Monthly measures and results for June 2018

Monthly Measures and Results for June 2018*
*(Reflects Safety Outcomes as of April 30 2018 And Permanency Outcomes as of May 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. 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 vs. Average count of unique CPS Investigations Family Preservation and Family Support stages for the prior four state fiscal years. 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 vs average of four prior state fiscal years..
Outcome IB Family Preservation Cases Only Count of unique Family Preservation stages open at any point during the month vs average of four prior state fiscal years..
Outcome IC Investigation Cases Only Count of unique Investigation stages open at any point during the month vs average of four prior state fiscal years.
Outcome 1C_1 Comparison of Investigations that were open at anytime during the month vs investigations opened during the month vs the average of the prior state fiscal years at any point in time.
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 Investigations -- Substantiated Investigations and Unsubstantiated Investigations and Screen-outs. Outcome is calculated 45 days prior to the date of report. Source SHINES

PERMANENCY Children have permanency and stability in their living situations.
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. Charts are broken out by substantiated and unsubstantiated investigation and their subsequent track assignment or final disposition. Outcome is calculated 45 days prior to the date of report. Source SHINES
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. The chart also reveals the average of the last four state fiscal years to provide the viewer with a prior glimpse of the trend in placement cases. 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. Source SHINES
Outcome VI-A Age Distribution of Children in Custody Chart is a percentage of children in DFCS Custody by age group.
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

PERMANENCY cont d Children have permanency and stability in their living situations.
Outcome IX Foster Care Length of Stay Percentage of children by number of months in foster care during each month. Source SHINES
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 Monthly Discharges The number of children who were discharged during the month by permanency decision divided into two charts by positive permanency vs other types. Source SHINES
Outcome XIII - A Average Number of Months to Achieve Positive Permanency Of all children in Outcome XIII the number of months from removal (entry into foster care) until exit due to reunification relative adoption or
guardianship.. Source SHINES .

PERMANENCY cont d Children have permanency and stability in their living situations.
Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance (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.

How many CPS Cases were open monthly during the State Fiscal Year to date

30 000

25 000

20 000

15 000 10 000

SFY18 AVG

5 000

0
SFY18 AVG

Jul 18 569 18 481

Aug 20 034 18 451

Sep 21 343 20 434

Oct 23 982 22 172

Nov 23 610 22 097

Dec 22 532 21 676

Average trend is calculated from prior SFYs from 2013-2017.

Jan 20 774 20 888

Feb 21 017 21 303

Mar 23 756 23 727

Apr 23 110 23 543

May 24 155

Jun 22 306

The average number of CPS cases State Fiscal Year 2018 To Date is 21 873 which is an increase of 4.5% over SFY 2017. During the month of April 2018 there was a an decrease of 2.7% in total cases since March 2018. The trend of the average of the prior four SFYs reveals a similar trend to SFY 2018.
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

12 000

2018

AVG

10 000

8 000

6 000

4 000 2 000

Average trend is calculated from prior SFYs from 2013-2017.

0
2018 AVG

Jul 8 095 6 622

Aug 8 804 7 028

Sep 9 576 8 466

Oct 11 419 9 832

Nov 11 270 9 962

Dec 10 723 9 435

Jan 9 314 8 630

Feb 9 309 8 540

Mar 10 661 9 399

Apr 10 427 9 221

May 9 456

Jun 8 490

Average Family Support Cases are decreasing as of April 2018 by -6.5% since SFY 2017. The graph above reveals a similar trend in the current SFY compared to the average of the prior four State Fiscal Years average. The month of April s case total was slightly lower than March s total by 2%.

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
4 700

4 600

4 500

4 400 4 300

2018 AVG

4 200

4 100

4 000

Average trend is calculated from prior SFYs from 2013-2017.

3 900
2018 AVG

Jul 4 437 4 275

Aug 4 469 4 192

Sep 4 477 4 156

Oct 4 606 4 186

Nov 4 629 4 233

Dec 4 627 4 366

Jan 4 623 4 398

Feb 4 463 4 411

Mar 4 444 4 513

Apr 4 394 4 486

May 4 556

Jun 4 628

Family Preservation cases are higher than the average trend of the prior four SFY average trend during the first 6 months of SFY2018 revealing an inverse effect. Since February Family Preservation cases have decreased by 6%

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
12 000

10 000

8 000

6 000

4 000 2 000

Average trend is calculated from prior SFYs from 2013-2017.

0
2018 Avg

Jul 6 037 7 584

Aug 6 761 7 231

Sep 7 290 7 812

Oct 7 957 8 154

Nov 7 711 7 902

Dec 7 182 7 875

Jan 6 837 7 860

Feb 7 245 8 352

Mar 8 651 9 815

Apr 8 289 9 836

May 9 762

Jun 9 188

SFY 2018 to Date is over 20% higher than last SFY s caseload. The current year s total investigations reveals an improvement in investigations as indicated in the lower case loads average when compared to the four SFY average trend.
Outcome IC Child Protective Services Cases Investigation Cases Only (State Fiscal Year 2018 To Date)

How many Investigation Cases were open per month during the State Fiscal Year to Date Vs Those That were Initiated During the month

2018

SFY18 Stage Initiated During Month

Avg

12 000

Average trend is calculated from prior SFYs from 2013-2017.

10 000

8 000

6 000

4 000

2 000

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Outcome IC_1 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 April 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 April 2018.
Outcome II Recurrence of Substantiated Child Maltreatment (March 2017 March 2018)

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

Family Support 6 000 5 000 4 000 3 000 2 000

Investigations

Screenouts

This chart reveals the disposition of CPS reports that were received for service. In April 2018 32% were investigations 39% were Family Support and 29% were Screen Outs.
The lower graph shows how many investigations were substantiated and unsubstantiated.

1 000

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 Family Support 4 600 5 113 3 052 3 107 5 316 4 304 5 299 4 661 3 751 4 049 4 513 5 273 4 064 Investigations 2 428 2 974 2 320 2 438 3 610 2 974 3 396 2 905 2 646 3 230 3 499 3 823 3 275 Screenouts 2 850 3 267 2 184 2 136 3 589 2 992 3 396 3 091 2 559 2 791 3 025 3 679 2 951
3 500 3 000 2 500 2 000 1 500 1 000
500 0

Investigation Type

Substantiated

Unsubstantiated

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

What was the final disposition of closed investigations during the month
Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Types of Investigations (April 2017 April 2018)

Unsubstantiated

2023

2402

1769

1801

2781

2424

2731

2343

2191

2560

2787

3154

2671

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 Unsubstantiated 2023 2402 1769 1801 2781 2424 2731 2343 2191 2560 2787 3154 2671

3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000
500 0
Family Preservation Foster Care Closed Investigation

Apr-17
Apr-17 304 110 1609

May-17
May-17 337 123 1942

Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17

Jun-17 286 105 1378

Jul-17 249 116 1436

Aug-17 348 153 2280

Closed Investigation

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

Sep-17 274 124 2026

Oct-17 302 147 2282

Nov-17 254 115 1974

Dec-17 273 131 1787

Foster Care Family Preservation

Jan-18
Jan-18 258 147 2155

Feb-18
Feb-18 295 140 2352

Mar-18
Mar-18 293 164 2697

Apr-18
Apr-18 300 121 2250

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

Substantiated

921

718 678
644 605

720 670

778

685

681

590

578

598

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

1000 800 600 400 200 0

Apr-17

Family Preservation Foster Care Closed Investigation

Apr-17 208 185 212

May-17
May-17 282 187 249

Jun-17
Jun-17 197 196 251

Jul-17
Jul-17 211 193 274

Aug-17
Aug-17 326 247 348

Sep-17
Sep-17 221 182 267

Oct-17
Oct-17 253 196 271

Nov-17
Nov-17 187 168 235

Dec-17
Dec-17 176 173 229

Jan-18
Jan-18 200 234 251

Feb-18
Feb-18 199 213 269

Mar-18
Mar-18 233 234 311

Apr-18
Apr-18 175 153 270

Closed Investigation

Foster Care Family Preservation
Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Types of Investigations (April 2017 April 2018)

How many children were involved placement services for each month during the State Fiscal Year
This graph reveals a reduction in the number of cases that are open for services in April and May. The average trend for the past four years shows a gradual increase (low slope) in cases. 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

SFY 2018

Avg

20 000

18 000

16 000

14 000

12 000

10 000

8 000

6 000

4 000

2 000

0
SFY 2018 Avg

Jul 18 470 14 158

Aug 18 818 14 303

Sep 18 733 14 454

Oct 19 078 14 624

Nov 18 983 14 651

Dec 19 141 14 750

Jan 19 395 14 996

Feb 19 477 15 161

Mar 19 643 15 315

Apr 19 498 15 553

May 19 406 15 793

Jun 15 970

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 remained constant in May 2018..

13547

13588

13605

13774

13650

13983

14014

14122

14202

14475

14825

14816

14816

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

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

MaFyo-1s8ter children aged 0 to 43y7e.4a%r old compose the highest percenta2g6e.4o%f our population during1A7p.0r%il 2018 of 37.3%. 19.2%
Apr-18

Mar-18

Feb-18

Jan-18

Dec-17

Nov-17

Oct-17

Sep-17

Aug-17

Jul-17

Jun-17

May-17 0%

36.6%

26.6%

16.6%

20.2%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

0 to 4 Years 5 to 9 10 to 13 14 to 17
Outcome VI-A Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 by Age Group ( May 2017 May 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

. March 2018 revealed a 12 month

high entry count. During the month

450

12500 of May 2018 exits exceeded

entries.

300

12000

150

11500

0

11000

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

Entries

760 678 699 894 640 801 626 736 752 835 918 617 569

Exits

637 682 725 764 468 595 628 672 562 568 626 569 641

End-Of-Month 12910 12906 12880 13010 13182 13388 13386 13450 13640 13907 14199 14247 14175

Outcome VII Comparison of Foster Care Entries and Exits (May 2017 May 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 (9.1%) increased followed in May 2018 by a decrease in re-entries.

110 100
90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10
0 May-17 Jun-17

Jul-17

ReenCtrhieasrt TitleReentry Rate

11.0%

10.0%

National Standard Less than or equal to 8.6%

9.0% 8.0%

7.0%

6.0%

5.0%

4.0%

3.0%

2.0%

1.0%

0.0% Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18

May-17 74
9.7%

Jun-17 46
6.8%

Jul-17 55
7.9%

Aug-17 52
5.8%

Sep-17 46
7.2%

Oct-17 71
8.9%

Nov-17 32
5.1%

Dec-17 32
4.3%

Jan-18 44
5.9%

Feb-18 61
7.3%

Mar-18 59
6.4%

Apr-18 56
9.1%

May-18 38
6.7%

Outcome VIII Foster Care Re-Entries (May 2017 May 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% 50% 40% 30%

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

20%

10%

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

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

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 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 5.4% 5.4% 5.4% 5.4% 5.6% 5.7% 5.7% 7.2% 7.3% 7.4% 7.5% 7.4% 7.7% 8.0% 15.1% 14.8% 14.8% 15.1% 14.8% 14.7% 14.9% 26.5% 26.3% 26.0% 25.2% 25.1% 25.3% 25.6% 45.8% 46.1% 46.3% 46.8% 47.1% 46.7% 45.8%
Outcome IX Foster Care Length of Stay (May 2017 May 2018)

What percentage of reunifications occurred within twelve (12) months of the child 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 (May 2017 May 2018)

What percentage of children in Foster Care were placed with a relative during the month
Georgia s Goal 50%
Outcome XI Percent of Children Placed with Relatives (May 2017 May 2018)

How many children remained in Foster Care after the age of 18
Outcome XII Extended Youth Services (May 2017 May 2018)

How many children in Foster Care were discharged to a positive permanency 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 Discharges (May 2017 May 2018)

How many children in Foster Care were discharged to another permanency during the month
Outcome XIII Number of Discharges (May 2017 May 2018)

What is the average time in months for a foster child to reach positive permanency
Outcome XIII - A Number of Discharges (May 2017 May 2018)

How is the state of Georgia performing on the federal measure of Placement Stability
National Standard 4.12

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

4.94

4.97

5.14

5.08

5.06

5.11

5.00

4.79

4.71

4.76

4.72

4.63

4.51

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

Appendices

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

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (By Region) (May 2017 May 2018)

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

1

1331 1291 1330 1360 1338 1378 1379 1420 1435 1458 1514 1523 1499

2

755 773 793 820 814 832 867 878 879 921 974 978 991

3

1015 1008 994 999 961 1005 989 996 977 987 985 976 962

4

1137 1108 1111 1122 1124 1124 1123 1142 1120 1120 1139 1132 1157

5

1109 1128 1137 1141 1130 1145 1175 1161 1156 1191 1208 1228 1228

6

700 719 723 733 734 744 767 764 763 775 778 772 765

7

508 487 493 515 509 539 560 581 611 650 692 711 708

8

680 686 687 707 700 706 700 712 717 736 741 744 747

9

599 608 588 587 581 593 580 580 581 591 594 592 587

10

749 776 777 759 747 755 761 787 791 776 770 774 755

11

1164 1164 1161 1180 1175 1191 1166 1193 1192 1218 1264 1260 1261

12

778 779 777 873 886 920 931 924 956 973 1003 1001 1012

13

1398 1437 1441 1409 1383 1451 1416 1402 1410 1429 1486 1452 1464

14

1624 1624 1593 1569 1568 1600 1600 1582 1614 1650 1677 1673 1680

Statewide 13547 13588 13605 13774 13650 13983 14014 14122 14202 14475 14825 14816 14816

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

Outcome VI Placement Stability for Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (By Region) (May 2017 May 2018)

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

1

5.01 5.17 5.33 5.25 5.43 5.71 5.74 5.62 5.47 5.64 5.48 5.43 5.24

2

5.72 5.75 5.73 5.65 6.04 5.76 5.47 5.07 5.23 5.42 5.54

5.4

5.18

3

4.98 4.88

5.1

4.8

4.56 4.75 4.68 4.47 4.59 4.65 4.61 4.78 4.68

4

3.98 4.07 4.19 4.21 4.35 4.35 4.63 4.41 4.12 4.07 4.07 3.56 3.43

5

5.19 5.27 5.19

5.3

5.22 5.45 5.28 5.26 5.13 5.07 5.09 5.04 5.11

6

4.78 4.48 4.43 4.17 4.46 4.12 3.93 3.58 3.67 3.64 3.66

3.6

3.33

7

3.25 3.44 3.77 3.69 3.46 3.33 3.36 3.09 2.79 2.97 2.92 3.05 3.02

8

4.14

4.3

4.49 4.15 3.44

3.6

3.5

3.31 3.02 2.89 2.89 2.68 2.74

9

3.09 3.06 3.24

3.5

3.5

3.34 3.12 3.22 3.27 3.53 3.32 3.18 2.73

10

5.16 4.76 4.96 4.71 4.22 4.05 3.92 3.98 3.89 4.02 3.77

3.4

3.27

11

3.78

3.87 4.01 4.04 3.98

4.1

3.83 3.67 3.45 3.68 4.04

4

3.91

12

4.48 4.05 4.27 4.53

4.4

4.76 4.89 4.87 4.95 4.78 4.67 4.32 4.15

13

7.33 7.43 7.82 7.55 7.31 7.33

7.1

6.64 6.54 6.58 6.28 6.23 6.11

14

5.56 5.73 5.91 5.83 6.06 6.17 5.99 5.77 5.79 5.78 5.89 6.12 6.06

Statewide 4.94 4.97 5.14 5.08 5.06 5.11 5.00 4.79 4.71 4.76 4.72 4.63 4.51