Monthly measures and results for October 2018

Monthly Measures and Results for October 2018*
*(Reflects Safety Outcomes as of August 31 2018 And Permanency Outcomes as of September 30 2018) 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 Operations Analyst 3 (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. Regional Charts of Outcome V (Trend of Unique Children in the Legal Custody of DFCS Under the Age of 18)
B. Regional Charts of Outcome XIV Stability Performance Coefficient (Number of Moves/Number of Days in Custody * 1000)
***There are no revisions to this document to date.

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 vs. Average count of unique CPS Investigations Family Preservation and Family Support stages for the prior four state fiscal years. 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 vs average of four prior state fiscal years..
Outcome IB Family Preservation Cases Only Count of unique Family Preservation stages open at any point during the month vs average of four prior state fiscal years..
Outcome IC Investigation Cases Only Count of unique Investigation stages open at any point during the month vs average of four prior state fiscal years.
Outcome 1C_1 Comparison of Investigations that were open at anytime during the month vs investigations opened during the month vs the average of the prior state fiscal years at any point in time.
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 Investigations -- Substantiated Investigations and Unsubstantiated Investigations and Screen-outs. Outcome is calculated 45 days prior to the date of report. Source SHINES

PERMANENCY Children have permanency and stability in their living situations.
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. Charts are broken out by substantiated and unsubstantiated investigation and their subsequent track assignment or final disposition. Outcome is calculated 45 days prior to the date of report. Source SHINES
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. The chart also reveals the average of the last four state fiscal years to provide the viewer with a prior glimpse of the trend in placement cases. 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. Source SHINES
Outcome VI-A Age Distribution of Children in Custody Chart is a percentage of children in DFCS Custody by age group.
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

PERMANENCY cont d Children have permanency and stability in their living situations.
Outcome IX Foster Care Length of Stay Percentage of children by number of months in foster care during each month. Source SHINES
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 Monthly Discharges The number of children who were discharged during the month by permanency decision divided into two charts by positive permanency vs other types. Source SHINES
Outcome XIII - A Average Number of Months to Achieve Positive Permanency Of all children in Outcome XIII the number of months from removal (entry into foster care) until exit due to reunification relative adoption or
guardianship.. Source SHINES .

PERMANENCY cont d Children have permanency and stability in their living situations.
Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance (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.

How many CPS Cases were open monthly during the last 13 months

30 000

Current

AVG

25 000

20 000

15 000

10 000

5 000

0 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18
Current 20 036 21 346 23 986 23 614 22 537 20 780 AVG 18 451 20 434 22 172 22 097 21 676 20 888
Average trend is calculated from prior SFYs from 2013-2017.

Feb-18 21 023 21 303

Mar-18 23 761 23 727

Apr-18 23 118 23 543

May-18 23 507 24 155

Jun-18 20 403 22 306

Jul-18 16 636 20 035

Aug-18 17 854 20 287

Average trend is calculated from prior four years.
Outcome I Child Protective Services Cases (August 2017 August 2018)

How many Family Support Cases were open per month for the last 13 months

12 000

Current

AVG

10 000

8 000

6 000 4 000

Average trend is calculated from prior four years data.

2 000

0 Aug-17

Current 8 806

AVG

7 028

Sep-17 9 579 8 466

Oct-17 11 423 9 832

Nov-17 11 274 9 962

Dec-17 10 727 9 435

Jan-18 9 319 8 630

Feb-18 9 314 8 540

Mar-18 10 666 9 399

Apr-18 10 435 9 221

May-18 10 562 9 456

Jun-18 8 495 8 490

Jul-18 6 274 7 465

Aug-18 6 892 7 959

The graph above reveals a similar trend in the current 13-month trend compared to the average of the prior four years average. During July 2018 there is a 16% decline in the number of cases when compared to the prior 4 year s averages. This was a 26% drop from the prior month of June 2018. August 2018 showed a rebound of 9.8% over the prior month.
Outcome IA Child Protective Services Cases Family Support Cases Only (August 2017 August 2018)

How many Family Preservation Cases were open per month during for the last 13 months
4 700

4 600

4 500

4 400

4 300 4 200

Current

AVG

4 100 4 000

Average trend is calculated from prior four years data.

3 900
Current AVG

Aug-17 4 469 4 192

Sep-17 4 477 4 156

Oct-17 4 606 4 186

Nov-17 4 629 4 233

Dec-17 4 628 4 366

Jan-18 4 624 4 398

Feb-18 4 464 4 411

Mar-18 4 445 4 513

Apr-18 4 395 4 486

May-18 4 449 4 556

Jun-18 4 510 4 628

Jul-18 4 450 4 645

Aug-18 4 420 4 587

Family Preservation cases are higher than the average trend of the prior four years average trend during the first 8 of the trend followed by an inverse effect. In August 2018 Family Preservation cases were 4% lower than the average of the last 4 years.
Outcome IB Child Protective Services Cases Family Preservation Cases Only (August 2017 August 2018)

How many Investigation Cases were open per month for the past 13 months
12 000

10 000

8 000

6 000

4 000

2 000

Average trend is calculated from prior four years data.

0
Current Avg

Aug-17 Sep-17 6 761 7 290 7 231 7 812

Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 7 957 7 711 7 182 6 837 8 154 7 902 7 875 7 860

Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 7 245 8 650 8 288 8 496 7 398 8 352 9 815 9 836 9 762 9 188

Jul-18 5 912 7 923

Aug-18 6 542 7 741

Although the last 13 months has seen an increase in investigations of over 25% between the averages of the prior 13 months (not pictured) the current year s total investigations reveals an improvement in investigations as indicated in the lower case loads.
Outcome IC Child Protective Services Cases Investigation Cases Only (August 2017 August 2018)

How many Investigation Cases were open at any time during the month Vs Investigation Cases that were initiated during the month for the past 13 months

12 000

Current

Stage Initiated During Month

Avg

Average trend is calculated from prior four years data.

10 000

8 000

6 000

4 000

2 000

0 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18

This chart indicates that during each month the cases that are opened during the month are less than half of he overall open cases during the month.

Additionally the increases and decreases in those opened during the month resemble the trend in the current cases open during the month excluding Sep

2017.

Outcome IC_1 Child Protective Services Cases Investigation Cases Only (August 2017 August 2018)

What percentage of children had a subsequent substantiated incident of maltreatment within 6 months

National Standard less than or equal to 5.40%

1.92%

2.49%

2.50%

2.53%

2.65%

3.06%

3.11%

3.14%

3.28%

3.11%

3.12%

3.23%

3.67%

Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18
The trend reveals that Georgia has consistently maintained a low recurrence rate below the national standard of 5.4%. However increases can be seen from October 2017 April 2018. Georgia has a higher percentage of maltreatment in August 2018 as compared to August 2017.
Outcome II Recurrence of Substantiated Child Maltreatment (August 2017 August 2018)

What was the disposition of all CPS reports received during the month

6 000 5 000 4 000 3 000 2 000

Family Support

Investigations

This chart reveals the disposition of CPS reports that were received for service. In July 2018 28.5% were investigations 36.6% were Family Support and 34.9% were Screen Outs.

1 000

0

Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18

Mar- 18

Apr-18

May- 18

Jun-18

Jul-18 Aug-18

Family Support 5 316 4 304 5 299 4 662 3 752 4 050 4 516 5 275 4 304 4 256 2 516 2 423 4 182

Investigations 3 610 2 974 3 397 2 905 2 647 3 232 3 503 3 829 3 472 3 528 2 418 2 551 3 396

Screenouts 3 588 2 993 3 397 3 091 2 559 2 791 3 026 3 676 3 093 3 473 2 536 2 698 3 978

The lower graph shows how many investigations were substantiated and unsubstantiated.

3 500 3 000

Investigation Types

2 500 2 000

1 500

1 000

500

0
Substantiated Unsubstantiated

Aug-17 Sep-17 856 631 2 754 2 343

Oct-17 673 2 724

Nov-17 Dec-17 560 530 2 345 2 117

Jan-18 645 2 587

Feb-18 Mar-18 662 728 2 841 3 101

Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 608 659 528 2 864 2 869 1 890

Jul-18 589 1 962

Aug-18 667 2 890

Outcome III Disposition of Child Abuse and Neglect Reports (August 2017 August 2018)

What was the final disposition of closed investigations during the month
Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Types of Investigations (June 2017 June 2018)

Unsubstantiated

2 799

2 433

2 758

2 366

2 212

2 584

2 819

3 195

2 796

2 896

1 956

1 982

2 867

Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Unsubstantiated 2 799 2 433 2 758 2 366 2 212 2 584 2 819 3 195 2 796 2 896 1 956 1 982 2 867

3500

3000

2500

2000

1500

1000

500

0
Family Preservation Foster Care Closed Investigation

Aug-17 356 158 2285

Sep-17 279 124 2030

Oct-17 311 150 2297

Nov-17 262 119 1985

Dec-17 280 133 1799

Jan-18 268 154 2162

Feb-18 301 149 2369

Mar-18 302 171 2722

Apr-18 326 132 2338

May-18 311 123 2462

Jun-18 269 92 1595

Jul-18 300 121 1561

Aug-18 339 160 2368

Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Types of Investigations (August 2017 August 2018)

Substantiated

906

758

661

694

665

660

570

561

680

659

618

585

539

Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18

1000

900

800

700

600

500

400

300

200

100

0 Aug-17

Family Preservation 318

Foster Care

244

Closed Investigation 344

Sep-17 216 182 263

Oct-17 244 193 257

Nov-17 180 164 226

Dec-17 169 171 221

Jan-18 191 228 246

Feb-18 194 207 259

Mar-18 229 229 300

Apr-18 187 157 274

May-18 219 146 315

Jun-18 169 125 245

Jul-18 168 139 278

Aug-18 210 174 275

Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Types of Investigations (August 2017 August 2018)

How many children were involved placement services for each month during the State Fiscal Year

The average trend for the past four years shows a gradual increase (low slope) in cases. The placement services include 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 **Average trend is calculated from prior SFYs from 2014-2017. 20 000
18 000
16 000

14 000 12 000 10 000

8 000 6 000

4 000 2 000
0
SFY 2018

Jul 18 470

Aug 18 818

Sep 18 732

Oct 19 077

Nov 18 981

Dec 19 138

Jan 19 391

Feb 19 472

Mar 19 637

Apr 19 490

May 19 392

Jun 19 225

Avg

14 158 14 303 14 454 14 624 14 651 14 750 14 996 15 161 15 315 15 553 15 793 15 970

22 000 20 000

19 113 19 315

19 280

18 000 16 064

16 305

16 431

16 000

14 000 12 000

**Average trend is calculated from prior SFYs from 2015-2018.

10 000 8 000 6 000

SFY 2019 Avg

4 000

2 000

0 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18 Dec-18 Jan-19 Feb-19 Mar-19 Apr-19 May-19 Jun-19

Outcome V Number of Children in Placement Services (State Fiscal Year 2019 To Date)

How many children were in Foster Care under the age of 18

14 489

14 840

14 826

14 829

14 660

14 493

14 522

14 582

13 989

14 020

14 125

14 211

13 659

Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (Setpember2017 September 2018)

Has the age distribution of the foster population changed much over the last year
100.00%

90.00% 19.4% 80.00% 70.00% 16.7%

19.0% 17.1%

60.00% 50.00% 26.0%

26.5%

40.00%

30.00%

20.00% 37.2% 10.00%

37.6%

0.00%

Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 0 to 4 Years 5 to 9 10 to 13 14 to 17

Jul-18

Aug-18 Sep-18

Outcome VI-A Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 by Age Group ( September 2017 September 2018)

How many children are moving in and out of Foster Care How many remain in care on the last day

1 200

15 000

1 050

14 500

900

14 000

750

13 500

600

13 000

450

12 500

300

12 000

150

11 500

0
Sep-17

Entries

637

Exits

469

End-Of-Month 13 190

Oct-17 799 596
13 393

Nov-17 627 626
13 393

Dec-17 732 674
13 451

Jan-18 760 559
13 652

Feb-18 837 570
13 919

Mar-18 921 638
14 202

Apr-18 624 582
14 244

May-18 585 703
14 126

Jun-18 534 698
13 962

Jul-18 531 707 13 786

Aug-18 736 622
13 900

11 000
Sep-18 682
587
13 995

Outcome VII Comparison of Foster Care Entries and Exits (September 2017 September 2018)
**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.

How many children were in a prior episode within twelve months of the current episode

ReenCtrhieasrt TitRleeentry Rate

110

11.0%

100

10.0%

90 National Standard Less than or equal to 8.6%
80

9.0% 8.0%

70

7.0%

60

6.0%

50

5.0%

40

4.0%

30

3.0%

20

2.0%

10

1.0%

0 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18

Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18

Jul-18

0.0% Aug-18 Sep-18

Sep-17 47
7.4%

Oct-17 71
8.9%

Nov-17 33
5.3%

Dec-17 31
4.2%

Jan-18 48
6.3%

Feb-18 63
7.5%

Mar-18 59
6.4%

Apr-18 59
9.5%

May-18 51
8.7%

Jun-18 31
5.8%

Jul-18 36
6.8%

Aug-18 50
6.8%

Sep-18 40
5.9%

Outcome VIII Foster Care Re-Entries (September 2017 September 2018)

What percentage of foster children have been in care for less than a year less than 2 years . . . each month
100%

90%

80%

70%

60% 50% 40% 30%

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

20%

10%

0% Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18

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

Sep-17 5.4% 6.9% 15.2% 27.4% 45.1%

Oct-17 5.3% 7.0% 15.1% 26.7% 45.8%

Nov-17 5.3% 7.2% 15.1% 26.5% 45.8%

Dec-17 5.4% 7.3% 14.8% 26.4% 46.1%

Jan-18 5.4% 7.4% 14.8% 26.0% 46.3%

Feb-18 5.4% 7.5% 15.1% 25.2% 46.8%

Mar-18 5.6% 7.4% 14.8% 25.1% 47.1%

Apr-18 5.7% 7.8% 14.6% 25.2% 46.7%

May-18 5.7% 8.0% 14.8% 25.6% 45.9%

Jun-18 6.1% 7.9% 15.2% 25.7% 45.0%

Jul-18 6.4% 8.1% 15.3% 26.2% 44.0%

Aug-18 6.9% 7.8% 15.3% 26.8% 43.3%

Sep-18 7.2% 7.8% 14.9% 26.6% 43.5%

Outcome IX Foster Care Length of Stay (September 2017 September 2018)

What percentage of reunifications occurred within twelve (12) months of the child entering foster care

100%

90%

80% 70% 60%

National Standard Greater Than or Equal to 76.20%

55.7%

59.7%

68.7%

62.7%

59.4%

66.1%

50%

63.3%

60.2%

55.2%

56.6%

60.4%

55.7%

53.1%

40%

30%

20%

10%

0% Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18

Outcome X Length of Time to Reunification (September 2017 September 2018)

What percentage of children in Foster Care were placed with a relative during the month

60.0%

60%

55.0%

55%

50.0%

50%

45.0%

45%

40.0%

40%

35.0% 30.0%

30.3%

30.8%

30.9%

31.7%

31.0%

30.5%

30.5%

30.9%

31.4%

31.3%

31.6%

31.6%

31.6%

35% 30%

25.0%

25%

20.0%

20%

15.0%

15%

10.0%

10%

5.0%

5%

0.0% Sep-17

Oct-17

Nov-17

Dec-17

Jan-18

Feb-18 Mar-18 Relative Pct

Apr-18 Goal

May-18

Jun-18

Jul-18

Aug-18

0% Sep-18

Outcome XI Percent of Children Placed with Relatives (September 2017 September 2018)

How many children remained in Foster Care after the age of 18
750

700

689

689

680 675

679 667

650

656

642

645

636

635

627

618

600

550

500 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18
Outcome XII Extended Youth Services (September 2017 September 2018)

How many children in Foster Care were discharged to a positive permanency during the month
500

450

400

350

300

250

200

150

100

50

0
Sep-17

Reunification

257

Living With Other Relative(s) 50

Finalized Adoption

71

Guardianship

34

Positive Permanency

412

Oct-17 365 50 69 40 524

Nov-17 268 83 169 41 561

Dec-17 363 68 131 37 599

Jan-18 302 84 74 26 486

Feb-18 296 79 72 43 490

Mar-18 344 78 111 40 573

Apr-18 313 67 86 58 524

May-18 407 74 114 36 631

Jun-18 426 76 88 48 638

Jul-18 408 63 120 53 644

Aug-18 291 68 136 50 545

Sep-18 262 75 119 64 520

Outcome XIII Number of Discharges (September 2017 September 2018)

How many children in Foster Care were discharged to another permanency during the month
100

90

80

70

60

50

40

30

20

10

0 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18

Emancipation

47

57

43

50

64

66

Transfer to Another Agency 4

7

13

17

5

7

Runaway

2

7

6

2

2

6

Death of Child

4

1

3

6

2

1

Other Permanency

57

72

65

75

73

80

Mar- 18 45 18 2 0 65

Apr-18
47 10 1 0 58

May- 18 48 17 3 4 72

Jun-18
52 5 2 1 60

Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18

56

60

55

5

16

10

1

0

2

1

1

0

63

77

67

Outcome XIII Number of Discharges (September 2017 September 2018)

What is the average time in months for a foster child to reach positive permanency
50

45

40

35

30

25

20

15

10

5

0
Sep-17

1-Reunification

11.7

2-Living with Relatives 15.0

3-Adoption

31.5

5-Guardianship

25.2

Positive Permanency 16.7

Oct-17 10.4 15.2 37.1 18.9 15.0

Nov-17 9.1 13.4 36.0 16.7 18.4

Dec-17 10.7 12.5 31.9 14.7 15.8

Jan-18 9.9 15.1 39.9 20.2 15.9

Feb-18 9.6 14.1 33.3 22.5 14.9

Mar-18 10.1 15.5 35.7 21.9 16.6

Apr-18 9.4 16.9 33.6 14.6 14.9

May-18 12.4 15.0 34.6 14.0 16.8

Jun-18 12.5 18.6 35.1 17.3 16.7

Jul-18 11.4 13.0 33.0 24.8 16.7

Aug-18 11.3 18.6 35.1 18.1 18.8

Sep-18 11.5 18.8 35.3 17.5 18.8

Outcome XIII - A Number of Discharges (September 2017 September 2018)

How is the state of Georgia performing on the federal measure of Placement Stability
National Standard 4.12

Sep-17

Oct-17

Nov-17 Dec-17

Jan-18

Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18
National Standard

May-18 Jun-18

Jul-18

Aug-18 Sep-18

Sep-17 5.12

Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18

5.19

5.09

4.92

4.86

Feb-18 4.95

Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18

4.92

4.87

4.82

Jun-18 4.83

Jul-18 4.79

Aug-18 Sep-18

4.87

4.89

Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Measure (September 2017 September 2018)

Appendices

APPENDIX A
Regional Chart of Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18
(September 2017 September 2018)

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (By Region) (September 2017 September 2018)

Region Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18

1

1 338

1 378

1 379

1 420

1 437

1 460

1 518

1 528

1 498

1 473

1 428

1 452

1 489

2

814

832

867

878

879

922

975

979

990

983

1 011

1 003

1 004

3

960

1 004

988

995

974

985

983

971

956

962

955

962

986

4

1 127

1 127

1 127

1 145

1 124

1 124

1 143

1 141

1 163

1 164

1 133

1 120

1 103

5

1 132

1 147

1 177

1 163

1 156

1 190

1 208

1 224

1 225

1 200

1 182

1 191

1 205

6

734

744

767

761

760

773

776

770

766

743

732

732

719

7

510

539

560

581

612

652

697

717

714

720

732

757

772

8

702

708

702

714

723

741

744

745

749

749

760

768

767

9

579

591

578

577

579

589

592

590

590

577

574

568

563

10

747

753

759

785

791

778

772

776

760

757

751

754

771

11

1 176

1 192

1 167

1 194

1 193

1 219

1 265

1 261

1 261

1 251

1 257

1 252

1 251

12

889

923

933

928

959

976

1 005

1 000

1 013

1 003

982

982

978

13

1 383

1 451

1 416

1 402

1 410

1 430

1 485

1 451

1 464

1 404

1 375

1 359

1 343

14

1 568

1 600

1 600

1 582

1 614

1 650

1 677

1 673

1 680

1 674

1 621

1 622

1 631

Statewide 13 659 13 989 14 020 14 125 14 211 14 489 14 840 14 826 14 829 14 660 14 493 14 522 14 582

APPENDIX B
Regional Chart of Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Coefficient
(September 2017 September 2018)
National Standard 4.12 Desired Goal to Meet the PIP 6.01

Outcome VI Placement Stability for Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (By Region) (September 2017 September 2018)

Region Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18

1

5.45

5.77

5.82

5.77

5.66

5.84

5.68

5.71

5.59

5.51

5.37

5.42

5.64

2

6.11

5.85

5.62

5.24

5.41

5.63

5.8

5.73

5.58

5.54

5.41

5.44

5.19

3

4.59

4.82

4.73

4.61

4.73

4.86

4.86

5

5.01

4.79

5.05

4.89

4.75

4

4.5

4.55

4.77

4.62

4.31

4.36

4.4

3.87

3.75

3.61

3.57

3.55

3.44

5

5.38

5.59

5.45

5.48

5.36

5.23

5.28

5.26

5.49

5.51

5.47

5.47

5.38

6

4.54

4.2

4.07

3.74

3.93

3.91

4.01

4.08

3.82

4.06

4.1

4.33

4.62

7

3.57

3.36

3.41

3.16

2.84

3.02

2.94

3.06

3.14

3.17

3.22

3.35

3.4

8

3.33

3.49

3.51

3.32

3.1

2.97

2.92

2.73

2.96

3.11

3.08

3.72

3.9

9

3.59

3.51

3.32

3.43

3.53

3.82

3.61

3.5

3.09

3.48

3.89

3.97

3.83

10

4.25

4.08

3.95

4.06

3.94

4.12

3.82

3.46

3.34

3.07

3.09

2.89

2.81

11

4.03

4.18

3.93

3.77

3.62

3.88

4.21

4.28

4.21

4.27

4.23

4.22

4.23

12

4.42

4.82

4.99

4.99

5.13

5.17

5.04

4.7

4.61

4.66

4.65

4.59

4.88

13

7.35

7.38

7.15

6.73

6.65

6.73

6.44

6.47

6.45

6.49

6.3

6.67

6.64

14

6.11

6.24

6.01

5.8

5.81

5.83

5.95

6.22

6.25

6.36

6.18

6.38

6.36

Statewide 5.12

5.19

5.09

4.92

4.86

4.95

4.92

4.87

4.82

4.83

4.79

4.87

4.89