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