Monthly measures and results for September 2017

Monthly Measures and Results for September 2017*
*(Reflects Safety Outcomes as of July 31 2017 And Permanency Outcomes as of August 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 2018 To Date)
During the month of July 2017 there was a decrease in the total cases of 14.4% since June 2017. The average for the state fiscal year 2018 To Date reveals a 11.3% decrease since last state fiscal year. Comparatively Georgia had 3.5% less cases last year in July 2016 than July 2017.

30 000

25 000

SFY 2018 to date 11.3%
decrease

20 000 15 000

2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

10 000

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

State FY Jul

2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

18 561 17 941 19 470 24 151 12 363

Aug
18 028 19 788 23 295 12 693

Sep
19 902 21 943 26 176 13 715

Oct
21 876 23 541 28 108 15 162

Nov
22 436 23 277 26 664 16 008

Dec
21 480 22 946 24 857 17 416

Jan
19 661 21 916 23 497 18 470

Feb
20 197 22 795 22 721 19 491

Mar
22 871 25 075 24 293 22 662

Apr
21 703 24 431 23 911 24 120

May
23 335 24 307 23 896 25 071

Jun Average

21 684 21 504 22 124 23 905

18 561 20 926 22 583 22 747 17 161

% Change
-11.3% -7.3% -7.7% 32.5% 23.4%

Outcome IA Child Protective Services Cases Family Support Cases Only
(State Fiscal Year 2018 To Date)

Family Support cases decreased during July 2017 by 22.7% since June 2017. This improvement represents a 24% average case decrease for the start of the current State Fiscal Year 2018 over State Fiscal Year 2017. The chart reveals that there was an increase in SFY 2017 s case average of 39.5% over the prior SFY. SFY 2016 s case average revealed a decrease of 19.4% over SFY 2015.

14 000 12 000

SFY 2018 To Date
24.0% decrease

10 000 8 000 6 000 4 000

2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

2 000

0 Jul

State FY Jul

2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

8 090 5 047 6 363 10 354 4 723

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Aug
6 690 6 419 9 919 5 083

Sep
9 881 7 460 10 866 5 658

Oct
12 531 8 588 11 791 6 418

Nov
13 017 8 881 11 259 6 690

Dec
12 144 8 558 10 117 6 919

Jan
10 698 8 036 8 862 6 919

Feb
10 919 8 013 8 111 7 113

Mar
12 430 8 118 8 494 8 552

Apr
11 615 7 549 8 206 9 511

May
12 294 7 398 8 176 9 951

Jun
10 471 6 211 7 450 9 826

Average % Change

8 090 10 645 7 633 9 467 7 280

-24.0% 39.5% -19.4% 30.0% 24.3%

Outcome IB Child Protective Services Cases Family Preservation Cases Only (State Fiscal Year 2018 To Date)
During July (SFY 2018 to date) there was a 1.8% increase in the number of Family Preservation cases since June 2017. Caseloads decreased from August 2016 October 2016 with case counts remaining constant through April 2017 and increasing for the final two months of SFY 2017. The data revealed that SFY 2017 has an average that is 16.7% lower than SFY 2016 s average. State Fiscal Years 2016 2017 and 2018 to date show a marked decrease in Family Preservation Cases since SFY 2015.
7 000

6 000

2017 to date 7.3%
increase

5 000 4 000 3 000

2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

2 000

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

State FY
2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

Jul
4 439 4 394 5 705 4 042 2 960

Aug
4 188 5 409 4 282 2 889

Sep
4 057 5 215 4 573 2 779

Oct
4 003 5 060 4 971 2 709

Nov
4 037 4 946 5 298 2 649

Dec
4 122 4 880 5 716 2 746

Jan
4 077 4 740 5 963 2 813

Feb
4 016 4 678 6 069 2 879

Mar
4 129 4 761 6 158 3 004

Apr
4 041 4 763 6 109 3 031

May
4 201 4 752 6 048 3 224

Jun
4 360 4 658 5 992 3 501

Average
4 439 4 135 4 964 5 435 2 932

% Change
7.3% -16.7% -8.7% 85.4% -5.5%

14 000

Outcome IC Child Protective Services Cases Investigation Cases Only
(State Fiscal Year 2018 To Date)
Since the beginning of SFY 2018 Investigation cases showed a 1.9% decrease in average caseloads since 2017. During July 2017 there was a 12% decrease over June 2017 cases. Investigation cases declined during the first semester through January 2017 by 43% during SFY 2017. A similar trend is seen from SFY 2014 SFY 2017 of an increase from February March.

12 000 10 000

SFY 2018 to 1.9%
decrease

8 000

6 000

2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

4 000

2 000

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

State FY
2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

Jul
6 031 8 499 7 402 9 755 4 680

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

7 149 7 960 9 093 4 721

5 963 9 268 10 736 5 278

5 341 9 893 11 345 6 035

5 381 9 450 10 106 6 669

5 213 9 508 9 023 7 751

Jan
4 885 9 140 8 671 8 738

Feb
5 261 10 104 8 540 9 499

Mar
6 312 12 196 9 640 11 106

Apr
6 047 12 119 9 595 11 578

May
6 841 10 636 9 671 11 896

Jun
6 854 10 636 8 679 10 578

Average % Change

6 031 6 146 9 927 9 571 8 211

-1.9% -37.7% 3.0% 16.6% 38.2%

Outcome II Recurrence of Substantiated Child Maltreatment (July 2016 July 2017)
The trend below reveals a decrease in the number of repeated substantiated incidents of child maltreatment. During July 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% 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-16 5.83%

Aug-16 Sep-16 5.71% 5.49%

Oct-16 5.24%

Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 4.98% 4.37% 3.96%

Feb-17 Mar-17 3.54% 2.86%

Apr-17 2.36%

May-17 Jun-17 2.04% 2.08%

Jul-17
Jul-17 1.99%

Outcome III Disposition of Child Abuse and Neglect Reports

(July 2016 July 2017)

Of the CPS cases that had a disposition during the month of July 2017 28% were screen outs 41% were Family Support and 31% were Investigations. Only 28% 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 July 2017.

Unsubstantiated Investigations

Substantiated Investigations

Family Support

Investigations

Screenouts

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

Family Support
Screenouts
Investigations Substantiated Investigations Unsubstantiated Investigations

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 2 260 376 1 884

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

Jan-17
5 297 2 966 2 413 482 1 931

Feb-17
5 155 3 095 2 429 447 1 982

Mar-17
5 989 3 408 2 871 608 2 263

Apr-17
4 598 2 851 2 424 557 1 867

May-17
5 110 3 268 2 970 708 2 262

Jun-17
3 052 2 187 2 304 627 1 677

Jul-17
2 937 2 014 2 278 639 1 639

Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Types of Investigations (July 2016 July 2017)
According to July s data 18.3% of Investigations were subsequently opened as a Family Preservation case 12.5% of Investigations were opened as a Foster Care case and 69.2% 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

Jul-16

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

154 145 164 119 145 2 886

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16

208 262 198 166 163 2 097

196 229 173 149 127 1 687

170 261 166 115 140 1 547

Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17

160 246 135 125 98 1 554

128 240 149 141 136 1 343

193 304 155 155 156 1 562

Feb-17
181 252 125 147 162 1 646

Mar-17
273 339 189 128 199 1 890

Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

214 297 188 107 214 1 598

299 318 191 118 261 1 920

205 271 199 97 262 1 355

Jul-17
208 228 192 107 271 1 382

Outcome V Number of Children in Placement Services (State Fiscal Year 2018 To Date)
There was a slight increase in the number of placement services that were open during the month of August 2017(18 839) of 1.8% since July 2017. 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 4 000

2018 to date 4.3%
increase

2 000

0

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

State FY
2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

Jul
18 497 17 494 15 340 12 952 10 847

Aug
18 839 17 719 15 530 13 147 10 817

Sep
17 704 15 798 13 484 10 828

Oct
17 840 15 993 13 763 10 903

Nov
17 814 16 152 13 779 10 861

Dec
17 814 16 174 14 028 10 992

Jan
18 000 16 533 14 320 11 139

Feb
18 007 16 774 14 489 11 384

Mar
17 997 16 870 14 699 11 707

Apr
17 923 17 010 14 883 12 410

May
18 105 17 421 15 142 12 527

Jun
18 309 17 643 15 334 12 611

Average % Change

18 668 17 894 16 437 14 168 11 419

4.3% 8.9% 16.0% 24.1% 4.5%

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (August 2016 August 2017)
The number of children in foster care under the age of 18 increased to 13 751 during August 2017. The following slides reveal that there were 874 entries and 688 exits. On the last day of August 2017 there were 13 062 children in custody from this population. Of those who entered custody during the month forty three children (4.9%) 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 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17

Aug-16 13 016

Sep-16 12 957

Oct-16 12 998

Nov-16 Dec-16 13 024 13 012

Jan-17 13 039

Feb-17 13 129

Mar-17 13 318

Apr-17 13 257

May-17 13 518

Jun-17 13 551

Jul-17 13 577

Aug-17 13 751

Outcome VI-A Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (Regional)
( August 2016 August 2017)
The number of children in Foster Care under the age of 18 during August 2017 was 13 751. Visually you can see that Region 14 has the highest proportion of children in custody at any point in time. During August 2017 Region 14 had 1 560 children in DFCS custody followed by Region 13 with 1 407 children and Region 1 with 1 362 children. (for regional trends see appendix). Region 12 showed the highest change in population counts from July 2017 to August 2017 (88) which represented an 11% increase regionally and was 50% of the total change in child counts for August 2017.
16 000

14 000 12 000 10 000
8 000 6 000 4 000 2 000
0 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17

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

Jul-17

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

Outcome VII Comparison of Foster Care Entries and Exits (August 2016 August 2017)

Multiple trends can be seen in this graph. There was a increase in the number of entries from June 2017 through August 2017 while exits decreased in August 2017. There

was a net gain of 186 children who were removed from their homes versus those who were discharged from foster care which resulted in the overall population as of the last

day of the month having an increase of 186 children from July 2017 to August 2017.

Entries

Exits

End-Of-Month

1400 12 345

12 401

12 441 12 409 12 318 12 518 12 597

12 659 12 766 12 886 12 881

12 876

13 062 14000

1200

12000

1000

10000

800

8000

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6000

400

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0

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

Aug-16 732 671

Sep-16 612 556

Oct-16 597 557

Nov-16 583 615

Dec-16 601 693

Jan-17 720 520

Feb-17 610 531

Mar-17 720 658

Apr-17 597 490

May-17 751 631

Jun-17 664 669

Jul-17 695 700

Aug-17 874 688

Outcome VII Foster Care Re-Entries (August 2016 August 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 August 2017 (4.9%) improved both in ratio and actual counts compared to July 2017 s ratio. The number and proportion of re-entries to entries decreased during August 2017 compared to August 2016.

110

National Standard less

than or equal

100

to 8.60%

90

8.8%

80 8.3%
70

Reentries

9.6%

8.9%

7.2%

Reentry Rate 9.7%
7.7%

8.1%

11.0% 10.0% 9.0% 8.0% 7.0%

60

50

6.0%

5.0% 40

5.0%

6.3%

4.9%

6.0% 5.0%

4.0%

30

3.0%

20

2.0%

10

1.0%

0

0.0%

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

Aug-16 61
8.3%

Sep-16 54
8.8%

Oct-16 36
6.0%

Nov-16 56
9.6%

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 73
9.7%

Jun-17 42
6.3%

Jul-17 56
8.1%

Aug-17 43
4.9%

Outcome VIII Foster Care Length of Stay (August 2016 August 2017)
During the month of August 2017 the length of stay among the foster care populations remained close to August 2017 with .2% increase in those children in custody from 36 months to less than 48 months and .6% decrease in foster children who have been in custody for 12 months to less than 24 months. Comparison of the trend from last August 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% Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17

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

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% 28.8% 47.4%

Dec-16 5.2% 5.3% 13.8% 29.0% 46.7%

Jan-17 5.2% 5.3% 14.2% 28.9% 46.5%

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% 28.9% 44.3%

Aug-17 5.3% 6.6% 15.0% 28.3% 44.8%

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

100% 90%

The number of children who reunified within 12 months decreased from 62.8% in July to 57.1% in August 2017. This proportion is significantly lower than last August s proportion of 66.4%.
National Standard
76.20%

80%

70%

60%

50%

40%

30%

20%

10%

0% Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17
Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 66.4% 66.8% 66.6% 62.5% 60.6% 64.5% 64.1% 61.6% 65.0%

May-17 May-17 62.6%

Jun-17 Jun-17 59.1%

Jul-17 Jul-17 62.8%

Aug-17 Aug-17 57.1%

Outcome X Percent of Children Placed with Relatives (August 2016 August 2017)
The number of children who were in Foster Care that were placed with relatives during the month of August 2017 remained constant at 29.8%.
35%

30%

25%

20%

15%

10%

5%

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

Aug-16 28.8%

Sep-16 28.8%

Oct-16 29.0%

Nov-16 29.3%

Dec-16 29.7%

Jan-17 29.6%

Feb-17 30.0%

Mar-17 29.6%

Apr-17 29.4%

May-17 29.8%

Jun-17 29.8%

Jul-17 Aug-17 29.7% 29.8%

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

600

500

400

300

200

100

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

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

546

548

563

570

570

590

598

594

598

606

612

604

614

Outcome XII Number of Finalized Adoptions (August 2016 August 2017)
There were 121 foster children adopted during August 2017. This represents a 33% increase in finalizations compared to August 2016.
150

125

100

75

50

25

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

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

91

81

88

119

123

46

96

110

99

131

123

105

121

10.00

Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (August 2016 August 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 5.02 to 4.90 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 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17

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

5.02

4.98

4.80

4.76

4.87

4.92

4.81 4.94

4.74

4.82

4.83

4.97 4.90

Appendices

Appendix A

100%

Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Type of Investigations by Disposition (July 2016 July 2017)

90%

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 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17

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

Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16

4.3% 4.0% 4.5% 3.3% 4.0% 79.9%

6.7% 8.5% 6.4% 5.4% 5.3% 67.8%

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% 67.0%

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% 61.9%

Feb-17
7.2% 10.0% 5.0% 5.8% 6.4% 65.5%

Mar-17
9.0% 11.2% 6.3% 4.2% 6.6% 62.6%

Apr-17
8.2% 11.3% 7.2% 4.1% 8.2% 61.0%

May-17
9.6% 10.2% 6.1% 3.8% 8.4% 61.8%

Jun-17
8.6% 11.3% 8.3% 4.1% 11.0% 56.7%

Jul-17
8.7% 9.5% 8.0% 4.5% 11.3% 57.9%

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

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

2 000

Region I

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Aug-16 Sep-16 1 325 1 319

Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 1 323 1 299 1 291

Jan-17 1 289

Feb-17 Mar-17 1 311 1 326

Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 1 327 1 331 1 291

Jul-17 1 330

Aug-17 1 362

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

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Aug-16 Sep-16

649

671

Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

679

691

722

Jan-17 715

Feb-17 741

Mar-17 742

Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

729

753

769

Jul-17 791

Aug-17 818

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

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Aug-16 Sep-16 1 164 1 151

Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 1 134 1 112 1 076

Jan-17 1 071

Feb-17 Mar-17 1 054 1 052

Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 1 012 1 018 1 012

Jul-17 1 002

Aug-17 1 002

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

2 000

Region IV

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Aug-16 Sep-16 1 128 1 126

Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 1 124 1 112 1 104

Jan-17 1 102

Feb-17 Mar-17 1 131 1 136

Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 1 130 1 136 1 107

Jul-17 1 112

Aug-17 1 122

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

2 000

Region V

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

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 1 097

Mar-17 1 099

Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 1 101 1 111 1 126

Jul-17 1 135

Aug-17 1 143

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

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Aug-16 Sep-16

721

708

Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

688

681

690

Jan-17 686

Feb-17 Mar-17

686

694

Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

691

697

715

Jul-17 720

Aug-17 729

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

2 000

Region VII

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Aug-16 391

Sep-16 399

Oct-16 416

Nov-16 Dec-16

413

433

Jan-17 444

Feb-17 453

Mar-17 472

Apr-17 483

May-17 501

Jun-17 481

Jul-17 Aug-17

Jul-17 486

Aug-17 508

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

2 000

Region VIII

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Aug-16 Sep-16

743

708

Oct-16 697

Nov-16 Dec-16

692

664

Jan-17 653

Feb-17 Mar-17

654

660

Apr-17 657

May-17 Jun-17

684

685

Jul-17 689

Aug-17 708

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

2 000

Region IX

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Aug-16 Sep-16

432

454

Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

482

487

497

Jan-17 528

Feb-17 Mar-17

540

571

Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

579

591

600

Jul-17 578

Aug-17 579

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

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Aug-16 Sep-16

681

687

Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

682

690

694

Jan-17 710

Feb-17 Mar-17

718

714

Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

717

747

774

Jul-17 775

Aug-17 757

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

2 000

Region XI

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Aug-16 Sep-16 1 098 1 099

Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 1 118 1 135 1 125

Jan-17 1 120

Feb-17 Mar-17 1 123 1 152

Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 1 153 1 163 1 165

Jul-17 1 163

Aug-17 1 190

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

2 000

Region XII

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Aug-16 Sep-16

683

679

Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

687

690

690

Jan-17 702

Feb-17 Mar-17

720

741

Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

734

776

778

Jul-17 778

Aug-17 866

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

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 1 265 1 256 1 266 1 287 1 300

Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 1 326 1 330 1 362

Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 1 378 1 392 1 433

Jul-17 1 433

Aug-17 1 407

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

2 000

Region XIV

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Aug-16 Sep-16 1 576 1 553

Oct-16 1 549

Nov-16 Dec-16 1 584 1 592

Jan-17 1 587

Feb-17 Mar-17 1 571 1 597

Apr-17 1 566

May-17 Jun-17 1 618 1 615

Jul-17 Aug-17

Jul-17 1 585

Aug-17 1 560

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

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

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

Aug-16 5.14

Sep-16 5.02

Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

5.01

4.86

5.04

Jan-17 5.07

Feb-17 5.06

Mar-17 5.25

Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

5.09

4.94

5.14

Region II
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 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-17 5.21
Jul-17

Aug-17 Aug-17
5.10
Aug-17

Aug-16 6.51

Sep-16 5.99

Oct-16 5.44

Nov-16 5.88

Dec-16 6.18

Jan-17 6.07

Feb-17 6.02

Mar-17 5.98

Apr-17 5.65

May-17 5.51

Jun-17 5.44

Jul-17 5.31

Aug-17 5.36

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

Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (August 2016 - August 2017) Region III
Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

Jul-17

Aug-17

Aug-16 Sep-16

4.61

4.83

Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

4.56

4.60

5.02

Jan-17 4.91

Feb-17 Mar-17

4.84

5.24

Apr-17 4.85

May-17 4.84

Jun-17 4.76

Jul-17 4.92

Aug-17 4.55

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

Aug-16 4.10

Sep-16 4.02

Oct-16 3.65

Nov-16 3.52

Dec-16 3.58

Jan-17 3.85

Feb-17 3.76

Mar-17 3.91

Apr-17 Apr-17
3.80

May-17 May-17
4.03

Jun-17 Jun-17
4.10

Jul-17 Jul-17 4.17

Aug-17 Aug-17
4.09

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

Jul-17

Aug-17

Aug-16 5.36

Sep-16 5.00

Oct-16 4.51

Nov-16 4.66

Dec-16 4.83

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

Jan-17 4.93
Jan-17

Feb-17 Mar-17

4.73

4.62

Region VI

Feb-17 Mar-17

Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

4.61

5.14

5.26

Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

Jul-17 5.18

Aug-17 5.37

Jul-17 Aug-17

Aug-16 Sep-16

5.76

5.87

Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

5.62

5.45

5.58

Jan-17 5.69

Feb-17 Mar-17

5.41

5.33

Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

4.93

4.77

4.35

Jul-17 4.34

Aug-17 4.10

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

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

Aug-16 3.46

Sep-16 3.40

Oct-16 3.53

Nov-16 Dec-16

3.51

3.33

Jan-17 3.25

Feb-17 3.27

Mar-17 3.31

Apr-17 3.04

May-17 3.35

Jun-17 3.55

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

Aug-16 2.66

Sep-16 2.69

Oct-16 2.67

Nov-16 Dec-16

2.97

3.12

Jan-17 3.67

Feb-17 3.61

Mar-17 4.23

Apr-17 4.07

May-17 4.02

Jun-17 4.09

Jul-17 Jul-17 3.82
Jul-17 Jul-17 4.15

Aug-17 Aug-17
3.65
Aug-17 Aug-17
4.05

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

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

Jul-17

Aug-17

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

3.35

3.29

3.01

3.15

3.08

10 9

8

7 6

5

4 3 2

1

0 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

4.22

4.36

4.29

4.09

4.45

Jan-17 3.27
Jan-17 Jan-17
4.51

Feb-17 Mar-17

3.28

3.25

Region X

Feb-17 Feb-17
4.45

Mar-17 Mar-17
4.98

Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

3.37

3.37

3.39

Jul-17 3.42

Aug-17 3.60

Apr-17 Apr-17
4.65

May-17 May-17
4.88

Jun-17 Jun-17
4.56

Jul-17 Jul-17 4.70

Aug-17 Aug-17 4.49

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

Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (August 2016 - August 2017) Region XI
Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

Jul-17

Aug-17

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

3.90

3.87

3.76

3.67

3.86

4.12

3.90

3.85

3.62

3.66

3.70

4.05

4.21

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

Jul-17

Aug-17

Aug-16 Sep-16

4.44

4.41

Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

4.11

3.92

3.94

Jan-17 3.64

Feb-17 Mar-17

3.78

4.16

Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

4.13

4.48

4.06

Jul-17 4.25

Aug-17 4.42

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

Aug-16 8.21

Sep-16 8.03

Oct-16 7.71

Nov-16 Dec-16

7.54

7.66

Jan-17 7.36

Feb-17 7.14

Mar-17 7.38

Apr-17 7.10

May-17 6.79

Jun-17 6.91

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

Aug-16 6.26

Sep-16 6.36

Oct-16 6.38

Nov-16 Dec-16

6.04

5.99

Jan-17 5.89

Feb-17 5.59

Mar-17 5.37

Apr-17 5.10

May-17 5.25

Jun-17 5.37

Jul-17 Jul-17 7.33
Jul-17 Jul-17 5.52

Aug-17 Aug-17
6.98
Aug-17 Aug-17
5.44