Monthly measures and results for May 2018

Monthly Measures and Results for May 2018*
*(Reflects Safety Outcomes as of March 31 2018 And Permanency Outcomes as of April 30 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. Regional Charts of Outcome V (Trend of Unique Children in the Legal Custody of DFCS Under the Age of 18)
B. 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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How many CPS Cases were open monthly during the State Fiscal Year to date
30 000

The average number of CPS cases State Fiscal Year 2018 To Date is 21 735 which is an increase of 3.8% over SFY 2017. During the month of March 2018 there was a an increase in total cases of 13% since February 2018. This represents a 2% daily average increase. Georgia had 4% increase in cases in March 2018 as compared to March 2017.

25 000 20 000 15 000 10 000
5 000

2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

0

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

State FY Jul
2018 18 569 2017 17 941 2016 19 470 2015 24 151 2014 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
22 532 21 484 22 946 24 857 17 416

Jan
20 774 19 667 21 916 23 497 18 470

Feb
21 017 20 204 22 795 22 721 19 491

Mar
23 757 22 878 25 075 24 293 22 662

Apr
21 711 24 431 23 911 24 120

May
23 344 24 307 23 896 25 071

Jun Average

21 692 21 504 22 124 23 905

21 735 20 931 22 583 22 747 17 161

% Change
3.8% -7.3% -7.7% 32.5% 23.4%

Outcome I Child Protective Services Cases (State Fiscal Year 2018 To Date)

How many Family Support Cases were open per month during the State Fiscal Year to Date
14 000

12 000

10 000 8 000 6 000 4 000

2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

Average Family Support Cases are decreasing as of March 2018 with a 6.9% decrease since SFY 2017. The 14.5% increase in the number of cases from February to March 2018 represents a 3.6% average daily caseload increase. 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.

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
9 314 10 701 8 036 8 862 6 919

Feb
9 309 10 922 8 013 8 111 7 113

Mar
10 662 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

9 908 -6.9%

10 647 39.5%

7 633 -19.4%

9 467 30.0%

7 280 24.3%

Outcome IA Child Protective Services Cases Family Support Cases Only (SFY2018 To Date)

How many Family Preservation Cases were open per month during the State Fiscal Year to Date

6 500

6 000

5 500

5 000

4 500

4 000

3 500

3 000

2 500

2 000

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

Although Family Preservation cases decreased slightly in March 2018 the SFY 2018 to date average is 9.6% higher than SFY 2017. Monthly cases increased during the last quarter of SFY 2017 until November 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.

State FY
2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

Jul
4 438 4 394 5 705 4 042 2 960

Aug
4 470 4 188 5 409 4 282 2 889

Sep
4 478 4 057 5 215 4 573 2 779

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

4 607 4 630 4 628 4 624 4 464 4 445

May

Jun

Average

% Change

4 532 9.6%

4 003 4 037 4 122 4 077 4 016 4 129 4 041 4 201 4 359 4 135 -16.7%

5 060 4 946 4 880 4 740 4 678 4 761 4 763 4 752 4 658 4 964 -8.7%

4 971 5 298 5 716 5 963 6 069 6 158 6 109 6 048 5 992 5 435 85.4%

2 709 2 649 2 746 2 813 2 879 3 004 3 031 3 224 3 501 2 932 -5.5%

Outcome IB Child Protective Services Cases Family Preservation Cases Only (SFY2018 To Date)

How many Investigation Cases were open per month during the State Fiscal Year to Date
14 000

12 000

10 000

Since the beginning of SFY 2018

2018

Investigation cases have shown a 18.7%

increase in average caseloads over SFY 8 000

2017

2017. During July 2017 there was a 12%

2016

decrease over June 2017 cases followed

by increases in August through October of

2015

32% and decreases through January 2018 6 000

2014

of 14%. The trend in March 2018 revealed

a 19.4% increase over February 2018. A

similar trend can be seen from SFY 2014 4 000

SFY 2018 of an increase from February

March.

2 000

0

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

State FY Jul
2018 6 036 2017 8 499 2016 7 402 2015 9 755 2014 4 680

Aug
6 760 7 149 7 960 9 093 4 721

Sep
7 289 5 964 9 268 10 736 5 278

Oct

Nov

7 956 5 342 9 893 11 345 6 035

7 710 5 384 9 450 10 106 6 669

Dec
7 181 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
8 650 6 316 12 196 9 640 11 106

Apr
6 052 12 119 9 595 11 578

May
6 846 10 636 9 671 11 896

Jun
6 859 10 636 8 679 10 578

Average
7 296 6 149 9 927 9 571 8 211

% Change
18.7% -37.6% 3.0% 16.6% 38.2%

Outcome IC Child Protective Services Cases Investigation Cases Only (State Fiscal Year 2018 To Date)

What percentage of children had a subsequent substantiated incident of maltreatment within 6 months
The trend below reveals an increase in the percentage of repeated substantiated incidents of child maltreatment since March 2017. The trend reveals that Georgia has consistently maintained a low recurrence rate below the national standard of 5.4%. However increases can be seen since October 2017.
Outcome II Recurrence of Substantiated Child Maltreatment (March 2017 March 2018)

What was the disposition of all CPS reports received during the month

Unsubstantiated Investigations

Substantiated Investigations

Family Support

7 000

Investigations

Screenouts

Of the CPS cases that had a disposition during the month of March 2018 41.7% were Family Support 29% were screen outs and 29.3% were Investigations. Only 19.5% of Investigations were substantiated. The overall yearly trend shows the number of CPS Dispositions resulting in Family Support cases were higher through March 2018. Dispositions of Screened Out cases while lower than Family Support were less than investigations from June August 2017 and from December 2017 - March 2018. Total investigations increased from December 2017 - March 2018 with prior fluctuations of increase in August and October 2017. Comparatively there were more investigations (28%) and substantiations (20%) in March 2018 than March 2017.

6 000
5 000
4 000
3 000 601
2 000 1 000 2 271
0 Mar-17

544 1 884 Apr-17

674 604
2 300 1 716
May-17 Jun-17

661 1 777 Jul-17

872 2 738 Aug-17

641 2 333 Sep-17

703 2 693 Oct-17

584 2 320 Nov-17

557 2 087 Dec-17

677 2 552 Jan-18

697 2 788 Feb-18

719 2 967 Mar-18

Family Support
Screenouts
Investigations Substantiated Investigations Unsubstantiated Investigations

Mar-17
5 991 3 409 2 872
601

Apr-17
4 600 2 850 2 428

May-17
5 112 3 267 2 974

544 674

Jun-17
3 052 2 184 2 320
604

Jul-17
3 107 2 136 2 438
661

Aug-17
5 316 3 589 3 610

Sep-17
4 304 2 992 2 974

872 641

Oct-17
5 299 3 396 3 396
703

Nov-17
4 657 3 091 2 904

Dec-17
3 750 2 559 2 644

584 557

Jan-18
4 047 2 791 3 229
677

Feb-18
4 513 3 026 3 485
697

Mar-18
5 237 3 641 3 686
719

2 271 1 884 2 300 1 716 1 777 2 738 2 333 2 693 2 320 2 087 2 552 2 788 2 967

Outcome III Disposition of Child Abuse and Neglect Reports (March 2017 March 2018)

What was the final disposition of closed investigations during the month

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.

600

Substantiated Investigations

500

400 300 200 100

Investigation Closed Open Foster Care
Open Family Preservation

0 Ma r-1 7

A pr -1 7

Ma y- 17

J un- 17

J ul-1 7

Aug -1 7

Sep -1 7

Oc t-1 7

N ov -1 7

D ec -1 7

J an- 18

Fe b-1 8

Ma r-1 8

*Be careful of comparison because the Unsubstantiated Investigations axis below is different from the above axis. Unsubstantiated Investigations
3000
2500

Investigation Closed

2000

1500

1000

500

0 Mar-17

Apr-17

May-17

Jun-17

Mar-17

FamPres SubOpen FamPres UnsubOpen
FostCare SubOpen FostCare UnsubOpen
Subst Closed Unsubst Closed

179 255 125 147 160 1 649

Apr-17
268 344 188 129 198 1 893

May-17
208 304 185 110 212 1 609

Jul-17
Jun-17
282 337 187 123 250 1 941

Aug -1 7

Sep-17

Oct-17

Nov-17

D ec -1 7

Jan-18

Open Family Preservation

Feb-18

Open Foster Care Mar-18

Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18

198 285 196 105 251 1 378

212 248 193 116 275 1 435

326 348 247 153 349 2 279

222 273 181 124 271 2 022

258 297 196 147 273 2 280

187 254 170 113 238 1 969

178 269 175 130 237 1 777

201 253 237 142 262 2 129

185 264 209 130 267 2 249

Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Types of Investigations (March 2017 March 2018)

How many children were involved placement services for each month during the State Fiscal Year

22 000

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

20 000

18 000

16 000

14 000 12 000 10 000 8 000 6 000

There was a decrease in the number of placement services that were open during the month of April 2018 (19 487). 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.

4 000

2 000

0

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

State FY
2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

Jul 18 469 17 494 15 340 12 952 10 847

Aug 18 817 17 719 15 530 13 147 10 817

Sep 18 733 17 704 15 798 13 484 10 828

Oct 19 077 17 838 15 993 13 763 10 903

Nov 18 982 17 811 16 152 13 779 10 861

Dec 19 142 17 806 16 174 14 028 10 992

Jan 19 394 17 992 16 533 14 320 11 139

Feb 19 472 17 997 16 774 14 489 11 384

Mar 19 639 17 983 16 870 14 699 11 707

Apr 19 487 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

19 121 6.9%

17 885 8.8%

16 437 16.0%

14 168 24.1%

11 419 4.5%

Outcome V Number of Children in Placement Services (State Fiscal Year 2018 To Date)

How many children were in Foster Care under the age of 18

The number of children in foster care under the age of 18 increased to 14 807 during April 2018. This is 11.5% more than last April 2017.

14825 14807

14472

14197 14117 13980 14012

13774

13548 13586 13604

13649

13277

Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (April 2017 April 2018)

How much does each region contribute to the total population of foster children

The number of children in Foster Care under the age of 18 during April 2018 was 14 807. Visually you can see that Region 14 has the highest proportion of children in custody at any point in time. During April 2018 Region 14 had 1 672 children in DFCS custody followed by Region 1 with 1 519 children and Region 13 with 1 449 children. (for regional trends see appendix). Region 13 showed the highest change in population counts from March 2018 to April 2018 (-35) which represented a decrease of 2.4% regionally.

100% 90%

1569

1624

1624

1593

1570

1568

1600

1600

1582

1611

1649

1677

1672

1382 80%
735
70% 1154

1399 778 1164

1437 779 1164

1442 777 1161

1410 873 1180

1384 886 1175

1453 920 1190

1419 931 1165

1404 925 1192

1413 960 1193

1431 978 1219

1484 1009 1265

1449 1009 1261

60% 719

585

50%

653

485

695 40%

1100

30% 1131

749 597 680 508 701
1109
1137

776 606 686 487 720
1127
1108

777 586 687 493 724
1136
1111

759 585 707 515 734
1140
1122

747 579 700 509 735
1129
1124

755 591 706 537 745
1144
1124

761 578 700 558 766
1175
1124

787 578 712 577 763
1161
1142

791 577 717 607 762
1156
1120

776 587 737 645 774
1190
1120

770 590 743 686 780
1207
1145

770 588 745 708 771
1227
1134

20% 1010

1015

1008

994

999

961

1005

989

996

977

987

985

978

731

755

773

793

820

814

832

867

878

879

921

972

976

10%

1328

1332

1291

1330

1360

1338

1378

1379

1420

1434

1458

1512

1519

0% Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18

R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14

Outcome VI-A Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 by Region ( April 2017 April 2018)

Has the age distribution of the foster population changed much over the last year

Foster children aged 0 to 4 year old compose the highest percentage of our population during April 2018 of 37.3%.

Apr-18 Mar-18 Feb-18 Jan-18 Dec-17 Nov- 17 O ct - 17 Sep-17 A ug-17
Jul-17 Jun-17 May- 17 Apr-17
0%

37.3%

26.6%

16.9%

19.2%

10%

36.8% 20%

26.5%

30%

40%

50%

60%

0 to 4 Years

5 to 9

10 to 13

14 to 17

16.5% 70%

80%

20.1% 90%

100%

Outcome VI-B Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 by Age Group ( April 2017 April 2018)

How many children are moving in and out of Foster Care How many remain in care on the last day

1200

15000

1050

14500

900

14000

750

13500

600

13000

450

12500

300

12000

150

11500

0

11000

Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18

Entries

598 758 676 699 895 639 798 625 733 752 832 909 603

Exits

487 638 681 725 764 467 593 628 672 557 556 621 543

End-Of-Month 12790 12910 12905 12879 13010 13182 13387 13384 13445 13640 13916 14204 14264

. 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 and rebounds in October 2017 through December 2017. Reduced exits from January 2018 April 2018 resulted in an increase in population through the first 4 months in 2018. During April 2018 there was a net gain of 60 children who were brought into foster care versus those who were discharged from foster care. March revealed a 12 month high entry count.

Outcome VII Comparison of Foster Care Entries and Exits (April 2017 April 2018)
**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.

How many children were in a prior episode within twelve months of the current episode
The reentry rates for May 2017 and October 2017 were over the national standard. The re-entry rate for April 2018 (8.1%) increased while the number of reentries decreased. The proportion of re-entries to entries increased during April 2018 compared to April 2017 by .2%

Reentries Chart TRietelnetry Rate

110

11.0%

100

9.8%

8.6%

90

80

7.9%

70

74

60

50

40

47

7.6% 6.8%

7.2% 69

5.8%

53

52

46

46

National Standard Less than or equal to 8.6% 7.3%

10.0% 9.0% 8.1% 8.0% 7.0%

6.0% 61
5.3%
4.5% 45

5.9%
54 49

6.0% 5.0% 4.0%

30

33

33

3.0%

20

2.0%

10

1.0%

0 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

Jul-17

Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17

Jan-18

0.0% Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18

Outcome VIII Foster Care Re-Entries (April 2017 April 2018)

What percentage of foster children have been in care for less than a year less than 2 years . . . each month

100%

90%

80%

70%

60%

4 Years

50%

3-4 Years

2-3 Years

40%

1-2 Years

30%

1 Year

20%

10%

0% Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18

4 Years 3 - 4 Years 2 - 3 Years 1 - 2 Years
1 Year

Apr-17 5.5% 5.9% 15.0% 28.7% 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% 26.8% 45.8%

Nov-17 5.4% 7.2% 15.1% 26.5% 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% 46.8%

Mar-18 5.6% 7.4% 14.8% 25.1% 47.0%

Apr-18 5.7% 7.7% 14.7% 25.3% 46.6%

Outcome IX Foster Care Length of Stay (April 2017 April 2018)

How many children are reunified with their parents within twelve (12) months of entering foster care
National Standard Greater Than or Equal to 76.20%
The percentage of foster children who reunified within 12 months decreased from 63.7% in March 2018 to 60.4% in April 2018.
Outcome X Length of Time to Reunification (April 2017 April 2018)

What percentage of children in Foster Care were placed with a relative during the month

The percentage of children who were in Foster Care that were placed with relatives during the month of March 2018 increased
slightly to 30%.

Georgia s Goal 50%

Outcome XI Percent of Children Placed with Relatives (April 2017 April 2018)

How many children signed themselves back into care after the age of 18
There were 676 children who remained in custody after their 18th birthday during April 2018.
Outcome XII Extended Youth Services (April 2017 April 2018)

How many children in Foster Care were discharged to a finalized adoption during the month
There were 84 foster children adopted during April 2018. This is a decrease of 15% compared to April 2017.
Outcome XIII Number of Finalized Adoptions (April 2017 April 2018)

What is the average time in months for a foster child to reach finalization
The average time to finalization in April 2017 was higher than the children who finalized in April 2018 by 6 months.
Outcome XIII - A Number of Finalized Adoptions (April 2017 April 2018)

What percentage of children were adoption eligible on the last day of each month

15.0% 14.5%
14.0%

13.0% 12.0% 11.0% 10.0%

10.5%

On the last day in April 2018 there were 1 494 children in permanent custody status. This represented 10.5% of the total population in DFCS Custody.

9.0%

8.0% Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18

Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 14.5% 14.3% 14.3% 14.0% 13.9% 13.7% 13.5% 12.7%
*This data represents a point in time calculation on the last day of each month.

Dec-17 12.4%

Jan-18 12.0%

Feb-18 11.5%

Mar-18 Apr-18 10.8% 10.5%

Outcome XIII-B Percentage of Children in Foster Care Who Are In Permanent Custody (April 2017 April 2018)

How is the state of Georgia performing on the federal measure of Placement Stability
National Standard 4.12
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 decrease from 4.89 in April 2017 to 4.46 in April 2018.

Apr-17 May-17

4.89

4.94

Jun-17 4.97

Jul-17 5.13

Aug-17 5.06

Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18

5.04

5.08

4.97

4.76

4.67

4.70

4.62

4.46

Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Measure (April 2017 April 2018)

Appendices

APPENDIX A
Regional Graphs of Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18
(April 2017 April 2018)

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (April 2017 April 2018)

2 000

Region I

1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000

1328

1332

1330

1291

1360

1338

1379

1434

1378

1420

1512

1458

1519

800

600

400

200

0 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (April 2017 April 2018)

Region II
2 000

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200 1 000
800 600 400

972

867

879

755

793

814

820 773

832

878

921 976

731

200

0 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (April 2017 April 2018)

Region III
2 000

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200 1 000
800 600

1015

994

989

961

977

985

1010

1008

999

1005

996

987 978

400

200

0 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (April 2017 April 2018)
Region IV
2 000

1 800

1 600

1 400 1 200 1 000
800

1137

1111

1124

1124

1120

1131

1108

1122

1124

1142

1145

1120

1134

600

400

200

0 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (April 2017 April 2018)

2 000

Region V

1 800

1 600

1 400 1 200 1 000
800

1109

1136

1129

1175

1156

1100

1127

1140

1144

1161

1207 1190

1227

600

400

200

0 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (April 2017 April 2018)

Region VI
2 000

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000 800 600 400

701

724

735

766

762

780

774

720

734

745

763

695

771

200

0 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (April 2017 April 2018)
Region VII
2 000

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

686

558

607

600

508

493

509

645 708

400 485

487

515

537

577

200

0 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (April 2017 April 2018)
Region VIII
2 000

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000 800 600 400

680

687

700

700

717

743

653

686

707

706

712

737 745

200

0 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (April 2017 April 2018)
Region IX
2 000

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

597

586

579

578

577

590

600

400

585

606

585

591 578

587 588

200

0 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (April 2017 April 2018)

Region X
2 000

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000 800 600 400

749

777

747

761

791

770

776

759

755

787

776

719

770

200

0 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (April 2017 April 2018)

2 000

Region XI

1 800

1 600

1 400 1 200 1 000

1164

1161

1175

1165

1193

1154

1164

1180

1190

1192

1265

1219

1261

800

600

400

200

0 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (April 2017 April 2018)
Region XII
2 000

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200 1 000
800 600 400

931

960

886

778

777

873

920

925

779 735

1009 978

1009

200

0 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (April 2017 April 2018)
Region XIII
2 000

1 800

1 600 1 400 1 200

1382

1399

1442

1437

1410

1384

1419

1413

1453

1404

1484 1431

1449

1 000

800

600

400

200

0 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (April 2017 April 2018)
Region XIV
2 000

1 800 1 600 1 400

1569

1624

1593

1624

1570

1568

1600

1611

1600

1582

1677 1649

1672

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

0 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18

APPENDIX B
Regional Graphs of Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Coefficient
(April 2017 April 2018)
National Standard 4.12 Desired Goal to Meet the PIP 6.01

Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (April 2017 April 2018)

Mar-17 4.76

Apr-17 4.89

May-17 4.63

Jun-17 4.90

Jul-17 5.02

Aug-17 5.13

Sep-17 5.55

Oct-17 5.78

Nov-17 5.79

Dec-17 5.71

Jan-18 5.55

Feb-18 5.64

Mar-18 5.36

Mar-17 5.15

Apr-17 5.12

May-17 5.11

Jun-17 5.30

Jul-17 5.50

Aug-17 5.70

Sep-17 5.98

Oct-17 5.86

Nov-17 5.62

Dec-17 5.20

Jan-18 5.38

Feb-18 5.52

Mar-18 5.56

Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (April 2017 - April 2018)

Apr-17 May-17

4.94

4.97

Jun-17 4.87

Jul-17 5.08

Aug-17 4.78

Sep-17 4.51

Oct-17 4.70

Nov-17 4.64

Dec-17 4.47

Jan-18 4.60

Feb-18 4.65

Mar-18 4.57

Apr-18 4.66

Apr-17 May-17

3.72

3.95

Jun-17 4.06

Jul-17 4.18

Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17

4.18

4.30

4.29

4.55

4.34

Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18

4.05

3.99

3.88

3.44

Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (April 2017 - April 2018)

Apr-17 May-17

4.62

5.19

Jun-17 5.27

Jul-17 5.19

Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17

5.30

5.23

5.43

5.26

5.24

Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18

5.11

5.04

4.99

4.70

Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

4.99

4.77

4.46

Jul-17 4.41

Aug-17 Sep-17

4.15

4.46

Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18

4.12

3.93

3.58

3.65

3.61

3.59

Apr-18 3.49

Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (April 2017 April 2018)

Apr-17 May-17

3.05

3.27

Jun-17 3.46

Jul-17 3.78

Aug-17 3.71

Sep-17 3.48

Oct-17 3.32

Nov-17 3.36

Dec-17 3.06

Jan-18 2.75

Feb-18 2.93

Mar-18 2.88

Apr-18 2.99

Apr-17 May-17

4.20

4.16

Jun-17 4.32

Jul-17 4.52

Aug-17 4.18

Sep-17 3.47

Oct-17 3.60

Nov-17 3.50

Dec-17 3.31

Jan-18 3.03

Feb-18 2.91

Mar-18 2.84

Apr-18 2.62

Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (April 2017 - April 2018)

Apr-17 May-17

3.14

3.12

Jun-17 3.09

Jul-17 3.25

Aug-17 3.52

Sep-17 3.48

Oct-17 3.32

Nov-17 3.11

Dec-17 3.22

Jan-18 3.25

Feb-18 3.50

Mar-18 3.28

Apr-18 3.10

Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

4.86

5.16

4.75

Jul-17 4.91

Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17

4.66

4.17

4.00

3.83

3.88

Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18

3.80

3.89

3.63

3.31

Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (April 2017 - April 2018)

Apr-17 May-17

3.66

3.76

Jun-17 3.85

Jul-17 3.99

Aug-17 4.02

Sep-17 3.95

Oct-17 4.07

Nov-17 3.79

Dec-17 3.62

Jan-18 3.42

Feb-18 3.63

Mar-18 3.90

Apr-18 3.77

Apr-17 May-17

4.33

4.51

Jun-17 4.07

Jul-17 4.21

Aug-17 4.54

Sep-17 4.39

Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17

4.73

4.85

4.80

Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18

4.89

4.62

4.50

Apr-18 4.06

Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (April 2017 - April 2018)

Apr-17 7.67

May-17 7.34

Jun-17 7.44

Jul-17 7.82

Aug-17 7.52

Sep-17 7.29

Oct-17 Nov-17

7.30

7.07

Dec-17 6.61

Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18

6.52

6.56

6.21

Apr-18 6.06

Apr-17 5.44

May-17 5.57

Jun-17 5.72

Jul-17 5.90

Aug-17 Sep-17

5.81

6.05

Oct-17 6.15

Nov-17 5.97

Dec-17 5.76

Jan-18 5.78

Feb-18 5.70

Mar-18 5.80

Apr-18 6.00