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 . 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