Monthly measures and results for March 2018

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

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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.
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125

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75

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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.
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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