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