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. 30 000 25 000 20 000 15 000 10 000 SFY 2018 To Date 2.7% Increase 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 5 000 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 4 000 2 000 0 Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun State FY 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 Jul 18 481 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 9 000 8 000 7 000 6 000 5 000 4 000 3 000 2 000 1 000 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. 16 000 14 000 R14 R13 12 000 R12 R11 10 000 R10 R9 8 000 R8 R7 6 000 R6 R5 4 000 R4 R3 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 16000 13 503 14000 12000 1000 10000 800 8000 600 6000 400 4000 200 2000 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-16 603 693 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% 80 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. 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 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. 200 175 150 125 100 75 50 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. 10.00 9.00 8.00 7.00 National Standard 4.12 6.00 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 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 90% 80% 70% 60% 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