Monthly measures and results for January 2018

Monthly Measures and Results for January 2018*
*(Reflects Safety Outcomes as of November 30 2017 And Permanency Outcomes as of December 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)
**Document Revised on 2/22/2018.

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 (Not in Slide Deck)
**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 November 2017 there was an decrease in the total cases of 1.5% since October 2017. The average for the state fiscal year 2018 To Date reveals an increase of 2.7 % since last state fiscal year. Comparatively Georgia had 5.2% increase in cases in November 2016 as compared to November 2017.
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25 000

20 000 15 000 10 000

SFY 2018 To Date 2.7% Increase

2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

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0

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

State FY 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

Jul 18 563 17 941 19 470 24 151 12 363

Aug 20 028 18 028 19 788 23 295 12 693

Sep 21 338 19 902 21 943 26 176 13 715

Oct 23 977 21 877 23 541 28 108 15 162

Nov 23 607 22 440 23 277 26 664 16 008

Dec
21 484 22 946 24 857 17 416

Jan
19 665 21 916 23 497 18 470

Feb
20 201 22 795 22 721 19 491

Mar
22 875 25 075 24 293 22 662

Apr
21 707 24 431 23 911 24 120

May
23 339 24 307 23 896 25 071

Jun
21 688 21 504 22 124 23 905

Average 21 503 20 929 22 583 22 747 17 161

% Change 2.7% -7.3% -7.7% 32.5% 23.4%

Outcome IA Child Protective Services Cases Family Support Cases Only
(State Fiscal Year 2018 To Date)
While Family Support cases continued to increase during November 2017 by 39.2% since July 2017 there was an overall improvement in the average cases of 7.7% decrease for the State Fiscal Year 2018 to date 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

10 000 8 000 6 000 4 000 2 000

SFY 2018 To Date 7.7% Decrease

2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

0

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

State FY Jul

2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

8 092 5 047 6 363 10 354 4 723

Aug
8 801 6 690 6 419 9 919 5 083

Sep
9 573 9 881 7 460 10 866 5 658

Oct
11 416 12 532 8 588 11 791 6 418

Nov
11 268 13 019 8 881 11 259 6 690

Dec
12 146 8 558 10 117 6 919

Jan
10 700 8 036 8 862 6 919

Feb
10 921 8 013 8 111 7 113

Mar
12 432 8 118 8 494 8 552

Apr
11 617 7 549 8 206 9 511

May
12 296 7 398 8 176 9 951

Jun
10 473 6 211 7 450 9 826

Average % Change

9 830 10 646 7 633 9 467 7 280

-7.7% 39.5% -19.4% 30.0% 24.3%

Outcome IB Child Protective Services Cases Family Preservation Cases Only (State Fiscal Year 2018 To Date)
Through November 2017 (SFY 2018 to date) there was a 9.4% increase in the number of Family Preservation cases since SFY 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 have consistently lower averages in Family Preservation Cases than SFY 2015.
7 000

6 000

5 000 4 000 3 000 2 000 1 000

SFY 2018 To Date 9.4% Increase

2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

0 Jul

State FY
2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

Jul
4 439 4 394 5 705 4 042 2 960

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Aug
4 471 4 188 5 409 4 282 2 889

Sep
4 480 4 057 5 215 4 573 2 779

Oct
4 609 4 003 5 060 4 971 2 709

Nov
4 632 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 % Change

4 526 4 135 4 964 5 435 2 932

9.4% -16.7% -8.7% 85.4% -5.5%

Outcome IC Child Protective Services Cases Investigation Cases Only
(State Fiscal Year 2018 To Date)
Since the beginning of SFY 2018 Investigation cases have shown a 16.3% increase in average caseloads over SFY 2017. During July 2017 there was a 12% decrease over June 2017 cases followed by increases in August through October of 32% and a 3% decrease in November 2017. 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.
14 000

12 000

10 000 8 000 6 000 4 000 2 000

SFY 2018 To Date 16.3% Increase

2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

0

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

State FY
2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

Jul
6 032 8 499 7 402 9 755 4 680

Aug
6 756 7 149 7 960 9 093 4 721

Sep
7 285 5 964 9 268 10 736 5 278

Oct
7 952 5 342 9 893 11 345 6 035

Nov
7 707 5 384 9 450 10 106 6 669

Dec
5 216 9 508 9 023 7 751

Jan
4 888 9 140 8 671 8 738

Feb
5 264 10 104 8 540 9 499

Mar
6 314 12 196 9 640 11 106

Apr
6 049 12 119 9 595 11 578

May
6 842 10 636 9 671 11 896

Jun
6 855 10 636 8 679 10 578

Average
7 146 6 147 9 927 9 571 8 211

% Change 16.3% -37.7%
3.0% 16.6% 38.2%

Outcome II Recurrence of Substantiated Child Maltreatment (November 2016 November 2017)
The trend below reveals a decrease in the number of repeated substantiated incidents of child maltreatment. During November 2016 Georgia was slightly below the national standard of 5.4%. One year later this ratio is reduced by over 51% reflecting many effective changes that have been implemented in Child Protective Services.
8%
7% National Standard
Less Than or Equal To 5.40% 6%
5%
4%
3%
2%
1%
0% Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17

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

Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 3.54% 2.86% 2.36% 2.05% 2.09%

Jul-17 1.95%

Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 1.89% 2.40% 2.39% 2.42%

Outcome III Disposition of Child Abuse and Neglect Reports (November 2016 November 2017)
Of the CPS cases that had a disposition during the month of November 2017 44.6% were Family Support 29.7% were screen outs and 25.7% were Investigations. Only 20.6% of the Investigations were substantiated. The overall yearly trend shows the number of CPS Dispositions resulting in Family Support cases were significantly higher through June 2017. Dispositions CPS Cases that were Screened Out cases while lower than Family Support were less than investigations in June July and August 2017. Conversely total investigations declined during the first two months through December 2017 followed by increases through March 2017 followed by fluctuations of decreases and increases through November 2017.

7 000

Unsubstantiated Investigations

Substantiated Investigations

Family Support

6 000

5 000

4 000

3 000

2 000

1 000

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

Family Support
Screenouts
Investigations Substantiated Investigations Unsubstantiated Investigations

Nov-16
5 093 2 560 2 260 375 1 885

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

Jan-17
5 298 2 966 2 413 483 1 930

Feb-17
5 155 3 096 2 430 445 1 985

Mar-17
5 991 3 408 2 872 602 2 270

Apr-17
4 599 2 851 2 428 544 1 884

May-17
5 111 3 268 2 972 677 2 295

Jun-17
3 052 2 186 2 319 606 1 713

Jul-17
3 106 2 136 2 437 667 1 770

Aug-17
5 313 3 589 3 600 881 2 719

Sep-17
4 303 2 992 2 963 655 2 308

Oct-17
5 291 3 396 3 369 714 2 655

Nov-17
4 425 2 946 2 549 525 2 024

Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Types of Investigations (November 2016 November 2017)
According to November s data 13.3% of Investigations were subsequently opened as a Family Preservation case 9.6% of Investigations were opened as a Foster Care case and 77.0% 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

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

Nov-16
159 247 135 125 97 1 555

Dec-16
128 240 149 141 136 1 343

Jan-17
193 304 156 154 157 1 562

Feb-17
180 254 125 147 161 1 648

Mar-17
269 343 188 129 198 1 893

Apr-17
208 304 185 110 212 1 609

May-17
282 337 189 120 251 1 938

Jun-17
198 284 196 105 253 1 376

Jul-17
212 248 193 115 280 1 428

Aug-17
328 345 248 152 355 2 263

Sep-17
224 263 185 120 275 2 006

Oct-17
252 284 199 143 273 2 251

Nov-17
154 187 146 100 210 1 760

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 December 2017(19 140). 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

SFY 2018 To Date 5.3% Increase

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Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

State FY
2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

Jul
18 481 17 494 15 340 12 952 10 847

Aug
18 830 17 719 15 530 13 147 10 817

Sep
18 746 17 704 15 798 13 484 10 828

Oct
19 088 17 838 15 993 13 763 10 903

Nov
18 995 17 811 16 152 13 779 10 861

Dec
19 140 17 806 16 174 14 028 10 992

Jan
17 991 16 533 14 320 11 139

Feb
17 995 16 774 14 489 11 384

Mar
17 985 16 870 14 699 11 707

Apr
17 909 17 010 14 883 12 410

May
18 090 17 421 15 142 12 527

Jun Average % Change

18 293 17 643 15 334 12 611

18 880 17 886 16 437 14 168 11 419

5.6% 8.8% 16.0% 24.1% 4.5%

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

The number of children in foster care under the age of 18 increased to 14 096 during December 2017. The following slides reveal that there were 695 entries and 593 exits. On the last day of December 2017 there were 13 503 children in custody from this population. Of those who entered custody during November twenty-four children (3.5%) had a prior episode within 12 months.

16 000 15 000 14 000 13 000 12 000 11 000 10 000
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0

Dec-16 Jan-17

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

Jul-17

Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17

Nov-17 Dec-17

Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 13 024 13 053 13 146 13 338 13 274 13 542 13 580 13 602 13 768 13 653 13 974 14 009 14 096

Outcome VI-A Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (Regional) ( December 2016 December 2017)
The number of children in Foster Care under the age of 18 during December 2017 was 14 096. Visually you can see that Region 14 has the highest proportion of children in custody at any point in time. During December 2017 Region 14 had 1 577 children in DFCS custody followed by Region 1 with 1 413 children and Region 13 with 1 402 children. (for regional trends see appendix). Region 1 showed the highest change in population counts from November 2017 to December 2017 (41) which represented an 3% increase regionally.
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R13

12 000

R12

R11

10 000

R10

R9

8 000

R8

R7

6 000

R6

R5

4 000

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2 000

R2

R1

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

Outcome VII Comparison of Foster Care Entries and Exits (December 2016 December 2017)
Multiple trends can be seen in this graph. There was a increase in the number of entries from June 2017 through August 2017 with a drop in September followed by fluctuations through December 2017. Exits also increased from May 2017 through August 2017 with a decrease in September and rebounds in October 2017 and November 2017. There was a net gain of 102 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 102 children from November 2017 to December 2017.

1600

Entries

Exits

End-Of-Month

1400
12 331
1200

12 533

12 616 12 679 12 786 12 907 12 902 12 876 13 015 13 184 13 397 13 401

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13 503
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Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17

Dec-16 603 693

Jan-17 722 520

Feb-17 613 530

Mar-17 722 659

Apr-17 595 491

May-17 756 635

Jun-17 673 678

Jul-17 700 726

Aug-17 892 755

Sep-17 638 469

Oct-17 790 578

Nov-17 612 612

Dec-17 695 593

**Reentries that occur within the same month are not double counted in the entries and exits on this chart. This chart represents unique population and movement into custody during the month.

Outcome VIII Foster Care Re-Entries (December 2016 December 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 December 2017 (3.5%) decreased both in ratio and actual counts compared to November 2017 s ratio. The number and proportion of re-entries to entries decreased during December 2017 compared to December 2016.

Reentries

110

National Standard

9.9%

100

Less Than or Equal To 8.60%

90

9.0%

Reentry Rate 8.5%

11.0% 10.0% 9.0%

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70
60
50
5.0%
40

7.2%

7.7% 5.1%

6.7%

7.9%

7.1%

5.5%

8.0%

7.0%

5.1%

6.0%

3.5%

5.0% 4.0%

30

3.0%

20

2.0%

10

1.0%

0

0.0%

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

Dec-16 30
5.0%

Jan-17 65
9.0%

Feb-17 44
7.2%

Mar-17 37
5.1%

Apr-17 46
7.7%

May-17 75
9.9%

Jun-17 45
6.7%

Jul-17 55
7.9%

Aug-17 49
5.5%

Sep-17 45
7.1%

Oct-17 67
8.5%

Nov-17 31
5.1%

Dec-17 24
3.5%

Outcome IX Foster Care Length of Stay (December 2016 December 2017)
During the month of December 2017 the lengths of stay among the foster care populations remained close to November 2017 with a .2% increase in those children who were less than 12 months in custody and a .2 decrease in the number of children who were 2 years and less than 3 years in custody. Comparison of the trend from last December 2016 reveals that there are higher proportion of children who are staying in care for more than 24 months.

100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17

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

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

Dec-16 5.2% 5.3% 13.8% 28.9% 46.8%

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

Feb-17 5.3% 5.5% 14.3% 29.4% 45.5%

Mar-17 5.5% 5.7% 14.7% 28.8% 45.4%

Apr-17 5.5% 5.9% 15.0% 28.7% 44.9%

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

Jun-17 5.5% 6.0% 15.1% 29.4% 44.0%

Jul-17 5.3% 6.4% 14.9% 28.9% 44.4%

Aug-17 5.3% 6.6% 14.9% 28.1% 45.1%

Sep-17 5.4% 6.9% 15.2% 27.5% 45.1%

Oct-17 5.3% 7.0% 15.1% 26.8% 45.7%

Nov-17 5.4% 7.2% 15.1% 26.6% 45.7%

Dec-17 5.4% 7.3% 14.9% 26.5% 45.9%

Outcome X Length of Time to Reunification (December 2016 December 2017)

The number of children who reunified within 12 months decreased from 69.1% in November 2017 to 60.8% in December 2017. December 2017 s proportion is a .2% increase in the proportion from December 2016.
100%

90% 80%

National Standard Greater Than or Equal to 76.20%

70%

60%

50%

40%

30%

20%

10%

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

Dec-16 Jan-17 60.6% 64.5%

Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 64.1% 61.4% 64.8%

May-17 62.3%

Jun-17 59.2%

Jul-17 61.6%

Aug-17 57.3%

Sep-17 Oct-17 56.0% 58.6%

Nov-17 Dec-17 69.1% 60.8%

Outcome XI Percent of Children Placed with Relatives (December 2016 December 2017)
The number of children who were in Foster Care that were placed with relatives during the month of December 2017 improved to 31.2% .
40%

35%

30%

25%

20%

15%

10%

5%

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

Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 29.7% 29.6% 29.9% 29.6% 29.4% 29.8% 29.9%

Jul-17 29.8%

Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 30.1% 30.2% 30.6% 30.8% 31.2%

Outcome XII Extended Youth Services (December 2016 December 2017)
There were 641 children who remained in custody after their 18th birthday during December 2017.
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0 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17

Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

575

592

602

599

599

607

611

Jul-17 603

Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17

620

626

640

637

641

Outcome XIII Number of Finalized Adoptions (December 2016 December 2017)
There were 124 foster children adopted during December 2017. This represents a slight improvement in finalizations compared to December 2016.
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175

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125

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75

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25

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

Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

123

46

96

110

99

131

123

Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17

105

122

71

69

165

124

Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (December 2016 December 2017)
Over the last 13 months the federal measure for stability which is the number of moves per number of days per thousand has improved from 4.88 to 4.83.

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8.00 7.00

National Standard 4.12

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3.00

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1.00

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

Dec-16 4.88

Jan-17 4.93

Feb-17 4.82

Mar-17 4.96

Apr-17 4.76

May-17 4.83

Jun-17 4.85

Jul-17 5.01

Aug-17 4.98

Sep-17 4.96

Oct-17 4.99

Nov-17 Dec-17

4.92

4.83

Appendices

Appendix A
Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Type of Investigations by Disposition (November 2016 November 2017)

100%

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

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50%

40%

30%

20%

10%

0% Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17

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

Jul-17

Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17

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

Nov-16
7.0% 10.9% 6.9% 4.8% 5.8% 64.5%

Dec-16
6.9% 10.7% 5.8% 5.4% 4.2% 67.1%

Jan-17
6.0% 11.2% 7.0% 6.6% 6.4% 62.8%

Feb-17
7.6% 12.0% 6.2% 6.1% 6.2% 61.8%

Mar-17
7.2% 10.1% 5.0% 5.8% 6.4% 65.5%

Apr-17
8.9% 11.4% 6.2% 4.3% 6.6% 62.7%

May-17
7.9% 11.6% 7.0% 4.2% 8.1% 61.2%

Jun-17
9.1% 10.8% 6.1% 3.8% 8.1% 62.1%

Jul-17
8.2% 11.8% 8.2% 4.3% 10.5% 57.0%

Aug-17
8.6% 9.9% 7.8% 4.6% 11.3% 57.7%

Sep-17
8.9% 9.3% 6.8% 4.1% 9.6% 61.3%

Oct-17
7.4% 8.4% 6.1% 3.9% 9.1% 65.1%

Nov-17
7.2% 8.2% 6.0% 4.2% 8.0% 66.5%

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

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

2 000

Region I

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Dec-16 1 291

Jan-17 1 289

Feb-17 1 311

Mar-17 1 326

Apr-17 1 326

May-17 1 330

Jun-17 1 289

Jul-17 1 328

Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 1 359 1 337 1 375 1 372 1 413

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

2 000

Region II

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Dec-16 721

Jan-17 714

Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17

741

743

730

May-17 Jun-17

753

771

Jul-17 791

Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17

819

815

834

869

881

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (December 2016 December 2017) Region III
2 000
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17

Dec-16 1 079

Jan-17 1 073

Feb-17 1 056

Mar-17 1 054

Apr-17 1 013

May-17 1 018

Jun-17 1 010

Jul-17 998

Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17

1 002

964

1 005

992

997

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

2 000

Region IV

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Dec-16 1 104

Jan-17 1 102

Feb-17 1 131

Mar-17 1 136

Apr-17 1 130

May-17 1 135

Jun-17 1 107

Jul-17 1 110

Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 1 121 1 125 1 126 1 118 1 134

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

2 000

Region V

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Dec-16 1 134

Jan-17 1 106

Feb-17 1 096

Mar-17 1 099

Apr-17 1 102

May-17 1 112

Jun-17 1 129

Jul-17 1 138

Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 1 142 1 134 1 149 1 179 1 169

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (December 2016 December 2017) Region VI
2 000
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17

Dec-16 695

Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17

690

690

698

695

May-17 Jun-17

701

719

Jul-17 724

Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17

734

735

745

767

762

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

2 000

Region VII

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Dec-16 437

Jan-17 448

Feb-17 460

Mar-17 479

Apr-17 488

May-17 510

Jun-17 489

Jul-17 495

Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17

515

509

534

555

572

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (December 2016 December 2017) Region VIII
2 000
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17

Dec-16 664

Jan-17 653

Feb-17 654

Mar-17 660

Apr-17 657

May-17 684

Jun-17 690

Jul-17 691

Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17

711

704

711

704

712

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

2 000

Region IX

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Dec-16 494

Jan-17 525

Feb-17 Mar-17

536

568

Apr-17 576

May-17 588

Jun-17 596

Jul-17 579

Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17

577

573

583

573

572

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (December 2016 December 2017) Region X
2 000
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17

Dec-16 694

Jan-17 710

Feb-17 Mar-17

719

715

Apr-17 718

May-17 Jun-17

748

775

Jul-17 776

Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17

758

746

753

758

783

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

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Dec-16 1 124

Jan-17 1 120

Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 1 123 1 152 1 153

May-17 Jun-17 1 163 1 164

Jul-17 1 160

Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 1 179 1 174 1 190 1 165 1 195

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

2 000

Region XII

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Dec-16 691

Jan-17 703

Feb-17 721

Mar-17 742

Apr-17 735

May-17 778

Jun-17 779

Jul-17 777

Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17

872

884

917

932

927

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

2 000

Region XIII

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 1 302 1 328 1 333 1 365

Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 1 381 1 398 1 438

Jul-17 1 442

Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 1 410 1 386 1 454 1 422 1 402

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

2 000

Region XIV

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

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

Dec-16 1 594

Jan-17 1 592

Feb-17 1 575

Mar-17 1 601

Apr-17 1 570

May-17 1 624

Jun-17 1 624

Jul-17 1 593

Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 1 569 1 567 1 598 1 603 1 577

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

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

Dec-16 5.10

Jan-17 5.14

Feb-17 5.13

Mar-17 5.36

Apr-17 5.19

May-17 5.03

Jun-17 5.21

Jul-17 5.30

Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17

5.24

5.40

5.71

5.67

5.67

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

Dec-16 6.26

Jan-17 6.16

Feb-17 6.08

Mar-17 6.05

Apr-17 5.72

May-17 5.54

Jun-17 5.50

Jul-17 5.46

Aug-17 5.49

Sep-17 5.84

Oct-17 5.62

Nov-17 5.42

Dec-17 5.07

Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (December 2016 - December 2017)

Region III

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

Jul-17

Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17

Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17

5.04

4.92

4.87

5.28

4.85

May-17 Jun-17

4.88

4.82

Jul-17 5.01

Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17

4.75

4.56

4.75

4.75

4.88

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

Dec-16 3.58

Jan-17 3.82

Feb-17 3.77

Mar-17 3.97

Apr-17 3.86

May-17 4.10

Jun-17 4.18

Jul-17 4.27

Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17

4.33

4.48

4.37

4.57

4.51

Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (December 2016 - December 2017)

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

Dec-16 4.82

Jan-17 4.92

Feb-17 4.73

Mar-17 4.61

Apr-17 4.64

May-17 5.18

Jun-17 5.30

Jul-17 5.27

Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17

5.43

5.38

5.53

5.33

5.35

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

Dec-16 5.64

Jan-17 5.74

Feb-17 5.48

Mar-17 5.42

Apr-17 5.01

May-17 4.88

Jun-17 4.49

Jul-17 4.43

Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17

4.16

4.41

4.15

4.13

4.08

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

Dec-16 3.26

Jan-17 3.17

Feb-17 3.19

Mar-17 3.22

Apr-17 2.96

May-17 3.18

Jun-17 3.46

Jul-17 3.72

Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17

3.57

3.40

3.38

3.45

3.19

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

Dec-16 2.98

Jan-17 3.50

Feb-17 3.51

Mar-17 4.09

Apr-17 3.92

May-17 3.89

Jun-17 3.99

Jul-17 4.27

Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17

4.00

3.35

3.50

3.66

3.53

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

Dec-16 2.94

Jan-17 3.04

Feb-17 Mar-17

3.04

2.99

Apr-17 3.15

May-17 3.17

Jun-17 3.16

Jul-17 3.30

Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17

3.69

3.66

3.53

3.31

3.29

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

Jan-17

Feb-17

Mar-17

Apr-17

Region X
May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17

Aug-17 Sep-17

Oct-17

Nov-17 Dec-17

Dec-16 4.49

Jan-17 4.57

Feb-17 4.52

Mar-17 5.12

Apr-17 4.76

May-17 5.07

Jun-17 4.70

Jul-17 4.94

Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17

4.82

4.33

4.28

4.13

4.07

Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (December 2016 - December 2017)

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Dec-16 Jan-17

Region XI
Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

Jul-17

Aug-17 Sep-17

Oct-17

Dec-16 3.95

Jan-17 4.24

Feb-17 4.04

Mar-17 3.89

Apr-17 3.69

May-17 3.80

Jun-17 3.85

Jul-17 4.03

Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17

4.07

4.03

3.91

Nov-17 Dec-17

Nov-17 Dec-17

3.73

3.73

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

Jan-17

Feb-17

Mar-17

Apr-17

Region XII
May-17 Jun-17

Jul-17

Aug-17 Sep-17

Oct-17

Nov-17 Dec-17

Dec-16 4.03

Jan-17 3.76

Feb-17 3.87

Mar-17 4.14

Apr-17 4.07

May-17 4.36

Jun-17 3.96

Jul-17 4.18

Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17

4.43

4.30

4.67

4.72

4.79

Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (December 2016 - December 2017)

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Dec-16 Jan-17

Region XIII
Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

Jul-17

Aug-17 Sep-17

Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17

Dec-16 7.65

Jan-17 7.33

Feb-17 7.11

Mar-17 7.40

Apr-17 7.14

May-17 6.83

Jun-17 6.96

Jul-17 7.36

Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17

7.08

6.86

6.74

6.60

6.41

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

Dec-16 5.99

Jan-17 5.89

Feb-17 5.58

Mar-17 5.35

Apr-17 5.04

May-17 Jun-17

5.16

5.24

Jul-17 5.39

Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17

5.34

5.52

5.70

5.53

5.53