouts

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

Family Support
Screenouts
Investigations Substantiated Investigations Unsubstantiated Investigations

Jun-16
1 887 1 665 3 676 645 3 031

Jul-16
1 869 1 502 3 561 427 3 134

Aug-16
5 990 2 529 2 997 521 2 476

Sep-16
6 175 2 508 2 463 455 2 008

Oct-16
5 731 2 369 2 337 442 1 895

Nov-16
5 092 2 560 2 259 375 1 884

Dec-16
4 373 2 438 2 010 375 1 635

Jan-17
5 297 2 965 2 413 482 1 931

Feb-17
5 155 3 096 2 429 447 1 982

Mar-17
5 988 3 408 2 871 614 2 257

Apr-17
4 598 2 850 2 421 566 1 855

May-17
5 108 3 268 2 960 717 2 243

Jun-17
2 929 2 104 2 194 603 1 591

Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Types of Investigations (June 2016 June 2017)
According to May s data 19.7% of Investigations were subsequently opened as a Family Preservation case 12.5% of Investigations were opened as a Foster Care case and 67.8% 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

Jun-16

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

207 129 230 140 232 2 704

Jul-16
154 145 164 119 145 2 886

Aug-16 Sep-16

208 262 198 166 163 2 097

196 229 173 149 127 1 687

Oct-16
170 261 166 115 140 1 547

Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17

160 246 135 125 97 1 554

128 240 149 141 136 1 343

193 304 155 155 156 1 561

Feb-17
182 251 124 148 162 1 644

Mar-17 Apr-17

274 338 191 126 201 1 886

219 289 186 105 217 1 589

May-17 Jun-17

300 311 191 117 264 1 909

199 261 197 94 253 1 330

Outcome V Number of Children in Placement Services (State Fiscal Year 2018 To Date)
There was an increase in the number of placement services that were open during the month of July 2017(18 496). 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.

22 000

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

20 000

18 000

16 000

14 000

12 000

10 000 8 000 6 000

2018 to date 3.4%
increase

4 000

2 000

0

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

State FY
2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

Jul
18 496 17 494 15 340 12 952 10 847

Aug
17 720 15 530 13 147 10 817

Sep
17 707 15 798 13 484 10 828

Oct
17 841 15 993 13 763 10 903

Nov
17 815 16 152 13 779 10 861

Dec
17 815 16 174 14 028 10 992

Jan
18 002 16 533 14 320 11 139

Feb
18 007 16 774 14 489 11 384

Mar
17 999 16 870 14 699 11 707

Apr
17 927 17 010 14 883 12 410

May
18 109 17 421 15 142 12 527

Jun Average % Change

18 312 17 643 15 334 12 611

18 496 17 896 16 437 14 168 11 419

3.4% 8.9% 16.0% 24.1% 4.5%

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (July 2016 July 2017)
The number of children in foster care under the age of 18 increased to 13 570 during July 2017. The following slides reveal that there were 684 entries and 686 exits. On the last day of July 2017 there were 12 884 children in custody from this population. Of those who entered custody during the month fifty-four children (7.9%) 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 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17

Jul-16 12 892

Aug-16 13 014

Sep-16 Oct-16 12 957 12 998

Nov-16 13 024

Dec-16 Jan-17 13 011 13 039

Feb-17 13 131

Mar-17 13 318

Apr-17 13 253

May-17 13 515

Jun-17 13 547

Jul-17 13 570

Outcome VI-A Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (Regional) (July 2016 July 2017)
The number of children in Foster Care under the age of 18 during July 2017 was 13 570. Visually you can see that Region 14 has the highest proportion of children in custody at any point in time. During July 2017 Region 14 had 1 586 children in DFCS custody followed by Region 13 with 1 437 children and Region 1 with 1 328 children. (for regional trends see appendix).
16 000

14 000 12 000 10 000
8 000 6 000 4 000 2 000
0 Jul-16

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

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

R14 R13 R12 R11 R10 R9 R8 R7 R6 R5 R4 R3 R2 R1
Jul-17

Outcome VII Comparison of Foster Care Entries and Exits

(July 2016 July 2017)

Multiple trends can be seen in this graph. There was a increase in the number of entries and exits in July 2017. There was a net gain of 2 children discharged from foster care in July 2017 versus those who were removed from their homes which resulted in the overall population as of the last day of the month having a slight decrease of 2 children from June 2017 to July 2017.

Entries

Exits

End-Of-Month

1400 12 283

12 343

12 401 12 441 12 410 12 318 12 519

12 601 12 657 12 765 12 888

12 886

12 884 14000

1200

12000

1000

10000

800

8000

600

6000

400

4000

200

2000

0

0

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

Jul-16 589 609

Aug-16 731 671

Sep-16 614 556

Oct-16 597 557

Nov-16 583 614

Dec-16 601 693

Jan-17 721 520

Feb-17 612 530

Mar-17 717 661

Apr-17 596 488

May-17 750 627

Jun-17 659 661

Jul-17 684 686

Outcome VII Foster Care Re-Entries (July 2016 July 2017)
Reentries into foster care improved during December 2016 followed by a spike revealing that the number of re-entries increased over 100%. The re-entry rate and number of reentries for July2017 (7.9%) increased compared to June 2017 s ratio of 6.2%. The number and proportion of re-entries to entries increased during July 2017 compared to July 2016.

110

National Standard less

than or equal

100

to 8.60%

90

8.8%

80 6.8%
70

8.5%

Reentries 9.9%

Reentry Rate

8.9% 7.2%

7.7%

9.6%

7.9%

11.0% 10.0% 9.0% 8.0% 7.0%

60

6.4%

5.0%

6.2%

6.0%

50

5.0%

5.0%

40

4.0%

30

3.0%

20

2.0%

10

1.0%

0

0.0%

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

Jul-16 40
6.8%

Aug-16 62
8.5%

Sep-16 54
8.8%

Oct-16 38
6.4%

Nov-16 58
9.9%

Dec-16 30
5.0%

Jan-17 64
8.9%

Feb-17 44
7.2%

Mar-17 36
5.0%

Apr-17 46
7.7%

May-17 72
9.6%

Jun-17 41
6.2%

Jul-17 54
7.9%

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

During the month of July 2017 the length of stay among the foster care populations remained close to June 2017 with .4% increase in those children in custody from 36 months to less than 48 months. Comparison of the trend from last July 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% Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17

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

Jul-16 4.9% 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% 48.1%

Nov-16 5.2% 5.1% 13.4% 28.8% 47.4%

Dec-16 5.2% 5.3% 13.7% 29.0% 46.7%

Jan-17 5.2% 5.3% 14.1% 28.9% 46.5%

Feb-17 5.3% 5.6% 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% 28.7% 44.8%

May-17 5.5% 5.8% 15.3% 28.7% 44.7%

Jun-17 5.5% 6.0% 15.2% 29.4% 43.9%

Jul-17 5.4% 6.4% 15.0% 29.0% 44.3%

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

100% 90%

The number of children who reunified within 12 months increased to 62.7% during the month of July 2017. This proportion is significantly lower than last July s proportion of 68.9%.
National Standard
76.20%

80%

70%

60%

50%

40%

30%

20%

10%

0% Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17
Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 68.9% 66.7% 66.8% 66.6% 62.5% 60.8% 64.3% 64.1% 61.6%

Apr-17 Apr-17 65.8%

May-17 May-17 63.0%

Jun-17 Jun-17 58.8%

Jul-17 Jul-17 62.7%

Outcome X Percent of Children Placed with Relatives (July 2016 July 2017)
The number of children who were in Foster Care that were placed with relatives during the month of July 2017 remained constant at 29.5%.
35%

30%

25%

20%

15%

10%

5%

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

Jul-16 29.4%

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 28.8% 28.8% 29.0%

Nov-16 Dec-16 29.3% 29.7%

Jan-17 29.6%

Feb-17 30.0%

Mar-17 29.6%

Apr-17 May-17 29.4% 29.7%

Jun-17 29.7%

Jul-17 29.5%

Outcome XI Extended Youth Services (July 2016 July 2017)
There were 605 children who remained in custody after their 18th birthday during July 2017.
700

600

500

400

300

200

100

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

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

545

546

548

563

569

570

589

598

594

598

606

613

605

Outcome XII Number of Finalized Adoptions (July 2016 July 2017)
There were 105 foster children adopted during July 2017. This represents a 31% increase in finalizations compared to July 2016.
150

125

100

75

50

25

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

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

80

91

81

88

119

123

46

96

110

99

131

123

105

10.00

Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (July 2016 July 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 5.11 to 4.80 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 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17

Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 5.11 5.01 4.96 4.77 4.73 4.85 4.89 4.78 4.90 4.70 4.76 4.74 4.80

Appendices

Appendix A
Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Type of Investigations by Disposition (June 2016 June 2017)
100% 90% 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 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

Jun-16

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

5.7% 3.5% 6.3% 3.8% 6.4% 74.2%

Jul-16
4.3% 4.0% 4.5% 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% 10.9% 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
7.6% 12.0% 6.1% 6.1% 6.2% 61.8%

Feb-17
7.2% 10.0% 4.9% 5.9% 6.5% 65.5%

Mar-17
9.1% 11.2% 6.3% 4.2% 6.7% 62.5%

Apr-17
8.4% 11.1% 7.1% 4.0% 8.3% 61.0%

May-17
9.7% 10.1% 6.2% 3.8% 8.5% 61.7%

Jun-17
8.5% 11.2% 8.4% 4.0% 10.8% 57.0%

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

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

2 000

Region I

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Jul-16 1 301

Aug-16 1 325

Sep-16 1 319

Oct-16 1 323

Nov-16 1 299

Dec-16 1 291

Jan-17 1 289

Feb-17 1 310

Mar-17 1 325

Apr-17 1 325

May-17 1 329

Jun-17 1 290

Jul-17 1 328

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

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Jul-16 627

Aug-16 649

Sep-16 671

Oct-16 679

Nov-16 691

Dec-16 722

Jan-17 715

Feb-17 741

Mar-17 740

Apr-17 727

May-17 751

Jun-17 766

Jul-17 782

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

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Jul-16 1 166

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 1 163 1 150 1 133

Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17

1 111

1 075

1 070

Feb-17 Mar-17 1 053 1 051

Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 1 011 1 017 1 010

Jul-17 998

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

2 000

Region IV

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Jul-16 1 115

Aug-16 1 128

Sep-16 1 126

Oct-16 1 124

Nov-16 1 112

Dec-16 1 104

Jan-17 1 102

Feb-17 1 131

Mar-17 1 136

Apr-17 1 130

May-17 1 135

Jun-17 1 106

Jul-17 1 111

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

2 000

Region V

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Jul-16 1 133

Aug-16 1 160

Sep-16 1 147

Oct-16 1 153

Nov-16 1 151

Dec-16 1 134

Jan-17 1 106

Feb-17 1 096

Mar-17 1 098

Apr-17 1 101

May-17 1 111

Jun-17 1 126

Jul-17 1 138

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

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Jul-16 697

Aug-16 719

Sep-16 708

Oct-16 688

Nov-16 681

Dec-16 690

Jan-17 686

Feb-17 686

Mar-17 694

Apr-17 May-17

691

697

Jun-17 715

Jul-17 720

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

2 000

Region VII

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Jul-16 384

Aug-16 390

Sep-16 398

Oct-16 415

Nov-16 412

Dec-16 432

Jan-17 443

Feb-17 455

Mar-17 473

Apr-17 484

May-17 502

Jun-17 482

Jul-17 487

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

2 000

Region VIII

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Jul-16 736

Aug-16 743

Sep-16 708

Oct-16 697

Nov-16 692

Dec-16 664

Jan-17 653

Feb-17 654

Mar-17 660

Apr-17 657

May-17 684

Jun-17 685

Jul-17 689

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

2 000

Region IX

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Jul-16 434

Aug-16 429

Sep-16 451

Oct-16 479

Nov-16 484

Dec-16 494

Jan-17 525

Feb-17 537

Mar-17 569

Apr-17 May-17

577

589

Jun-17 595

Jul-17 573

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18

(July 2016 July 2017)

2 000

Region X

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Jul-16 693

Aug-16 682

Sep-16 688

Oct-16 683

Nov-16 691

Dec-16 695

Jan-17 712

Feb-17 720

Mar-17 716

Apr-17 719

May-17 748

Jun-17 775

Jul-17 777

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

2 000

Region XI

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Jul-16 1 114

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 1 102 1 103 1 122 1 139 1 128 1 123 1 126 1 155 1 152 1 165 1 169

Jul-17 1 167

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

2 000

Region XII

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Jul-16 686

Aug-16 682

Sep-16 678

Oct-16 686

Nov-16 689

Dec-16 689

Jan-17 701

Feb-17 719

Mar-17 740

Apr-17 May-17

733

775

Jun-17 777

Jul-17 777

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

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Jul-16 1 258

Aug-16 1 263

Sep-16 1 254

Oct-16 1 264

Nov-16 1 285

Dec-16 1 298

Jan-17 1 324

Feb-17 1 329

Mar-17 1 361

Apr-17 May-17 1 377 1 391

Jun-17 1 433

Jul-17 1 437

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

2 000

Region XIV

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Jul-16 1 548

Aug-16 1 579

Sep-16 1 556

Oct-16 1 552

Nov-16 1 587

Dec-16 1 595

Jan-17 1 590

Feb-17 1 574

Mar-17 1 600

Apr-17 1 569

May-17 1 621

Jun-17 1 618

Jul-17 1 586

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

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

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

Jul-16 5.09

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16

5.14

5.00

4.99

Nov-16 4.85

Dec-16 5.02

Jan-17 5.04

Feb-17 5.03

Mar-17 5.20

Apr-17 5.03

May-17 4.86

Region II
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 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-17
5.01
Jun-17

Jul-17 Jul-17 5.06
Jul-17

Jul-16 6.57

Aug-16 6.51

Sep-16 6.01

Oct-16 5.46

Nov-16 5.90

Dec-16 6.20

Jan-17 6.08

Feb-17 6.00

Mar-17 5.97

Apr-17 5.60

May-17 5.43

Jun-17 5.37

Jul-17 5.11

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

Jul-16 4.46

Aug-16 4.60

Sep-16 4.82

Oct-16 4.55

Nov-16 4.60

Dec-16 5.00

Jan-17 4.90

Feb-17 4.83

Mar-17 5.22

Apr-17 4.83

May-17 4.80

Jun-17 4.70

Jul-17 4.78

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

Jul-16 4.23

Aug-16 4.04

Sep-16 3.96

Oct-16 3.59

Nov-16 3.50

Dec-16 3.56

Jan-17 3.79

Feb-17 3.71

Mar-17 Mar-17
3.84

Apr-17 Apr-17
3.74

May-17 May-17
3.97

Jun-17 Jun-17
3.98

Jul-17 Jul-17 3.98

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

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

Jul-16 5.55

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16

5.35

4.99

4.50

Nov-16 Dec-16

4.63

4.78

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

Jan-17 Feb-17

4.88

4.68

Region VI

Jan-17 Feb-17

Mar-17 4.56
Mar-17

Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

4.54

5.04

5.02

Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

Jul-17 4.93
Jul-17

Jul-16 5.59

Aug-16 5.78

Sep-16 5.89

Oct-16 5.62

Nov-16 5.46

Dec-16 5.60

Jan-17 5.71

Feb-17 5.42

Mar-17 5.30

Apr-17 May-17

4.91

4.76

Jun-17 4.35

Jul-17 4.23

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

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

Jul-16 3.54

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16

3.41

3.36

3.49

Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17

3.47

3.29

3.22

Feb-17 3.24

Mar-17 3.24

Apr-17 May-17

3.02

3.32

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

Jul-16 2.81

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16

2.61

2.63

2.60

Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17

2.90

3.06

3.58

Feb-17 3.53

Mar-17 4.15

Apr-17 May-17

3.95

3.94

Jun-17 Jun-17
3.56
Jun-17 Jun-17
3.99

Jul-17 Jul-17 3.75
Jul-17 Jul-17 4.07

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

Jul-16 3.89

Aug-16 3.31

Sep-16 3.26

Oct-16 2.98

Nov-16 3.11

Dec-16 3.06

Jan-17 3.23

Feb-17 3.25

Mar-17 3.18

Apr-17 May-17

3.34

3.38

Jun-17 3.38

Jul-17 3.32

10

9

8

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16

Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16

4.07

4.19

4.36

4.28

Nov-16 Nov-16
4.08

Dec-16 Dec-16
4.44

Region X

Jan-17 Jan-17
4.49

Feb-17 Feb-17
4.45

Mar-17 Mar-17
4.97

Apr-17 Apr-17
4.64

May-17 May-17
4.85

Jun-17 Jun-17
4.53

Jul-17 Jul-17 4.62

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

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

3.96

3.96

3.87

3.76

3.67

3.86

4.11

3.89

3.81

3.58

3.59

3.61

3.90

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

Jul-16 4.81

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16

4.44

4.39

4.09

Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17

3.87

3.89

3.58

Feb-17 Mar-17

3.72

4.08

Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

4.04

4.38

3.89

Jul-17 4.09

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

Jul-16 8.36

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16

8.18

8.01

7.69

Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17

7.53

7.68

7.35

Feb-17 7.10

Mar-17 7.38

Apr-17 May-17

7.10

6.78

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

Jul-16 6.43

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16

6.22

6.32

6.34

Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17

6.02

5.98

5.89

Feb-17 5.58

Mar-17 5.37

Apr-17 May-17

5.09

5.21

Jun-17 Jun-17
6.86
Jun-17 Jun-17
5.30

Jul-17 Jul-17 7.09
Jul-17 Jul-17 5.33