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
600
6000
400
4000
200
2000
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-16 732 671
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