Monthly Measures and Results for February 2018* *(Reflects Safety Outcomes as of December 31 2017 And Permanency Outcomes as of January 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. 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) ***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. 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 XIII - A Average Number of Months to Achieve Finalization Of all children in Outcome XIII the number of months from removal (entry into foster care) until exit due to adoption. Source SHINES Outcome XIII - B Percentage of Children in Foster Care Who Are in Permanent Custody (Adoption Eligible) Count of unique children who were in the legal custody of DFCS (17 years of age and under) on the last day of the month who had a legal status of permanent court permanent voluntary or joint custody permanent. Source SHINES . PERMANENCY cont d Children have permanency and stability in their living situations. Outcome XIV Stability Performance Coefficient (Number of Moves/Number of Days in Custody * 1000) A calculated value based upon the ACF CFSR Round 3 which is part of Program Improvement. It is calculated from a rolling 12 month population of the entry cohort where the child remained in custody for over 8 days and was not 18 on the date of removal. The federal standard is 4.12. Source SHINES **Note Data may vary from month to month due to 13 month data trends being re-run over the time span for the various outcomes in this report. Outcome I Child Protective Services Cases (State Fiscal Year 2018 To Date) The average for the State Fiscal Year 2018 To Date reveals an increase of 3.6% since last State Fiscal Year. During the month of December 2017 there was an decrease in the total cases of 4.6% since November 2017. Comparatively Georgia had 4.9% increase in cases in December 2016 as compared to December 2017. 30 000 25 000 20 000 15 000 10 000 SFY 2018 To Date 3.6% Increase 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 5 000 0 Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun State FY Jul 2018 2017 2016 18 565 17 941 19 470 2015 2014 24 151 12 363 Aug 20 030 18 028 19 788 23 295 12 693 Sep 21 340 19 902 21 943 26 176 13 715 Oct 23 979 21 877 23 541 28 108 15 162 Nov 23 607 22 440 23 277 26 664 16 008 Dec 22 529 21 484 22 946 24 857 17 416 Jan Feb 19 665 21 916 23 497 18 470 20 201 22 795 22 721 19 491 Mar 22 875 25 075 24 293 22 662 Apr May 21 707 24 431 23 911 24 120 23 339 24 307 23 896 25 071 Jun Average 21 688 21 504 21 675 20 929 22 583 22 124 22 747 23 905 17 161 % Change 3.6% -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 decreased since October 2017 by 6.1% in December 2017 there was an overall improvement in the average cases of 6.3% 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 6.3% 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 8 094 5 047 6 363 10 354 4 723 Aug 8 803 6 690 6 419 9 919 5 083 Sep 9 575 9 881 7 460 10 866 5 658 Oct 11 418 12 532 8 588 11 791 6 418 Nov 11 269 13 019 8 881 11 259 6 690 Dec 10 723 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 9 980 10 646 7 633 9 467 7 280 % Change -6.3% 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 December 2017 (SFY 2018 to date) there was a 9.9% 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 9.9% 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 4 629 4 122 4 880 5 716 2 746 Jan 4 077 4 740 5 963 2 813 Feb 4 016 4 678 6 069 2 879 Mar 4 129 4 761 6 158 3 004 Apr 4 041 4 763 6 109 3 031 May 4 201 4 752 6 048 3 224 Jun 4 360 4 658 5 992 3 501 Average 4 543 4 135 4 964 5 435 2 932 % Change 9.9% -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 decreases through December 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 7 706 5 384 9 450 10 106 6 669 Dec 7 177 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 7 151 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 (December 2016 December 2017) The trend below reveals a decrease in the number of repeated substantiated incidents of child maltreatment. During December 2016 Georgia was below the national standard of 5.4%. One year later this ratio is reduced by over 39% 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% 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 4.37% 3.96% 3.54% 2.86% 2.36% 2.05% 2.09% 2.02% 1.96% 2.53% 2.52% 2.56% 2.67% Outcome III Disposition of Child Abuse and Neglect Reports (December 2016 December 2017) Of the CPS cases that had a disposition during the month of December 2017 42.2% were Family Support 28.9% were screen outs and 28.8% were Investigations. Only 21.6% of the Investigations were substantiated. The overall yearly trend shows the number of CPS Dispositions resulting in Family Support cases were higher through December 2017. Dispositions CPS Cases that were Screened Out cases while lower than Family Support were less than investigations in June July and August 2017. Total investigations increased through March 2017 with fluctuations marked by an increase in August 2017 with decreases in November and December 2017. Unsubstantiated Investigations 7 000 Substantiated Investigations Family Support Investigations Screenouts 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 Family Support 4 373 5 298 5 155 5 991 4 600 5 111 3 052 3 107 5 314 4 303 5 295 4 653 3 712 Screenouts 2 438 2 966 3 097 3 408 2 851 3 268 2 186 2 136 3 589 2 992 3 396 3 091 2 542 Investigations Substantiated Investigations Unsubstantiated Investigations 2 010 375 1 635 2 415 485 1 930 2 430 445 1 985 2 872 601 2 271 2 428 544 1 884 2 972 676 2 296 2 320 604 1 716 2 437 662 1 775 3 603 871 2 732 2 972 646 2 326 3 390 707 2 683 2 882 591 2 291 2 534 547 1 987 Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Types of Investigations (December 2016 December 2017) According to December s data 15.7% of Investigations were subsequently opened as a Family Preservation case 11.3% of Investigations were opened as a Foster Care case and 73% of Investigations were closed. Open Family Preservation Open Foster Care Investigation Closed Investigation Substantiated 400 300 200 100 0 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Investigation Unsubstantiated 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Dec-17 FamPres SubOpen FamPres UnsubOpen FostCare SubOpen FostCare UnsubOpen Subst Closed Unsubst Closed Dec-16 128 240 149 141 136 1 343 Jan-17 193 304 158 154 157 1 562 Feb-17 180 254 125 147 161 1 648 Mar-17 268 344 188 129 198 1 893 Apr-17 208 304 185 110 212 1 609 May-17 283 336 188 121 250 1 939 Jun-17 197 285 196 105 252 1 377 Jul-17 212 248 193 116 276 1 433 Aug-17 325 348 247 153 350 2 275 Sep-17 222 273 182 123 272 2 019 Oct-17 258 295 197 145 277 2 270 Nov-17 187 248 172 110 240 1 949 Dec-17 175 234 167 128 221 1 688 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 January 2018 (19 400). The placement services includes continued collaboration with families after out of home care may have ended as well as those who are in out of home care with DFCS Age 0 - 21. 22 000 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 20 000 18 000 16 000 14 000 12 000 10 000 8 000 6 000 4 000 SFY 2018 To Date 6.0% Increase 2 000 0 Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun State FY Jul 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 18 478 17 494 15 340 12 952 10 847 Aug 18 827 17 719 15 530 13 147 10 817 Sep 18 744 17 704 15 798 13 484 10 828 Oct 19 091 17 838 15 993 13 763 10 903 Nov 18 999 17 811 16 152 13 779 10 861 Dec 19 155 17 806 16 174 14 028 10 992 Jan 19 400 17 992 16 533 14 320 11 139 Feb 17 997 16 774 14 489 11 384 Mar 17 986 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 18 293 17 643 15 334 12 611 Average 18 956 17 887 16 437 14 168 11 419 % Change 6.0% 8.8% 16.0% 24.1% 4.5% Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (January 2017 January 2018) The number of children in foster care under the age of 18 increased to 14 189 during January 2018. The following slides reveal that there were 727 entries and 516 exits. On the last day of January 2018 there were 13 673 children in custody from this population. Of those who entered custody during December 2017 thirty-five children (4.8%) had a prior episode within 12 months. 16 000 15 000 14 000 13 000 12 000 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 13 058 13 151 13 342 13 279 13 548 13 585 13 606 13 776 13 657 13 983 14 018 14 120 14 189 Outcome VI-A Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (Regional) ( January 2017 January 2018) The number of children in Foster Care under the age of 18 during January 2018 was 14 189. Visually you can see that Region 14 has the highest proportion of children in custody at any point in time. During January 2018 Region 14 had 1 604 children in DFCS custody followed by Region 1 with 1 435 children and Region 13 with 1 409 children. (for regional trends see appendix). Region 12 showed the highest change in population counts from December 2017 to January 2018 (35) which represented an 3.6% 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 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Outcome VII Comparison of Foster Care Entries and Exits (January 2017 January 2018) 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 through December 2017. There was a net gain of 111 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 111 children from December 2017 to January 2018. 1600 Entries Exits End-Of-Month 16000 1400 12 538 12 620 12 683 12 791 12 911 12 907 12 882 13 018 13 187 13 399 13 396 13 462 13 673 14000 1200 12000 1000 10000 800 8000 600 6000 400 4000 200 2000 0 0 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Jan-17 726 520 Feb-17 613 531 Mar-17 722 659 Apr-17 596 488 May-17 757 637 Jun-17 674 678 Jul-17 699 724 Aug-17 894 758 Sep-17 638 470 Oct-17 796 584 Nov-17 619 622 Dec-17 724 658 Jan-18 727 516 **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 (January 2017 January 2018) Reentries into foster care during January 2017 May 2017 and October 2017 were over the national standard. However from November 2017 through January 2018 there was improvement in the ratio of reentries. The re-entry rate and number of reentries for January 2018 (4.8%) increased both in ratio and actual counts compared to December 2017 s ratio. The number and proportion of re-entries to entries decreased during January 2018 compared to January 2017. 110 100 9.0% 90 Reentries 9.8% Reentry Rate National Standard Less Than or Equal To 8.60% 8.7% 11.0% 10.0% 9.0% 80 7.7% 7.9% 70 7.0% 6.9% 60 6.8% 5.7% 50 5.1% 40 5.0% 4.0% 8.0% 7.0% 4.7% 6.0% 5.0% 4.0% 30 3.0% 20 2.0% 10 1.0% 0 0.0% Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Jan-17 65 9.0% Feb-17 43 7.0% Mar-17 37 5.1% Apr-17 46 7.7% May-17 74 9.8% Jun-17 46 6.8% Jul-17 55 7.9% Aug-17 51 5.7% Sep-17 45 7.1% Oct-17 70 8.8% Nov-17 32 5.2% Dec-17 30 4.1% Jan-18 35 4.8% Outcome IX Foster Care Length of Stay (January 2017 January 2018) During the month of January 2018 2017 the lengths of stay among the foster care populations remained close to December 2017 with a .3% decrease in those children who were 1 year to less than 2 years in custody. Comparison of the trend from January 2017 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% Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 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 Jan-17 5.2% 5.3% 14.2% 28.9% 46.5% Feb-17 5.3% 5.5% 14.3% 29.4% 45.4% Mar-17 5.5% 5.7% 14.7% 28.8% 45.3% Apr-17 5.5% 5.9% 15.0% 28.7% 44.9% 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% 27.4% 45.1% Oct-17 5.3% 7.0% 15.1% 26.8% 45.8% Nov-17 5.4% 7.2% 15.1% 26.6% 45.8% Dec-17 5.3% 7.3% 14.9% 26.4% 46.1% Jan-18 5.4% 7.4% 14.9% 26.1% 46.2% Outcome X Length of Time to Reunification (January 2017 January 2018) The percentage of foster children who reunified within 12 months decreased from 60.5% in December 2017 to 57.8% in January 2018. 100% 90% 80% National Standard Greater Than or Equal to 76.20% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Jan-17 64.5% Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 64.1% 61.4% 64.8% 62.3% Jun-17 59.2% Jul-17 61.5% Aug-17 Sep-17 57.0% 56.0% Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 59.2% 68.6% 60.5% 57.8% Outcome XI Percent of Children Placed with Relatives (January 2017 January 2018) The percentage of children who were in Foster Care that were placed with relatives during the month of January 2018 decreased to 30.3%. 50% 45% 40% Georgia s Goal 50% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Jan-17 29.6% Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 29.9% 29.6% 29.4% May-17 29.8% Jun-17 29.8% Jul-17 29.8% Aug-17 30.0% Sep-17 30.2% Oct-17 30.6% Nov-17 30.8% Dec-17 Jan-18 31.2% 30.3% Outcome XII Extended Youth Services (January 2017 January 2018) There were 646 children who remained in custody after their 18th birthday during January 2018. 700 650 600 550 500 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Jan-17 594 Feb-17 604 Mar-17 597 Apr-17 601 May-17 608 Jun-17 613 Jul-17 605 Aug-17 620 Sep-17 629 Oct-17 638 Nov-17 Dec-17 637 643 Jan-18 646 Outcome XIII Number of Finalized Adoptions (January 2017 January 2018) There were 73 foster children adopted during January 2018. This represents an improvement in finalizations compared to January 2017. 200 175 150 125 100 75 50 25 0 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Jan-17 46 Feb-17 96 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 110 99 131 123 Jul-17 105 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 122 71 69 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 165 130 73 Outcome XIII-A Average Number of Months To Achieve Finalization (January 2017 January 2018) The average time to achieve finalization in January 2018 was 39.8 months. 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Jan-17 35.3 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 34.1 38.1 34.4 35.5 36.2 Jul-17 34.1 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 34.3 31.5 37.1 36.3 32.0 39.8 Outcome XIII-B Percentage of Children in Foster Care Who Are In Permanent Custody (Adoption Eligible) (January 2017 January 2018) On the last day in January 2018 there were 1 441 children who had a legal status of permanent. This represented 10.5% of the total population in DFCS Custody. 25.0% 20.0% 15.0% 10.0% 5.0% 0.0% Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 22.5% 21.7% 20.7% 19.7% 18.4% 17.4% Jul-17 16.5% Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 15.3% 14.5% 13.6% Nov-17 12.3% Dec-17 Jan-18 11.4% 10.5% Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (January 2017 January 2018) 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 4.94 to 4.72. 8.00 7.00 6.00 National Standard 4.12 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 0.00 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 4.94 4.83 4.98 4.77 4.85 4.87 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 5.04 5.01 5.01 5.04 4.99 4.98 4.72 Appendices Appendix A Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Type of Investigations by Disposition (December 2016 December 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% 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 Fam. Pres SubOpen FamPres UnsubOpen FostCare SubOpen FostCare UnsubOpen Subst Closed Unsubst Closed 6.0% 11.2% 7.0% 6.6% 6.4% 62.8% Jan-17 7.6% 12.0% 6.3% 6.1% 6.2% 61.8% Feb-17 7.2% 10.1% 5.0% 5.8% 6.4% 65.5% Mar-17 8.9% 11.4% 6.2% 4.3% 6.6% 62.7% Apr-17 7.9% 11.6% 7.0% 4.2% 8.1% 61.2% May-17 9.1% 10.8% 6.0% 3.9% 8.0% 62.2% Jun-17 8.2% 11.8% 8.1% 4.4% 10.4% 57.1% Jul-17 8.6% 10.0% 7.8% 4.7% 11.1% 57.8% Aug-17 8.8% 9.4% 6.7% 4.1% 9.5% 61.5% Sep-17 7.2% 8.8% 5.9% 4.0% 8.8% 65.3% Oct-17 7.5% 8.6% 5.7% 4.2% 8.0% 66.0% Nov-17 6.4% 8.5% 5.9% 3.8% 8.3% 67.1% Dec-17 6.7% 9.0% 6.4% 4.9% 8.5% 64.6% APPENDIX B Regional Graphs of Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (January 2017 January 2018) Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (January 2017 January 2018) 2 000 Region I 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Jan-17 1 291 Feb-17 1 313 Mar-17 1 328 Apr-17 1 329 May-17 1 332 Jun-17 1 291 Jul-17 1 330 Aug-17 1 361 Sep-17 1 339 Oct-17 1 379 Nov-17 1 379 Dec-17 1 420 Jan-18 1 435 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (January 2017 January 2018) 2 000 Region II 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Jan-17 715 Feb-17 742 Mar-17 744 Apr-17 731 May-17 754 Jun-17 772 Jul-17 792 Aug-17 820 Sep-17 816 Oct-17 835 Nov-17 871 Dec-17 883 Jan-18 884 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (January 2017 January 2018) Region III 2 000 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Jan-17 1 070 Feb-17 1 053 Mar-17 1 051 Apr-17 1 010 May-17 1 015 Jun-17 1 007 Jul-17 994 Aug-17 999 Sep-17 961 Oct-17 1 004 Nov-17 991 Dec-17 995 Jan-18 976 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (January 2017 January 2018) 2 000 Region IV 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Jan-17 1 102 Feb-17 1 131 Mar-17 1 136 Apr-17 1 130 May-17 1 136 Jun-17 1 107 Jul-17 1 110 Aug-17 1 121 Sep-17 1 125 Oct-17 1 126 Nov-17 1 120 Dec-17 1 136 Jan-18 1 115 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (January 2017 January 2018) 2 000 Region V 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Jan-17 1 106 Feb-17 1 096 Mar-17 1 099 Apr-17 1 102 May-17 1 112 Jun-17 1 130 Jul-17 1 139 Aug-17 1 143 Sep-17 1 131 Oct-17 1 146 Nov-17 1 177 Dec-17 1 164 Jan-18 1 158 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (January 2017 January 2018) Region VI 2 000 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Jan-17 690 Feb-17 690 Mar-17 698 Apr-17 695 May-17 701 Jun-17 719 Jul-17 724 Aug-17 734 Sep-17 735 Oct-17 745 Nov-17 766 Dec-17 764 Jan-18 763 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (January 2017 January 2018) 2 000 Region VII 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Jan-17 445 Feb-17 457 Mar-17 476 Apr-17 485 May-17 507 Jun-17 486 Jul-17 492 Aug-17 514 Sep-17 508 Oct-17 533 Nov-17 Dec-17 554 573 Jan-18 603 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (January 2017 January 2018) Region VIII 2 000 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Jan-17 653 Feb-17 654 Mar-17 660 Apr-17 657 May-17 684 Jun-17 690 Jul-17 691 Aug-17 711 Sep-17 704 Oct-17 710 Nov-17 Dec-17 703 715 Jan-18 718 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (January 2017 January 2018) 2 000 Region IX 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Jan-17 530 Feb-17 542 Mar-17 573 Apr-17 581 May-17 593 Jun-17 601 Jul-17 583 Aug-17 582 Sep-17 578 Oct-17 591 Nov-17 579 Dec-17 581 Jan-18 580 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (January 2017 January 2018) Region X 2 000 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Jan-17 711 Feb-17 720 Mar-17 716 Apr-17 719 May-17 749 Jun-17 776 Jul-17 777 Aug-17 759 Sep-17 747 Oct-17 754 Nov-17 759 Dec-17 785 Jan-18 787 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (January 2017 January 2018) Region XI 2 000 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Jan-17 1 122 Feb-17 1 125 Mar-17 1 154 Apr-17 1 155 May-17 1 165 Jun-17 1 166 Jul-17 1 162 Aug-17 1 181 Sep-17 1 176 Oct-17 1 191 Nov-17 Dec-17 1 166 1 194 Jan-18 1 195 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (January 2017 January 2018) 2 000 Region XII 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Jan-17 703 Feb-17 721 Mar-17 742 Apr-17 735 May-17 778 Jun-17 779 Jul-17 777 Aug-17 872 Sep-17 885 Oct-17 918 Nov-17 933 Dec-17 927 Jan-18 962 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (January 2017 January 2018) 2 000 Region XIII 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Jan-17 1 328 Feb-17 1 332 Mar-17 1 364 Apr-17 1 380 May-17 1 397 Jun-17 1 437 Jul-17 1 442 Aug-17 1 410 Sep-17 1 385 Oct-17 1 453 Nov-17 Dec-17 1 420 1 406 Jan-18 1 409 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (January 2017 January 2018) 2 000 Region XIV 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Jan-17 1 592 Feb-17 1 575 Mar-17 1 601 Apr-17 1 570 May-17 1 625 Jun-17 1 624 Jul-17 1 593 Aug-17 1 569 Sep-17 1 567 Oct-17 1 598 Nov-17 1 600 Dec-17 1 577 Jan-18 1 604 APPENDIX C Regional Graphs of Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (January 2017 January 2018) National Standard 4.12 Desired Goal to Meet the PIP 6.01 Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (January 2017 January 2018) Region I 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Jan-17 5.15 Feb-17 5.14 Mar-17 5.38 Apr-17 5.20 May-17 5.03 Jun-17 5.23 Jul-17 5.33 Aug-17 5.24 Sep-17 5.44 Oct-17 5.74 Nov-17 5.79 Dec-17 5.89 Jan-18 5.54 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Region II Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Jan-17 6.20 Feb-17 6.11 Mar-17 6.08 Apr-17 5.74 May-17 5.57 Jun-17 5.51 Jul-17 5.48 Aug-17 5.51 Sep-17 5.92 Oct-17 5.71 Nov-17 5.50 Dec-17 5.27 Jan-18 4.84 Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (January 2017 - January 2018) Region III 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Jan-17 4.93 Feb-17 4.88 Mar-17 5.30 Apr-17 4.86 May-17 4.90 Jun-17 4.84 Jul-17 5.03 Aug-17 4.77 Sep-17 4.58 Oct-17 4.76 Nov-17 4.73 Dec-17 4.82 Jan-18 4.56 Region IV 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Jan-17 3.86 Feb-17 3.80 Mar-17 4.01 Apr-17 3.90 May-17 4.12 Jun-17 4.21 Jul-17 4.31 Aug-17 4.36 Sep-17 4.55 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 4.45 4.66 4.58 4.17 Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (January 2017 - January 2018) Region V 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Jan-17 4.91 Feb-17 4.72 Mar-17 4.60 Apr-17 4.63 May-17 5.17 Jun-17 5.30 Jul-17 5.27 Aug-17 5.43 Sep-17 5.39 Oct-17 5.54 Nov-17 5.37 Dec-17 5.60 Jan-18 5.23 Region VI 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 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 4.16 Sep-17 4.41 Oct-17 4.16 Nov-17 Dec-17 4.18 4.15 Jan-18 3.75 Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (January 2017 January 2018) Region VII 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Jan-17 3.09 Feb-17 3.14 Mar-17 3.28 Apr-17 3.04 May-17 3.27 Jun-17 3.48 Jul-17 3.79 Aug-17 3.70 Sep-17 3.51 Oct-17 3.47 Nov-17 3.59 Dec-17 3.34 Jan-18 3.17 Region VIII 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Jan-17 3.50 Feb-17 3.51 Mar-17 4.15 Apr-17 3.97 May-17 3.94 Jun-17 4.04 Jul-17 4.35 Aug-17 4.07 Sep-17 3.42 Oct-17 3.57 Nov-17 3.73 Dec-17 3.75 Jan-18 3.46 Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (January 2017 - January 2018) Region IX 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Jan-17 3.10 Feb-17 3.08 Mar-17 3.03 Apr-17 3.18 May-17 3.19 Jun-17 3.18 Jul-17 3.30 Aug-17 3.72 Sep-17 3.68 Oct-17 3.57 Nov-17 3.37 Dec-17 3.49 Jan-18 3.76 Region X 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Jan-17 4.57 Feb-17 4.52 Mar-17 5.12 Apr-17 4.76 May-17 5.07 Jun-17 4.74 Jul-17 4.99 Aug-17 4.87 Sep-17 4.38 Oct-17 4.34 Nov-17 4.19 Dec-17 4.21 Jan-18 4.56 Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (January 2017 - January 2018) Region XI 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Jan-17 4.28 Feb-17 4.08 Mar-17 3.91 Apr-17 3.71 May-17 3.80 Jun-17 3.87 Jul-17 4.06 Aug-17 4.11 Sep-17 4.09 Oct-17 3.96 Nov-17 3.83 Dec-17 3.79 Jan-18 3.75 Region XII 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Jan-17 3.80 Feb-17 3.90 Mar-17 4.17 Apr-17 4.10 May-17 4.38 Jun-17 3.97 Jul-17 4.23 Aug-17 4.52 Sep-17 4.37 Oct-17 4.75 Nov-17 4.85 Dec-17 4.96 Jan-18 4.76 Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (January 2017 - January 2018) Region XIII 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Jan-17 7.30 Feb-17 7.08 Mar-17 7.39 Apr-17 7.13 May-17 6.83 Jun-17 6.96 Jul-17 7.40 Aug-17 7.11 Sep-17 6.90 Oct-17 6.81 Nov-17 6.64 Dec-17 6.63 Jan-18 6.13 Region XIV 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Jan-17 5.90 Feb-17 5.59 Mar-17 5.36 Apr-17 5.05 May-17 5.17 Jun-17 5.25 Jul-17 5.41 Aug-17 5.36 Sep-17 5.56 Oct-17 5.74 Nov-17 Dec-17 5.62 5.65 Jan-18 5.39