Monthly Measures and Results for April 2018* *(Reflects Safety Outcomes as of February 28 2018 And Permanency Outcomes as of March 31 2018) With Appendices This report is produced by the Data Unit. For questions or comments you may contact one of the following Samantha Adams Director (Samantha.Adams dhs.ga.gov) John Roach Unit Manager (John.Roach dhs.ga.gov) Vickie Fluellen Operations Analyst 3 (Vickie.Fluellen dhs.ga.gov) Part I Definitions And Data Sources contained in Report Part II Safety Outcomes Part III Permanency/Well-being Outcomes Part IV Appendices A. Disposition of Investigations by Percentage B. Regional Charts of Outcome V (Trend of Unique Children in the Legal Custody of DFCS Under the Age of 18) C. Regional Charts of Outcome XIV Stability Performance Coefficient (Number of Moves/Number of Days in Custody * 1000) ***There are no revisions to this document to date. SAFETY Children are first and foremost protected from abuse and neglect. Outcome I Child Protective Services Cases Count of unique CPS Investigations and Family Preservation (Ongoing) stages open at any point during the month. Includes all cases active at some time during the month. Outcome is calculated 45 days prior to the date of report. Outcome 1A Family Support Cases Only Count of unique Family Support stages open at any point during the month. Outcome IB Family Preservation Cases Only Count of unique Family Preservation stages open at any point during the month. Outcome IC Investigation Cases Only Count of unique Investigation stages open at any point during the month. Sources SHINES Outcome II Recurrence of Substantiated Child Maltreatment Of all the children who were victims of substantiated maltreatment in the first 6 months of the year the percentage that had substantiated maltreatment within the following 6 months. Outcome is calculated 45 days prior to the date of report. Each month is calculated as a rolling calendar year. National Standard less than or equal to 5.40% Source SHINES Outcome III Disposition of Child Abuse and Neglect Reports Chart reflects the disposition of reports received in a particular month. Data includes count of Family Support Substantiated Investigations Unsubstantiated Investigations and Screen-outs. Outcome is calculated 45 days prior to the date of report. Source SHINES Outcome IV Subsequent Case-type of Investigations by Disposition Chart reflects the disposition of investigations received in a particular month by the subsequent case type. Data includes count of Family Preservation (Substantiated and Unsubstantiated Open) Foster Care (Substantiated and Unsubstantiated Open) Substantiated and Unsubstantiated Closed. Outcome is calculated 45 days prior to the date of report. Source SHINES PERMANENCY Children have permanency and stability in their living situations. Outcome V Number of Child Placement Services Cases Count of unique children who were involved in an open Foster Care or Adoption stage during the month. In placement services each child who is the principal (PC) is considered a case. Source SHINES Outcome VI Children in the Legal Custody of DFCS Under the Age of 18 Count of unique children who were in the legal custody of DFCS (17 years of age and under) at some point during the month Outcome VI - A Children in the Legal Custody of DFCS Under the Age of 18 (Regional) Count of unique children who were in the legal custody of DFCS (17 years of age and under) at some point during the month. Source SHINES Outcome VII Comparison of Foster Care Entries & Exits Number of children who have entered foster care and number of children who have exited foster care during the month. Total children at end of month show the number of children on the last day of the month. Source SHINES Outcome VIII Foster Care Re-entries Of all the children who entered foster care the percentage that were discharged from a prior episode of foster care within 12 months of the current foster care placement. National Standard less than or equal to 8.60%. Source SHINES Outcome IX Foster Care Length of Stay Percentage of children by number of months in foster care during each month. Source SHINES PERMANENCY cont d Children have permanency and stability in their living situations. Outcome X Length of Time to Achieve Reunification Percentage of children who exited care during the month through reunification with their family that reunified in less than 12 months from the date of their removal. National Standard greater than or equal to 76.20% Source SHINES Outcome XI Children Placed with Relatives Of all children in DFCS custody the percentage that are placed with a relative or a relative foster home. State Target greater than or equal to 30.00% Source SHINES Outcome XII Extended Youth Services Number of children ages 18 21 who remained in the custody of DFCS beyond their birth month. Source SHINES Outcome XIII Adoptions Finalized The number of children whose adoption was finalized within each month.. Source SHINES Outcome XIII - A Average Number of Months to Achieve Finalization Of all children in Outcome XIII the number of months from removal (entry into foster care) until exit due to adoption. Source SHINES Outcome XIII - B Percentage of Children in Foster Care Who Are in Permanent Custody (Adoption Eligible) Count of unique children who were in the legal custody of DFCS (17 years of age and under) on the last day of the month who had a legal status of permanent court permanent voluntary or joint custody permanent. Source SHINES . PERMANENCY cont d Children have permanency and stability in their living situations. Outcome XIV Stability Performance Coefficient (Number of Moves/Number of Days in Custody * 1000) A calculated value based upon the ACF CFSR Round 3 which is part of Program Improvement. It is calculated from a rolling 12 month population of the entry cohort where the child remained in custody for over 8 days and was not 18 on the date of removal. The federal standard is 4.12. Source SHINES **Note Data may vary from month to month due to 13 month data trends being re-run over the time span for the various outcomes in this report. Outcome I Child Protective Services Cases (State Fiscal Year 2018 To Date) The average for the State Fiscal Year 2018 To Date reveals an increase of 2.6% since last State Fiscal Year of total CPS Cases. During the month of February 2018 there was a slight increase in total cases of 1% since January 2018. Comparatively Georgia had 4% increase in cases in February 2018 as compared to February 2017. 30 000 25 000 20 000 15 000 10 000 SFY 2018 To Date 2.6% Increase 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 5 000 0 Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun State FY Jul 2018 2017 18 569 17 941 2016 19 470 2015 2014 24 151 12 363 Aug 20 034 18 028 19 788 23 295 12 693 Sep 21 343 19 902 21 943 26 176 13 715 Oct 23 982 21 877 23 541 28 108 15 162 Nov 23 610 22 440 23 277 26 664 16 008 Dec 22 531 21 484 22 946 24 857 17 416 Jan 20 774 19 667 21 916 23 497 18 470 Feb 21 018 20 204 22 795 22 721 19 491 Mar 22 878 25 075 24 293 22 662 Apr 21 710 24 431 23 911 24 120 May 23 343 24 307 23 896 25 071 Jun Average 21 483 21 692 20 931 21 504 22 583 22 124 22 747 23 905 17 161 % Change 2.6% -7.3% -7.7% 32.5% 23.4% Outcome IA Child Protective Services Cases Family Support Cases Only (State Fiscal Year 2018 To Date) Family Support cases continued to decrease since October 2017 by 18.5% in February 2018 with an overall improvement in the average cases of 7.8% 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 SFY 2018 To Date 7.8% Decrease 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2 000 0 Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun State FY Jul 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 8 095 5 047 6 363 10 354 4 723 Aug 8 804 6 690 6 419 9 919 5 083 Sep 9 576 9 881 7 460 10 866 5 658 Oct 11 419 12 532 8 588 11 791 6 418 Nov 11 270 13 019 8 881 11 259 6 690 Dec 10 723 12 146 8 558 10 117 6 919 Jan 9 313 10 701 8 036 8 862 6 919 Feb 9 309 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 9 814 10 647 7 633 9 467 7 280 % Change -7.8% 39.5% -19.4% 30.0% 24.3% Outcome IB Child Protective Services Cases Family Preservation Cases Only (State Fiscal Year 2018 To Date) Through February 2018 (SFY 2018 to date) there was a 9.9% increase in the number of Family Preservation cases since SFY 2017. Caseloads decreased from August 2016 October 2016 with case counts remaining constant through April 2017 and increasing for the final two months of SFY 2017. The data revealed that SFY 2017 has an average that is 16.7% lower than SFY 2016 s average. State Fiscal Years 2016 2017 and 2018 to date have consistently lower averages in Family Preservation Cases than SFY 2015. 7 000 6 000 5 000 4 000 3 000 2 000 1 000 SFY 2018 To Date 9.9% Increase 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 0 Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun State FY 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 Jul 4 439 4 394 5 705 4 042 2 960 Aug 4 471 4 188 5 409 4 282 2 889 Sep 4 479 4 057 5 215 4 573 2 779 Oct 4 608 4 003 5 060 4 971 2 709 Nov 4 631 4 037 4 946 5 298 2 649 Dec 4 628 4 122 4 880 5 716 2 746 Jan 4 625 4 077 4 740 5 963 2 813 Feb 4 465 4 016 4 678 6 069 2 879 Mar 4 129 4 761 6 158 3 004 Apr 4 041 4 763 6 109 3 031 May 4 201 4 752 6 048 3 224 Jun 4 360 4 658 5 992 3 501 Average 4 543 4 135 4 964 5 435 2 932 % Change 9.9% -16.7% -8.7% 85.4% -5.5% Outcome IC Child Protective Services Cases Investigation Cases Only (State Fiscal Year 2018 To Date) Since the beginning of SFY 2018 Investigation cases have shown a 15.9% 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. February 2018 revealed a 5.6% increase over January 2018. Investigation cases declined during the first semester through February 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 SFY 2018 To Date 15.9% Increase 10 000 8 000 6 000 4 000 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2 000 0 Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun State FY 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 Jul 6 035 8 499 7 402 9 755 4 680 Aug 6 759 7 149 7 960 9 093 4 721 Sep 7 288 5 964 9 268 10 736 5 278 Oct 7 955 5 342 9 893 11 345 6 035 Nov 7 709 5 384 9 450 10 106 6 669 Dec 7 180 5 216 9 508 9 023 7 751 Jan 6 836 4 889 9 140 8 671 8 738 Feb 7 244 5 266 10 104 8 540 9 499 Mar 6 316 12 196 9 640 11 106 Apr 6 051 12 119 9 595 11 578 May 6 845 10 636 9 671 11 896 Jun 6 858 10 636 8 679 10 578 Average 7 126 6 148 9 927 9 571 8 211 % Change 15.9% -37.6% 3.0% 16.6% 38.2% Outcome II Recurrence of Substantiated Child Maltreatment (February 2017 February 2018) The trend below reveals a decrease in the number of repeated substantiated incidents of child maltreatment since February 2017. The trend reveals that Georgia has consistently maintained a low recurrence rate below the national standard of 5.4%. Slight increases can be seen since October 2017. 8% 7% National Standard Less Than or Equal To 5.40% 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 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 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 Feb-18 1.96% 2.53% 2.52% 2.57% 2.68% 3.10% 3.20% Outcome III Disposition of Child Abuse and Neglect Reports (February 2017 February 2018) Of the CPS cases that had a disposition during the month of February 2018 41.3% were Family Support 27.5% were screen outs and 31.2% were Investigations. Only 19.9% of Investigations were substantiated. The overall yearly trend shows the number of CPS Dispositions resulting in Family Support cases were higher through February 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 through February 2018. Total investigations increased through March 2017 with fluctuations marked by an increase in August and October 2017 decreases in November and December 2017 and increases in January through February 2018. Comparatively there were more investigations (33%) and substantiations (45%) in February 2018 than February 2017. 7 000 Unsubstantiated In vestigations Substantiated Investigations Family Support I nvestig ations Screen outs 6 000 5 000 4 000 3 000 2 000 1 000 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 Family Support Screenouts Investigations Substantiated Investigations Unsubstantiated Investigations Feb-17 5 155 3 098 2 430 443 1 987 Mar-17 5 991 3 409 2 872 601 2 271 Apr-17 4 600 2 850 2 428 544 1 884 May-17 5 112 3 267 2 974 674 2 300 Jun-17 3 052 2 184 2 320 604 1 716 Jul-17 3 107 2 135 2 438 661 1 777 Aug-17 5 315 3 589 3 609 872 2 737 Sep-17 4 303 2 992 2 974 644 2 330 Oct-17 5 299 3 395 3 396 703 2 693 Nov-17 4 657 3 091 2 903 585 2 318 Dec-17 3 749 2 559 2 643 559 2 084 Jan-18 4 045 2 790 3 218 679 2 539 Feb-18 4 292 2 862 3 242 644 2 598 Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Types of Investigations (February 2017 February 2018) According to February 2018 s data 14% of Investigations were subsequently opened as a Family Preservation case 10% of Investigations were opened as a Foster Care case and 76% of Investigations were closed. 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 Open Family Preservation Open Fos ter Care Investigation Substantiated Investigation Closed May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep- 17 O ct - 17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 Feb- 17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Investigation Unsubstantiated J ul- 17 A ug-17 S ep- 17 O ct- 17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Feb-17 FamPres SubOpen FamPres UnsubOpen FostCare SubOpen FostCare UnsubOpen Subst Closed Unsubst Closed 179 255 125 147 160 1 649 Mar-17 268 344 188 129 198 1 893 Apr-17 208 304 185 110 212 1 609 May-17 282 337 187 123 250 1 941 Jun-17 198 285 196 105 251 1 378 Jul-17 212 248 193 116 275 1 435 Aug-17 326 348 247 153 349 2 279 Sep-17 222 273 181 124 271 2 022 Oct-17 258 297 196 147 273 2 280 Nov-17 187 254 170 113 238 1 969 Dec-17 178 269 175 130 237 1 777 Jan-18 201 253 237 142 262 2 129 Feb-18 185 264 209 130 267 2 249 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 March 2018 (19 621). 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 6 000 4 000 SFY 2018 To Date 6.7% Increase 2 000 0 Jul State FY Jul 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 18 476 17 494 15 340 12 952 10 847 Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Aug 18 823 17 719 15 530 13 147 10 817 Sep 18 740 17 704 15 798 13 484 10 828 Oct 19 085 17 838 15 993 13 763 10 903 Nov 18 989 17 811 16 152 13 779 10 861 Dec 19 149 17 806 16 174 14 028 10 992 Jan 19 398 17 992 16 533 14 320 11 139 Jan Feb 19 471 17 997 16 774 14 489 11 384 Feb Mar 19 621 17 983 16 870 14 699 11 707 Mar Apr May Jun Apr 17 907 17 010 14 883 12 410 May 18 083 17 421 15 142 12 527 Jun 18 290 17 643 15 334 12 611 Average % Change 19 084 6.7% 17 885 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 (March 2017 March 2018) The number of children in foster care under the age of 18 increased to 14 810 during March 2018. The following slides reveal that there were 890 entries and 579 exits. On the last day of March 2018 there were 14 231 children in custody from this population. Of those who entered custody during March 2018 fifty-six children (6.3%) had a prior episode within 12 months. 16 000 15 000 14 000 13 000 12 000 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 13 339 13 278 13 549 13 585 13 603 13 776 13 651 13 982 14 011 14 121 14 199 14 470 14 810 Outcome VI-A Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (Regional) ( March 2017 March 2018) The number of children in Foster Care under the age of 18 during March 2018 was 14 810. Visually you can see that Region 14 has the highest proportion of children in custody at any point in time. During March 2018 Region 14 had 1 672 children in DFCS custody followed by Region 1 with 1 513 children and Region 13 with 1 473 children. (for regional trends see appendix). Region 1 showed the highest change in population counts from February 2018 to March 2018 (56) which represented an increase of 3.8% regionally. 16 000 14 000 12 000 10 000 8 000 6 000 4 000 2 000 R14 R13 R12 R11 R10 R9 R8 R7 R6 R5 R4 R3 R2 R1 0 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Outcome VII Comparison of Foster Care Entries and Exits (March 2017 March 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 and November followed by increases through March 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 exits in the first three months of 2018. There was a net gain of 311 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 a population increase of 2% from February 2018 to March 2018. 1600 1400 12 680 12 791 En trie s Exits End-Of-Month 12 910 12 904 12 880 13 012 13 185 13 388 13 388 13 448 13 641 13 920 14 231 16000 14000 1200 12000 1000 10000 800 8000 600 6000 400 4000 200 2000 0 0 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Mar-17 723 659 Apr-17 598 487 May-17 758 639 Jun-17 675 681 Jul-17 699 723 Aug-17 896 764 Sep-17 639 466 Oct-17 797 594 Nov-17 623 623 Dec-17 733 673 Jan-18 751 558 Feb-18 829 550 Mar-18 890 579 **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 (March 2017 March 2018) The reentry rates for May 2017 and October 2017 were over the national standard. The average number of children who reentered care in the last 3 months is 53. The reentry rate and number of reentries for March 2018 (6.3%) decreased both in ratio and actual counts compared to February 2018 s ratio. The proportion of re-entries to entries increased during March 2018 compared to March 2017 revealing an increase in removals compared to March of last year. 110 100 9.6% 90 Reentries 8.7% Reentry Rate National Standard Less Than or Equal To 8.60% 11.0% 10.0% 9.0% 80 7.9% 70 60 50 5.1% 40 7.9% 6.8% 5.8% 7.2% 7.2% 5.9% 4.5% 5.1% 8.0% 6.3% 7.0% 6.0% 5.0% 4.0% 30 3.0% 20 2.0% 10 1.0% 0 0.0% Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Mar-17 37 5.1% Apr-17 47 7.9% May-17 73 9.6% Jun-17 46 6.8% Jul-17 55 7.9% Aug-17 52 5.8% Sep-17 46 7.2% Oct-17 69 8.7% Nov-17 32 5.1% Dec-17 33 4.5% Jan-18 44 5.9% Feb-18 60 7.2% Mar-18 56 6.3% Outcome IX Foster Care Length of Stay (March 2017 March 2018) During the month of March 2018 the lengths of stay among the foster care populations for children in custody for less than 2 years remained constant at 72%. Comparison of the trend from March 2017 reveals that there are higher proportion of children who are staying in care for more than 24 months. (26% vs 28%). 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 4 Years 50% 3-4 Years 2-3 Years 40% 1-2 Years 30% 1 Year 20% 10% 0% Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 4 Years 3 - 4 Years 2 - 3 Years 1 - 2 Years 1 Year Mar-17 5.5% 5.7% 14.7% 28.8% 45.3% Apr-17 5.5% 5.9% 15.0% 28.8% 44.8% 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% 15.0% 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% 15.2% 26.7% 45.8% Nov-17 5.4% 7.2% 15.1% 26.6% 45.8% Dec-17 5.4% 7.3% 14.8% 26.4% 46.1% Jan-18 5.4% 7.4% 14.9% 26.0% 46.3% Feb-18 5.4% 7.4% 15.1% 25.3% 46.7% Mar-18 5.6% 7.4% 14.9% 25.2% 46.9% Outcome X Length of Time to Reunification (March 2017 March 2018) The percentage of foster children who reunified within 12 months decreased from 66.1% in February 2018 to 64.1% in March 2018. 100% 90% 80% National Standard Greater Than or Equal to 76.20% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Mar-17 61.4% Apr-17 64.7% May-17 Jun-17 62.5% 59.3% Jul-17 61.3% Aug-17 Sep-17 57.4% 55.9% Oct-17 59.8% Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 68.3% 61.6% 59.7% Feb-18 Mar-18 66.1% 64.1% Outcome XI Percent of Children Placed with Relatives (March 2017 March 2018) The percentage of children who were in Foster Care that were placed with relatives during the month of March 2018 decreased to 29.5%. 50% 45% 40% 35% 30% Georgia s Goal 50% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 29.6% 29.4% 29.8% 29.8% Jul-17 29.7% Aug-17 30.0% Sep-17 30.2% Oct-17 30.7% Nov-17 Dec-17 30.8% 31.4% Jan-18 30.6% Feb-18 Mar-18 29.8% 29.5% Outcome XII Extended Youth Services (March 2017 March 2018) There were 679 children who remained in custody after their 18th birthday during March 2018. 700 650 600 550 500 Mar-17 Mar-17 596 Apr-17 Apr-17 600 May-17 May-17 606 Jun-17 Jun-17 611 Jul-17 Jul-17 603 Aug-17 Aug-17 618 Sep-17 Sep-17 626 Oct-17 Oct-17 635 Nov-17 Nov-17 634 Dec-17 Dec-17 640 Jan-18 Jan-18 642 Feb-18 Feb-18 651 Mar-18 Mar-18 679 Outcome XIII Number of Finalized Adoptions (March 2017 March 2018) There were 106 foster children adopted during March 2018. This is a increase of 4% compared to March 2017. In the next graph the average time to finalization in March 2017 was higher than the children who finalized in March 2018 by 2.4 months. There was a higher percentage of children in the permanent custody of DFCS after the finalizations in March 2017. 200 175 150 125 100 75 50 25 0 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Mar-17 110 Apr-17 May-17 99 131 Jun-17 123 Jul-17 103 Aug-17 Sep-17 122 71 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 70 168 132 Jan-18 74 Feb-18 Mar-18 73 106 Outcome XIII-A Average Number of Months To Achieve Finalization (March 2017 March 2018) The average time to achieve finalization in March 2018 was 35.7 months. 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Mar-17 38.1 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 34.3 35.4 36.1 Jul-17 34.3 Aug-17 Sep-17 34.3 31.5 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 37.0 36.0 31.9 Jan-18 39.8 Feb-18 Mar-18 33.4 35.7 Outcome XIII-B Percentage of Children in Foster Care Who Are In Permanent Custody (Adoption Eligible) (March 2017 March 2018) On the last day in March 2018 there were 1 463 children in permanent custody status. This represented 10.3% 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% Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Permanent 14.5% 14.4% 14.2% 14.1% 13.8% 13.6% *This data represents a point in time calculation on the last day of each month. Sep-17 13.4% Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 13.2% 12.4% 12.0% Jan-18 11.4% Feb-18 Mar-18 11.0% 10.3% Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (March 2017 March 2018) Over the last 13 months the federal measure for stability which is the number of moves per number of days per thousand has shown an increase from 4.51 to 4.62.. 10.00 9.00 8.00 National Standard 4.12 7.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 0.00 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 4.51 4.52 4.53 4.65 Jul-17 4.87 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 4.90 5.00 5.15 5.05 4.84 4.77 4.77 4.62 Appendices Appendix A 100% Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Type of Investigations by Disposition (February 2017 February 2018) 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 Feb-17 Fam. Pres SubOpen FamPres UnsubOpen FostCare SubOpen FostCare UnsubOpen Subst Closed Unsubst Closed 7.1% 10.1% 5.0% 5.8% 6.4% 65.6% Mar-17 8.9% 11.4% 6.2% 4.3% 6.6% 62.7% Apr-17 7.9% 11.6% 7.0% 4.2% 8.1% 61.2% May-17 9.0% 10.8% 6.0% 3.9% 8.0% 62.2% Jun-17 8.2% 11.8% 8.1% 4.4% 10.4% 57.1% Jul-17 8.6% 10.0% 7.8% 4.7% 11.1% 57.9% Aug-17 8.8% 9.4% 6.7% 4.1% 9.4% 61.6% Sep-17 7.2% 8.8% 5.9% 4.0% 8.8% 65.4% Oct-17 7.5% 8.6% 5.7% 4.3% 7.9% 66.1% Nov-17 6.4% 8.7% 5.8% 3.9% 8.1% 67.2% Dec-17 6.4% 9.7% 6.3% 4.7% 8.6% 64.2% Jan-18 6.2% 7.8% 7.4% 4.4% 8.1% 66.0% Feb-18 5.6% 8.0% 6.3% 3.9% 8.1% 68.1% APPENDIX B Regional Graphs of Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (March 2017 March 2018) Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (March 2017 March 2018) 2 000 Region I 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 1 328 1 329 1 333 1 291 Jul-17 1 330 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 1 360 1 338 1 378 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 1 378 1 419 1 433 1 457 1 513 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (March 2017 March 2018) 2 000 Region II 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 744 731 755 773 Jul-17 793 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 821 815 835 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 870 883 884 929 976 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (March 2017 March 2018) Region III 2 000 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Mar-17 1 051 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 1 010 1 015 1 008 Jul-17 994 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 999 961 1 005 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 990 997 978 Feb-18 Mar-18 988 987 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (March 2017 March 2018) 2 000 Region IV 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 1 137 1 131 1 137 1 108 Jul-17 1 111 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 1 122 1 125 1 125 1 125 1 143 1 121 1 121 1 141 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (March 2017 March 2018) 2 000 Region V 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Mar-17 1 097 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 1 100 1 109 1 126 Jul-17 1 135 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 1 139 1 128 1 143 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 1 174 1 161 1 157 1 189 1 211 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (March 2017 March 2018) 2 000 Region VI 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 698 695 701 720 Jul-17 724 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 736 737 747 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 767 765 764 776 782 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (March 2017 March 2018) 2 000 Region VII 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 476 485 508 487 Jul-17 493 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 515 509 536 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 557 576 606 644 685 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (March 2017 March 2018) 2 000 Region VIII 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 656 653 680 686 Jul-17 687 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 707 700 706 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 700 712 716 735 740 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (March 2017 March 2018) 2 000 Region IX 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 577 585 597 606 Jul-17 586 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 585 579 591 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 578 578 577 Feb-18 Mar-18 587 590 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (March 2017 March 2018) 2 000 Region X 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Mar-17 715 Apr-17 719 May-17 749 Jun-17 776 Jul-17 777 Aug-17 759 Sep-17 747 Oct-17 755 Nov-17 Dec-17 760 786 Jan-18 789 Feb-18 774 Mar-18 769 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (March 2017 March 2018) Region XI 2 000 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 1 153 1 154 1 164 1 164 Jul-17 1 161 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 1 180 1 175 1 190 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 1 165 1 192 1 193 1 219 1 265 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (March 2017 March 2018) 2 000 Region XII 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 742 735 778 779 Jul-17 777 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 873 886 919 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 930 925 960 978 1 006 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (March 2017 March 2018) 2 000 Region XIII 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 1 365 1 382 1 399 1 437 Jul-17 1 442 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 1 410 1 384 1 453 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 1 418 1 404 1 412 1 426 1 473 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (March 2017 March 2018) 2 000 Region XIV 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Mar-17 1 600 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 1 569 1 624 1 624 Jul-17 1 593 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 1 570 1 567 1 599 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 1 599 1 580 1 609 Feb-18 Mar-18 1 647 1 672 APPENDIX C Regional Graphs of Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (March 2017 March 2018) National Standard 4.12 Desired Goal to Meet the PIP 6.01 Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (March 2017 March 2018) Region I 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Mar-17 4.76 Apr-17 4.89 May-17 4.63 Jun-17 4.90 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Mar-17 5.15 Apr-17 5.12 May-17 5.11 Jun-17 5.30 Jul-17 5.02 Jul-17 Jul-17 5.50 Aug-17 5.13 Sep-17 5.55 Oct-17 5.78 Region II Aug-17 Aug-17 5.70 Sep-17 Sep-17 5.98 Oct-17 Oct-17 5.86 Nov-17 5.79 Dec-17 5.71 Jan-18 5.55 Feb-18 5.64 Mar-18 5.36 Nov-17 Nov-17 5.62 Dec-17 Dec-17 5.20 Jan-18 Jan-18 5.38 Feb-18 Feb-18 5.52 Mar-18 Mar-18 5.56 Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (March 2017 - March 2018) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Region III Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 3.93 3.81 3.89 4.03 Jul-17 4.35 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 4.26 4.22 4.80 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 4.73 4.56 4.70 4.77 4.63 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Region IV Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 3.92 3.94 3.77 3.81 Jul-17 4.00 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 4.12 4.24 4.45 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 4.72 4.54 4.26 4.19 4.16 Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (March 2017 - March 2018) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 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 Mar-18 Mar-17 3.94 Apr-17 4.13 May-17 4.63 Jun-17 5.19 Jul-17 5.23 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 5.37 5.36 5.56 Nov-17 5.40 Dec-17 5.36 Jan-18 5.20 Feb-18 5.02 Mar-18 4.94 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Mar-17 4.35 Apr-17 4.32 May-17 4.14 Jun-17 4.13 Jul-17 Jul-17 4.12 Aug-17 Aug-17 3.93 Region VI Sep-17 Sep-17 4.51 Oct-17 Oct-17 4.26 Nov-17 Nov-17 4.08 Dec-17 Dec-17 3.70 Jan-18 Jan-18 3.82 Feb-18 Feb-18 3.66 Mar-18 Mar-18 3.58 Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (March 2017 March 2018) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 4.14 3.89 3.60 3.69 Jul-17 Jul-17 3.68 Region VII Aug-17 Aug-17 3.63 Sep-17 Sep-17 3.49 Oct-17 Oct-17 3.35 Nov-17 Nov-17 3.39 Dec-17 Dec-17 3.09 Jan-18 Jan-18 2.75 Feb-18 Feb-18 2.84 Mar-18 Mar-18 2.67 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Region VIII Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Mar-17 4.10 Apr-17 3.91 May-17 3.84 Jun-17 3.67 Jul-17 4.01 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 3.51 3.34 3.49 Nov-17 3.50 Dec-17 3.31 Jan-18 3.07 Feb-18 2.97 Mar-18 2.82 Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (March 2017 - March 2018) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Region IX Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Mar-17 3.49 Apr-17 3.64 May-17 3.36 Jun-17 3.34 Jul-17 3.30 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 3.43 3.59 3.51 Nov-17 3.32 Dec-17 3.40 Jan-18 3.44 Feb-18 3.67 Mar-18 3.24 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Region X Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Mar-17 4.27 Apr-17 4.26 May-17 4.45 Jun-17 4.17 Jul-17 4.39 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 4.43 4.20 4.15 Nov-17 4.01 Dec-17 4.04 Jan-18 3.94 Feb-18 4.01 Mar-18 3.71 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Mar-17 Mar-17 3.84 Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (March 2017 - March 2018) Region XI Apr-17 Apr-17 3.62 May-17 May-17 3.65 Jun-17 Jun-17 3.77 Jul-17 Jul-17 3.88 Aug-17 Aug-17 3.87 Sep-17 Sep-17 3.89 Oct-17 Oct-17 4.13 Nov-17 Nov-17 3.88 Dec-17 Dec-17 3.76 Jan-18 Jan-18 3.57 Feb-18 Feb-18 3.75 Mar-18 Mar-18 4.01 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Region XII Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Mar-17 4.17 Apr-17 4.14 May-17 4.38 Jun-17 4.13 Jul-17 4.17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 4.40 4.37 4.65 Nov-17 4.79 Dec-17 4.72 Jan-18 4.83 Feb-18 4.68 Mar-18 4.48 Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (March 2017 - March 2018) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Region XIII Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 6.18 6.41 6.28 6.41 Jul-17 7.15 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 7.12 7.06 7.34 Nov-17 7.10 Dec-17 6.65 Jan-18 6.58 Feb-18 6.61 Mar-18 6.11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Region XIV Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 5.38 5.27 5.45 5.62 Jul-17 5.84 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 5.81 5.99 6.08 Nov-17 5.90 Dec-17 5.68 Jan-18 5.69 Feb-18 5.61 Mar-18 5.57