Monthly Measures and Results for March 2018*
*(Reflects Safety Outcomes as of January 31 2018 And Permanency Outcomes as of February 28 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
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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 2.9% since last State Fiscal Year. During the month of January 2018 there was an decrease in the total cases of 7.8% since December 2017. Comparatively Georgia had 5.6% increase in cases in January 2017 as compared to January 2018.
30 000
25 000
20 000 15 000 10 000
SFY 2018 To Date 2.9% 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 2015 2014
18 567 17 941 19 470 24 151 12 363
Aug
20 032 18 028 19 788 23 295 12 693
Sep
21 341 19 902 21 943 26 176 13 715
Oct
23 980 21 877 23 541 28 108 15 162
Nov
23 608 22 440 23 277 26 664 16 008
Dec
22 529 21 484 22 946 24 857 17 416
Jan
20 772 19 667 21 916 23 497 18 470
Feb
20 203 22 795 22 721 19 491
Mar
22 877 25 075 24 293 22 662
Apr
21 709 24 431 23 911 24 120
May
23 342 24 307 23 896 25 071
Jun Average
21 691 21 504 22 124 23 905
21 547 20 930 22 583 22 747 17 161
% Change
2.9% -7.3% -7.7% 32.5% 23.4%
Outcome IA Child Protective Services Cases Family Support Cases Only
(State Fiscal Year 2018 To Date)
Family Support cases continued to decrease since October 2017 by 18.4% in January 2018 with an overall improvement in the average cases of 7.2% 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 7.2% 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
10 722 12 146 8 558 10 117 6 919
Jan
9 312 10 701 8 036 8 862 6 919
Feb
10 922 8 013 8 111 7 113
Mar
12 433 8 118 8 494 8 552
Apr
11 618 7 549 8 206 9 511
May
12 297 7 398 8 176 9 951
Jun
10 474 6 211 7 450 9 826
Average
% Change
9 885 -7.2%
10 647 39.5%
7 633 -19.4%
9 467 30.0%
7 280 24.3%
Outcome IB Child Protective Services Cases Family Preservation Cases Only (State Fiscal Year 2018 To Date)
Through January 2018 (SFY 2018 to date) there was a 10.1% 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 10.1% Increase
2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
0 Jul
State FY Jul
2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
4 439 4 394 5 705 4 042 2 960
Aug
Aug
4 471 4 188 5 409 4 282 2 889
Sep
Sep
4 479 4 057 5 215 4 573 2 779
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
4 608 4 003 5 060 4 971 2 709
4 631 4 037 4 946 5 298 2 649
4 628 4 122 4 880 5 716 2 746
4 625 4 077 4 740 5 963 2 813
4 016 4 678 6 069 2 879
Feb
Mar
4 129 4 761 6 158 3 004
Mar
Apr
4 041 4 763 6 109 3 031
Apr
May
4 201 4 752 6 048 3 224
May
Jun
Jun
Average
% Change
4 554 10.1%
4 360 4 135 -16.7%
4 658 4 964 -8.7%
5 992 5 435 85.4%
3 501 2 932 -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 15.6% 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 January 2018. 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 15.6% Increase
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
6 034 8 499 7 402 9 755 4 680
Aug
6 758 7 149 7 960 9 093 4 721
Sep
Oct
Nov
7 287 5 964 9 268 10 736 5 278
7 954 5 342 9 893 11 345 6 035
7 708 5 384 9 450 10 106 6 669
Dec
7 179 5 216 9 508 9 023 7 751
Jan
6 835 4 889 9 140 8 671 8 738
Feb
5 265 10 104 8 540 9 499
Mar
6 315 12 196 9 640 11 106
Apr
6 050 12 119 9 595 11 578
May
6 844 10 636 9 671 11 896
Jun
6 857 10 636 8 679 10 578
Average
% Change
7 108 15.6%
6 148 -37.6%
9 927 3.0%
9 571 16.6%
8 211 38.2%
Outcome II Recurrence of Substantiated Child Maltreatment (January 2017 January 2018)
The trend below reveals a decrease in the number of repeated substantiated incidents of child maltreatment. During January 2017 Georgia was below the national standard of 5.4%. One year later this ratio is reduced by over 22% 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% 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 3.97% 3.55% 2.86% 2.36% 2.05% 2.09%
Jul-17 2.02%
Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 1.96% 2.53% 2.52% 2.56% 2.67% 3.10%
Outcome III Disposition of Child Abuse and Neglect Reports
(January 2017 January 2018)
Of the CPS cases that had a disposition during the month of January 2018 40.2% were Family Support 28.0% were screen outs and 31.8% were Investigations. Only 21.0% of Investigations were substantiated. The overall yearly trend shows the number of CPS Dispositions resulting in Family Support cases were higher through January 2018. Dispositions of CPS Cases that were Screened Out cases while lower than Family Support were less than investigations in June July August of 2017 and January 2018. Total investigations increased through March 2017 with fluctuations marked by an increase in August and October 2017 with decreases in November and December 2017. Comparatively there were more investigations and substantiations (31% more) in January 2018 than January 2017.
7 000
Unsubstantiated Investigations
Substantiated Investigations
Family Support
Investigations
Screenouts
6 000
5 000
4 000
3 000
2 000
1 000
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
Family Support
Screenouts
Investigations Substantiated Investigations Unsubstantiated Investigations
Jan-17
5 298 2 966 2 415 485 1 930
Feb-17
5 155 3 098 2 430 444 1 986
Mar-17
5 991 3 408 2 872 601 2 271
Apr-17
4 600 2 851 2 428 544 1 884
May-17
5 111 3 267 2 973 676 2 297
Jun-17
3 052 2 184 2 320 604 1 716
Jul-17
3 107 2 135 2 438 661 1 777
Aug-17
5 314 3 589 3 608 872 2 736
Sep-17
4 303 2 993 2 974 645 2 329
Oct-17
5 299 3 395 3 395 705 2 690
Nov-17
4 656 3 091 2 899 588 2 311
Dec-17
3 747 2 559 2 625 564 2 061
Jan-18
3 812 2 652 3 011 633 2 378
Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Types of Investigations (January 2017 January 2018)
According to January 2018 s data 12.9% of Investigations were subsequently opened as a Family Preservation case 12.1% of Investigations were opened as a Foster Care case and 75% of Investigations were closed.
Open Family Preservation
Open Foster Care
Investigation Closed
400
Investigation Substantiated
300
200
100
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
3000 2500 2000 1500 1000
500 0
Jan-17
Feb-17
Mar-17
Apr-17
Investigation Unsubstantiated
May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17
Oct-17
Nov-17
Dec-17
Jan-18
Jan-17
FamPres SubOpen FamPres UnsubOpen
FostCare SubOpen FostCare UnsubOpen
Subst Closed Unsubst Closed
193 304 158 154 157 1 562
Feb-17
179 255 125 147 161 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 1 940
Jun-17
198 285 196 105 251 1 378
Jul-17
212 248 193 116 276 1 434
Aug-17
326 348 247 153 350 2 277
Sep-17
222 273 181 124 272 2 021
Oct-17
258 297 196 146 275 2 276
Nov-17
187 252 171 111 241 1 962
Dec-17
181 258 176 129 236 1 756
Jan-18
172 224 232 139 249 2 061
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 February 2018 (19 473). 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
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
20 000
18 000
16 000
14 000
12 000 10 000
8 000
SFY 2018 To Date 6.3% Increase
6 000
4 000
2 000
0
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
State FY Jul
2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
18 476 17 494 15 340 12 952 10 847
Aug
18 823 17 719 15 530 13 147 10 817
Sep
18 741 17 704 15 798 13 484 10 828
Oct
19 087 17 838 15 993 13 763 10 903
Nov
18 990 17 811 16 152 13 779 10 861
Dec
19 149 17 806 16 174 14 028 10 992
Jan
19 402 17 992 16 533 14 320 11 139
Feb
19 473 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
% Change
19 018 6.3%
17 887 8.8%
16 437 16.0%
14 168 24.1%
11 419 4.5%
Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (February 2017 February 2018)
The number of children in foster care under the age of 18 increased to 14 469 during February 2018. The following slides reveal that there were 811 entries and 517 exits. On the last day of February 2018 there were 13 952 children in custody from this population. Of those who entered custody during February 2018 fifty-six children (6.9%) had a prior episode within 12 months.
16 000
15 000
14 000
13 000
12 000 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18
Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 13 152 13 342 13 280 13 549 13 587 13 606 13 777 13 653 13 980 14 012 14 122 14 201 14 469
Outcome VI-A Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (Regional) ( February 2017 February 2018)
The number of children in Foster Care under the age of 18 during February 2018 was 14 469. Visually you can see that Region 14 has the highest proportion of children in custody at any point in time. During February 2018 Region 14 had 1 644 children in DFCS custody followed by Region 1 with 1 457 children and Region 13 with 1 428 children. (for regional trends see appendix). Region 2 showed the highest change in population counts from January 2018 to February 2018 (42) which represented an 4.8% 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 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18
Outcome VII Comparison of Foster Care Entries and Exits (February 2017 February 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 increases through February 2018. Exits also increased from May 2017 through August 2017 with a decrease in September with rebounds in October 2017 through December 2017 and decreases in both January and February 2018. There was a net gain of 294 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 294 children from January 2018 to February 2018.
1600 1400 12 621 1200
12 683
Entries
Exits
End-Of-Month
12 791 12 912 12 907 12 882 13 014
13 183 13 393 13 391 13 454
13 658
13 952
16000 14000
12000
1000
10000
800
8000
600
6000
400
4000
200
2000
0 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17
Feb-17 616 531
Mar-17 721 659
Apr-17 596 488
May-17 758 637
Jun-17 675 680
Jul-17
Jul-17 699 724
0 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18
Aug-17 895 763
Sep-17 639 470
Oct-17 797 587
Nov-17 619 621
Dec-17 731 668
Jan-18 747 543
Feb-18 811 517
**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 (February 2017 February 2018)
Reentries into foster care during May 2017 and October 2017 were over the national standard. For the last three months there have been progressively more reentries from 4.4% to 6.9% which represents 75% increase in counts. The re-entry rate and number of reentries for February 2018 (6.9%) increased both in ratio and actual counts compared to January 2018 s ratio. The proportion of re-entries to entries decreased during February 2018 compared to February 2017 revealing an increase in removals compared to February of last year.
Reentries
Reentry Rate
110
11.0%
100
9.8%
National Standard Less Than or Equal To 8.60%
10.0%
90
8.8%
9.0%
80 7.1%
70
60
50 5.1%
40
7.7%
6.8%
7.9%
7.2% 5.8%
5.2% 4.4%
5.9%
6.9%
8.0% 7.0%
6.0%
5.0%
4.0%
30
3.0%
20
2.0%
10
1.0%
0
0.0%
Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18
Feb-17 44
7.1%
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 52
5.8%
Sep-17 46
7.2%
Oct-17 70
8.8%
Nov-17 32
5.2%
Dec-17 32
4.4%
Jan-18 44
5.9%
Feb-18 56
6.9%
Outcome IX Foster Care Length of Stay (February 2017 February 2018)
During the month of February 2018 the lengths of stay among the foster care populations for children in custody from 1 year to less than 2 years decreased by .7%. Comparison of the trend from February 2017 reveals that there are higher proportion of children who are staying in care for more than 24 months. (25% vs 28%).
100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-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
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% 14.8% 26.4% 46.1%
Jan-18 5.4% 7.4% 14.9% 26.0% 46.3%
Feb-18 5.4% 7.5% 15.1% 25.3% 46.7%
Outcome X Length of Time to Reunification (February 2017 February 2018)
The percentage of foster children who reunified within 12 months improved from 59.0% in January 2018 to 65.8% in February 2018.
100%
90% 80%
National Standard Greater Than or Equal to 76.20%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0% Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18
Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 64.1% 61.4% 64.8% 62.3% 59.2%
Jul-17 61.3%
Aug-17 Sep-17 57.1% 56.0%
Oct-17 59.5%
Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 68.1% 61.3% 59.0%
Feb-18 65.8%
Outcome XI Percent of Children Placed with Relatives (February 2017 February 2018)
The percentage of children who were in Foster Care that were placed with relatives during the month of February 2018 decreased to 29.4%.
50%
45% 40%
Georgia s Goal 50%
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0% Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18
Feb-17 29.9%
Mar-17 29.6%
Apr-17 29.4%
May-17 29.7%
Jun-17 29.8%
Jul-17 29.7%
Aug-17 Sep-17 30.0% 30.2%
Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 30.6% 30.7% 31.3% 30.3% 29.4%
Outcome XII Extended Youth Services (February 2017 February 2018)
There were 659 children who remained in custody after their 18th birthday during February 2018.
700
650
600
550
500 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18
Feb-17 603
Mar-17 596
Apr-17 May-17
600
607
Jun-17 612
Jul-17 604
Aug-17 Sep-17
619
628
Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18
637
636
642
645
659
Outcome XIII Number of Finalized Adoptions (February 2017 February 2018)
There were 67 foster children adopted during February 2018. This is a decrease of 30% compared to February 2017. In the next graph the average time to finalization in February 2017 was lower than the children who finalized in February 2018 by 4.5 months. There was also a higher percentage of children who were in the permanent custody of DFCS after these finalizations in February 2017.
200
175
150
125
100
75
50
25
0 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18
Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17
96
110
99
131
123
Jul-17 104
Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18
122
71
70
165
131
73
67
Outcome XIII-A Average Number of Months To Achieve Finalization (February 2017 February 2018)
The average time to achieve finalization in February 2018 was 39.8 months.
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18
Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17
35.3
34.1
38.1
34.4
35.5
Jul-17 36.2
Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18
34.1
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)
(February 2017 February 2018)
On the last day in February 2018 there were 1 474 children who had a legal status of permanent. This represented 10.6% of the total population in DFCS Custody.
16.0%
14.0%
12.0%
10.0%
8.0%
6.0%
4.0%
2.0%
0.0% Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18
Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17
Permanent
14.4% 14.4% 14.3% 14.0% 13.9% 13.6%
*Query revised. Data represents a point in time on the last day of each month.
Aug-17 13.4%
Sep-17 13.0%
Oct-17 Nov-17 12.9% 12.2%
Dec-17 11.7%
Jan-18 Feb-18 11.1% 10.6%
Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (February 2017 February 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 4.97 to 4.65.
8.00
7.00 6.00
National Standard 4.12
5.00
4.00
3.00
2.00
1.00
0.00 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18
Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17
4.97
4.97
4.91
4.97
5.00
Jul-17 5.17
Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18
5.11
5.09
5.15
5.05
4.83
4.71
4.65
Appendices
Appendix A
Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Type of Investigations by Disposition (January 2017 January 2018)
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
Fam. Pres SubOpen FamPres UnsubOpen
FostCare SubOpen
FostCare UnsubOpen
Subst Closed Unsubst Closed
Jan-17
6.0% 11.2% 7.0% 6.6% 6.4% 62.8%
Feb-17
7.6% 12.0% 6.3% 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% 6.0% 3.9% 8.0% 62.2%
Jul-17
8.2% 11.8% 8.1% 4.4% 10.4% 57.1%
Aug-17
8.6% 10.0% 7.8% 4.7% 11.1% 57.8%
Sep-17
8.8% 9.4% 6.7% 4.1% 9.5% 61.5%
Oct-17
7.2% 8.8% 5.9% 4.0% 8.8% 65.3%
Nov-17
7.5% 8.6% 5.7% 4.2% 8.0% 66.0%
Dec-17
6.4% 8.5% 5.9% 3.8% 8.3% 67.1%
Jan-18
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
(February 2017 February 2018)
Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (February 2017 February 2018)
2 000
Region I
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18
Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 1 313 1 328 1 329 1 333 1 291
Jul-17 1 330
Aug-17 Sep-17 1 360 1 338
Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 1 378 1 378 1 419 1 434 1 457
Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (February 2017 February 2018)
2 000
Region II
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18
Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17
742
744
731
754
772
Jul-17 792
Aug-17 Sep-17
820
816
Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18
835
871
884
885
927
Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (February 2017 February 2018)
Region III
2 000
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18
Feb-17 1 053
Mar-17 1 051
Apr-17 1 010
May-17 1 015
Jun-17 1 008
Jul-17 994
Aug-17 Sep-17
999
961
Oct-17 1 004
Nov-17 Dec-17
989
996
Jan-18 976
Feb-18 988
Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (February 2017 February 2018)
2 000
Region IV
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18
Feb-17 1 132
Mar-17 1 137
Apr-17 May-17 1 131 1 137
Jun-17 1 108
Jul-17 1 111
Aug-17 Sep-17 1 122 1 125
Oct-17 1 126
Nov-17 Dec-17 1 121 1 139
Jan-18 1 119
Feb-18 1 119
Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (February 2017 February 2018) Region V
2 000
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18
Feb-17 1 095
Mar-17 1 098
Apr-17 May-17 1 101 1 111
Jun-17 1 129
Jul-17 1 138
Aug-17 Sep-17 1 142 1 131
Oct-17 1 146
Nov-17 Dec-17 1 177 1 164
Jan-18 1 159
Feb-18 1 195
Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (February 2017 February 2018)
2 000
Region VI
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18
Feb-17 690
Mar-17 698
Apr-17 695
May-17 701
Jun-17 720
Jul-17 724
Aug-17 Sep-17
735
736
Oct-17 746
Nov-17 Dec-17
766
764
Jan-18 763
Feb-18 773
Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (February 2017 February 2018)
2 000
Region VII
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18
Feb-17 457
Mar-17 476
Apr-17 485
May-17 507
Jun-17 486
Jul-17 492
Aug-17 Sep-17
514
508
Oct-17 535
Nov-17 Dec-17
556
575
Jan-18 605
Feb-18 641
Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (February 2017 February 2018)
2 000
Region VIII
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18
Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18
655
660
657
684
690
691
711
704
710
703
715
719
738
Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (February 2017 February 2018)
2 000
Region IX
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18
Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18
542
573
581
593
601
583
582
575
587
574
577
576
587
Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (February 2017 February 2018)
2 000
Region X
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18
Feb-17 720
Mar-17 716
Apr-17 719
May-17 749
Jun-17 776
Jul-17 777
Aug-17 Sep-17
759
747
Oct-17 755
Nov-17 Dec-17
760
786
Jan-18 789
Feb-18 772
Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (February 2017 February 2018) Region XI
2 000
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18
Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 1 125 1 154 1 155 1 165 1 166
Jul-17 1 162
Aug-17 Sep-17 1 181 1 176
Oct-17 1 191
Nov-17 Dec-17 1 166 1 193
Jan-18 1 194
Feb-18 1 218
Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (February 2017 February 2018)
2 000
Region XII
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18
Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17
721
742
735
778
779
Jul-17 777
Aug-17 Sep-17
873
885
Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18
918
934
929
964
982
Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (February 2017 February 2018)
2 000
Region XIII
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18
Feb-17 1 333
Mar-17 1 365
Apr-17 1 381
May-17 1 398
Jun-17 1 438
Jul-17 1 443
Aug-17 Sep-17 1 411 1 385
Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 1 451 1 418 1 403 1 411 1 428
Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (February 2017 February 2018)
2 000
Region XIV
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
800
600
400
200
0 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18
Feb-17 1 574
Mar-17 1 600
Apr-17 1 569
May-17 1 624
Jun-17 1 623
Jul-17 1 592
Aug-17 Sep-17 1 568 1 566
Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 1 598 1 599 1 578 1 607 1 644
APPENDIX C
Regional Graphs of Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Coefficient
(February 2017 February 2018)
National Standard 4.12 Desired Goal to Meet the PIP 6.01
Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (February 2017 February 2018)
Region I
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18
Feb-17 5.24
Mar-17 5.15
Apr-17 5.31
May-17 5.06
Jun-17 5.26
Jul-17 5.38
Aug-17 5.33
Sep-17 5.53
Oct-17 5.77
Nov-17 5.79
Dec-17 5.71
Jan-18 5.50
Feb-18 5.53
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Feb-17 Mar-17
Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17
Jul-17
Region II
Aug-17 Sep-17
Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18
Feb-18
Feb-17 6.21
Mar-17 6.14
Apr-17 5.92
May-17 5.75
Jun-17 5.74
Jul-17 5.67
Aug-17 5.63
Sep-17 6.00
Oct-17 5.76
Nov-17 5.49
Dec-17 5.06
Jan-18 5.10
Feb-18 4.95
Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (February 2017 - February 2018)
Region III
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18
Feb-17 4.98
Mar-17 5.15
Apr-17 4.98
May-17 5.05
Jun-17 4.92
Jul-17 5.15
Aug-17 Sep-17
4.85
4.57
Oct-17 4.78
Nov-17 Dec-17
4.72
4.50
Jan-18 4.65
Feb-18 4.62
Region IV
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18
Feb-17 3.73
Mar-17 3.70
Apr-17 3.79
May-17 4.02
Jun-17 4.14
Jul-17 4.27
Aug-17 Sep-17
4.31
4.44
Oct-17 4.40
Nov-17 Dec-17
4.65
4.40
Jan-18 4.09
Feb-18 3.94
Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (February 2017 - February 2018)
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17
Jul-17
Region V
Aug-17 Sep-17
Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18
Feb-18
Feb-17 4.65
Mar-17 4.61
Apr-17 4.60
May-17 5.19
Jun-17 5.28
Jul-17 5.22
Aug-17 Sep-17
5.35
5.31
Oct-17 5.51
Nov-17 Dec-17
5.31
5.29
Jan-18 5.03
Feb-18 4.91
Region VI
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18
Feb-17 5.38
Mar-17 5.34
Apr-17 5.02
May-17 4.84
Jun-17 4.50
Jul-17 4.44
Aug-17 Sep-17
4.15
4.46
Oct-17 4.17
Nov-17 Dec-17
4.03
3.57
Jan-18 3.57
Feb-18 3.32
Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (February 2017 February 2018)
Region VII
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17
Feb-17 3.21
Mar-17 3.24
Apr-17 May-17
3.02
3.22
Jun-17 3.43
Jul-17 3.76
Aug-17 Sep-17
3.70
3.47
Oct-17 3.43
Nov-17 Dec-17
3.47
3.27
Jan-18 Jan-18
2.94
Feb-18 Feb-18
3.28
Region VIII
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18
Feb-17 3.51
Mar-17 3.88
Apr-17 May-17
3.92
3.94
Jun-17 4.09
Jul-17 4.33
Aug-17 Sep-17
4.03
3.30
Oct-17 3.48
Nov-17 Dec-17
3.58
3.33
Jan-18 3.06
Feb-18 2.91
Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (February 2017 - February 2018)
Region IX
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18
Feb-17 3.05
Mar-17 2.98
Apr-17 May-17
3.19
3.21
Jun-17 3.18
Jul-17 3.31
Aug-17 Sep-17
3.55
3.48
Oct-17 3.39
Nov-17 Dec-17
3.12
3.23
Jan-18 3.33
Feb-18 3.50
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Feb-17 Mar-17
Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17
Region X
Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18
Feb-18
Feb-17 4.71
Mar-17 5.05
Apr-17 4.88
May-17 5.20
Jun-17 4.82
Jul-17 5.04
Aug-17 Sep-17
4.80
4.29
Oct-17 4.21
Nov-17 Dec-17
4.06
4.16
Jan-18 4.07
Feb-18 4.19
Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (February 2017 - February 2018)
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Feb-17 Mar-17
Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17
Region XI
Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17
Nov-17 Dec-17
Feb-17 4.13
Mar-17 4.00
Apr-17 3.76
May-17 3.82
Jun-17 3.92
Jul-17 4.15
Aug-17 Sep-17
4.13
4.11
Oct-17 4.24
Nov-17 Dec-17
3.98
3.83
Jan-18 Jan-18
3.64
Feb-18 Feb-18
3.75
Region XII
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18
Feb-17 4.31
Mar-17 4.45
Apr-17 May-17
4.44
4.61
Jun-17 4.14
Jul-17 4.37
Aug-17 Sep-17
4.63
4.51
Oct-17 4.88
Nov-17 Dec-17
4.96
4.83
Jan-18 4.79
Feb-18 4.49
Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (February 2017 - February 2018)
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Feb-17 Mar-17
Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17
Region XIII
Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17
Oct-17
Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18
Feb-18
Feb-17 7.72
Mar-17 7.74
Apr-17 7.67
May-17 7.33
Jun-17 7.41
Jul-17 7.81
Aug-17 Sep-17
7.50
7.26
Oct-17 7.28
Nov-17 Dec-17
7.03
6.57
Jan-18 6.48
Feb-18 6.50
Region XIV
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18
Feb-17 5.98
Mar-17 5.63
Apr-17 May-17
5.47
5.56
Jun-17 5.73
Jul-17 5.93
Aug-17 Sep-17
5.86
6.10
Oct-17 6.21
Nov-17 Dec-17
6.04
5.80
Jan-18 5.80
Feb-18 5.64