Monthly Measures and Results for November 2018* *(Reflects Safety Outcomes as of September 30 2018 And Permanency Outcomes as of October 31 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 Sep-17 Current 21 346 AVG 20 434 Oct-17 23 986 22 172 Nov-17 23 614 22 097 Dec-17 22 537 21 676 Jan-18 20 780 20 888 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 Sep-18 20 216 22 342 Average trend is calculated from prior four years. Outcome I Child Protective Services Cases (September 2017 September 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 2 000 Average trend is calculated from prior four years data. 0 Sep-17 Current 9 579 AVG 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 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 9 314 10 666 10 435 10 562 8 495 8 540 9 399 9 221 9 456 8 490 Jul-18 6 274 7 465 Aug-18 Sep-18 6 892 8 339 7 959 9 447 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. The trend in September 2018 continues to increase since the drop in July 2018. Outcome IA Child Protective Services Cases Family Support Cases Only (September 2017 September 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 Current AVG 4 200 4 100 4 000 Average trend is calculated from prior four years data. 3 900 Current AVG Sep-17 4 477 4 192 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 4 606 4 629 4 628 4 624 4 156 4 186 4 233 4 366 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 4 464 4 445 4 395 4 449 4 510 4 398 4 411 4 513 4 486 4 556 Jul-18 4 450 4 628 Aug-18 Sep-18 4 420 4 358 4 645 4 581 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 September 2018 Family Preservation cases were 4.9% lower than the average of the last 4 years. Outcome IB Child Protective Services Cases Family Preservation Cases Only (September 2017 September 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 Sep-17 7 290 7 812 Oct-17 7 957 8 154 Nov-17 7 711 7 902 Dec-17 7 182 7 875 Jan-18 6 837 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 Sep-18 6 542 7 519 7 741 8 315 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 (September 2017 September 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 10 000 Average trend is calculated from prior four years data. 8 000 6 000 4 000 2 000 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 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 (September 2017 September 2018) What percentage of children had a subsequent substantiated incident of maltreatment within 6 months National Standard less than or equal to 5.40% 2.49% 2.50% 2.53% 2.65% 3.06% 3.11% 3.14% 3.28% 3.11% 3.12% 3.23% 3.67% 3.30% 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 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 May 2018. Georgia has a higher percentage of maltreatment in August 2018 as compared to August 2017. Outcome II Recurrence of Substantiated Child Maltreatment (September 2017 September 2018) What was the disposition of all CPS reports received during the month 6 000 5 000 4 000 3 000 2 000 1 000 This chart reveals the disposition of CPS reports that were received for service. In September 2018 29% were investigations 36% were Family Support and 35% were Screen Outs. The lower graph shows how many investigations were substantiated and unsubstantiated. 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 Family Support 4 304 5 299 4 662 3 752 4 050 4 516 5 275 4 304 4 256 2 516 2 423 4 352 4 032 Investigations 2 974 3 397 2 905 2 647 3 232 3 503 3 829 3 472 3 528 2 418 2 551 3 555 3 219 Screenouts 2 993 3 397 3 091 2 559 2 791 3 026 3 676 3 093 3 473 2 536 2 698 4 157 3 973 Investigation Types 3 500 3 000 2 500 2 000 1 500 1 000 500 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 Substantiated Unsubstantiated Sep-17 631 2 343 Oct-17 673 2 724 Nov-17 560 2 345 Dec-17 530 2 117 Jan-18 645 2 587 Feb-18 662 2 841 Mar-18 728 3 101 Apr-18 608 2 864 May-18 659 2 869 Jun-18 528 1 890 Jul-18 589 1 962 Aug-18 666 2 889 Sep-18 583 2 636 Outcome III Disposition of Child Abuse and Neglect Reports (September 2017 September 2018) What was the final disposition of closed investigations during the month Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Types of Investigations (June 2017 June 2018) Unsubstantiated 2 433 2 758 2 366 2 212 2 584 2 819 3 195 2 796 2 896 1 956 1 982 2 872 2 640 Sep-17 Oct-17 Unsubstantiated 2 433 2 758 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 2 366 2 212 2 584 2 819 3 195 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 2 796 2 896 1 956 Jul-18 1 982 Aug-18 Sep-18 2 872 2 640 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 Family Preservation Foster Care Closed Investigation 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-18 340 160 2372 Sep-18 279 149 2212 Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Types of Investigations (September 2017 September 2018) Substantiated 758 694 661 665 660 570 561 680 660 618 585 539 568 Sep-17 Substantiated 661 Oct-17 694 Nov-17 570 Dec-17 561 Jan-18 665 Feb-18 660 Mar-18 758 Apr-18 618 May-18 680 Jun-18 539 Jul-18 585 Aug-18 Sep-18 660 568 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 Family Preservation Foster Care Closed Investigation 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-18 211 174 275 Sep-18 181 142 245 Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Types of Investigations (September 2017 September 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 Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun SFY 2018 18 470 18 818 18 732 19 077 18 981 19 138 19 391 19 472 19 637 19 490 19 392 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 18 000 16 000 14 000 12 000 10 000 8 000 6 000 4 000 2 000 0 19 114 19 316 16 064 16 305 Jul-18 Aug-18 19 282 19 238 16 431 16 669 SFY 2019 Avg **Average trend is calculated from prior SFYs from 2015-2018. 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 14 502 13 989 14 020 14 125 14 211 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (October 2017 October 2018) Has the age distribution of the foster population changed much over the last year 100.00% 90.00% 19.6% 19.0% 80.00% 16.8% 70.00% 17.3% 60.00% 50.00% 26.1% 26.4% 40.00% 30.00% 20.00% 37.5% 10.00% 37.3% 0.00% 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 Oct-18 Outcome VI-A Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 by Age Group ( October 2017 October 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 Oct-17 Entries 799 Exits 596 End-Of- Month 13 393 Nov-17 627 626 13 393 Dec-17 732 674 13 451 Jan-18 760 559 Feb-18 837 570 Mar-18 921 638 Apr-18 624 582 May-18 585 703 Jun-18 534 698 Jul-18 531 707 Aug-18 736 622 Sep-18 682 587 Oct-18 507 568 13 652 13 919 14 202 14 244 14 126 13 962 13 786 13 900 13 995 13 934 11 000 Outcome VII Comparison of Foster Care Entries and Exits (October 2017 October 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 ReentriesChart TitRleeentry Rate 110 11.0% 100 National Standard Less than or equal to 8.6% 90 10.0% 9.0% 80 8.0% 70 7.0% 60 6.0% 50 5.0% 40 4.0% 30 3.0% 20 2.0% 10 1.0% 0 0.0% Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 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% Oct-18 41 8.1% Outcome VIII Foster Care Re-Entries (October 2017 October 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% Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 4 Years 3 - 4 Years 2 - 3 Years 1 - 2 Years 1 Year 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 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 5.6% 5.7% 5.7% 6.1% 6.4% 6.9% 7.2% 7.4% 7.4% 7.8% 8.0% 7.9% 8.1% 7.8% 7.8% 7.8% 14.8% 14.6% 14.8% 15.2% 15.3% 15.3% 14.9% 14.7% 25.1% 25.2% 25.6% 25.7% 26.2% 26.8% 26.6% 27.6% 47.1% 46.7% 45.9% 45.0% 44.0% 43.3% 43.5% 42.5% Outcome IX Foster Care Length of Stay (October 2017 October 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% 59.7% 68.7% 62.7% 59.4% 66.1% 63.3% 50% 60.2% 55.2% 56.6% 60.4% 55.7% 53.1% 49.7% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Outcome X Length of Time to Reunification (October 2017 October 2018) What percentage of children in Foster Care were placed with a relative during the month 30.8% 30.9% 31.7% 31.0% 30.5% 30.5% 30.9% 31.4% 31.3% 31.6% 31.6% 31.5% 31.2% Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 Relative Pct May-18 Goal Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Outcome XI Percent of Children Placed with Relatives (October 2017 October2018) How many children remained in Foster Care after the age of 18 750 700 690 690 681 676 680 678 650 655 668 662 642 645 635 635 600 550 500 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Outcome XII Extended Youth Services (October 2017 October 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 Reunification Living With Other Relative(s) Finalized Adoption Guardianship Positive Permanency 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 Sep-18 Oct-18 291 262 267 68 75 70 136 119 85 50 64 77 545 520 499 Outcome XIII Number of Discharges (October 2017 October 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 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Emancipation 57 43 50 64 66 45 47 48 52 56 60 55 53 Transfer to Another Agency 7 13 17 5 7 18 10 17 5 5 16 10 16 Runaway 7 6 2 2 6 2 1 3 2 1 0 2 0 Death of Child 1 3 6 2 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 Other Permanency 72 65 75 73 80 65 58 72 60 63 77 67 69 Outcome XIII Number of Discharges (October 2017 October 2018) What is the average time in months for a foster child to reach positive permanency Outcome XIII - A Number of Discharges (October 2017 October 2018) How is the state of Georgia performing on the federal measure of Placement Stability National Standard 4.12 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 National Standard Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 5.19 5.09 4.92 4.86 4.95 4.92 4.87 4.82 4.83 4.79 4.87 4.89 4.74 Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Measure (October 2017 October 2018) Appendices APPENDIX A Regional Chart of Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (October 2017 October 2018) Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (By Region) (October 2017 October 2018) Region Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 1 1 378 1 379 1 420 1 437 1 460 1 518 1 528 1 498 1 473 1 428 1 452 1 489 1 482 2 832 867 878 879 922 975 979 990 983 1 011 1 003 1 004 989 3 1 004 988 995 974 985 983 971 956 962 955 962 986 1 006 4 1 127 1 127 1 145 1 124 1 124 1 143 1 141 1 163 1 164 1 133 1 120 1 103 1 105 5 1 147 1 177 1 163 1 156 1 190 1 208 1 224 1 225 1 200 1 182 1 191 1 205 1 198 6 744 767 761 760 773 776 770 766 743 732 732 719 709 7 539 560 581 612 652 697 717 714 720 732 757 772 757 8 708 702 714 723 741 744 745 749 749 760 768 767 771 9 591 578 577 579 589 592 590 590 577 574 568 563 543 10 753 759 785 791 778 772 776 760 757 751 754 771 772 11 1 192 1 167 1 194 1 193 1 219 1 265 1 261 1 261 1 251 1 257 1 252 1 251 1 242 12 923 933 928 959 976 1 005 1 000 1 013 1 003 982 982 978 980 13 1 451 1 416 1 402 1 410 1 430 1 485 1 451 1 464 1 404 1 375 1 359 1 343 1 336 14 1 600 1 600 1 582 1 614 1 650 1 677 1 673 1 680 1 674 1 621 1 622 1 631 1 612 Statewide 13 989 14 020 14 125 14 211 14 489 14 840 14 826 14 829 14 660 14 493 14 522 14 582 14 502 APPENDIX B Regional Chart of Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (October 2017 October 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) (October 2017 October 2018) Region Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 1 5.77 5.82 5.77 5.66 5.84 5.68 5.71 5.59 5.51 5.37 5.42 5.64 5.38 2 5.85 5.62 5.24 5.41 5.63 5.8 5.73 5.58 5.54 5.41 5.44 5.19 4.96 3 4.82 4.73 4.61 4.73 4.86 4.86 5 5.01 4.79 5.05 4.89 4.75 4.68 4 4.55 4.77 4.62 4.31 4.36 4.4 3.87 3.75 3.61 3.57 3.55 3.44 3.42 5 5.59 5.45 5.48 5.36 5.23 5.28 5.26 5.49 5.51 5.47 5.47 5.38 5.34 6 4.2 4.07 3.74 3.93 3.91 4.01 4.08 3.82 4.06 4.1 4.33 4.62 4.27 7 3.36 3.41 3.16 2.84 3.02 2.94 3.06 3.14 3.17 3.22 3.35 3.4 3.1 8 3.49 3.51 3.32 3.1 2.97 2.92 2.73 2.96 3.11 3.08 3.72 3.9 3.76 9 3.51 3.32 3.43 3.53 3.82 3.61 3.5 3.09 3.48 3.89 3.97 3.83 3.8 10 4.08 3.95 4.06 3.94 4.12 3.82 3.46 3.34 3.07 3.09 2.89 2.81 2.89 11 4.18 3.93 3.77 3.62 3.88 4.21 4.28 4.21 4.27 4.23 4.22 4.23 4.02 12 4.82 4.99 4.99 5.13 5.17 5.04 4.7 4.61 4.66 4.65 4.59 4.88 4.88 13 7.38 7.15 6.73 6.65 6.73 6.44 6.47 6.45 6.49 6.3 6.67 6.64 6.46 14 6.24 6.01 5.8 5.81 5.83 5.95 6.22 6.25 6.36 6.18 6.38 6.36 6.22 Statewide 5.19 5.09 4.92 4.86 4.95 4.92 4.87 4.82 4.83 4.79 4.87 4.89 4.74