Monthly measures and results for July 2018

Monthly Measures and Results for July 2018*
*(Reflects Safety Outcomes as of May 31 2018 And Permanency Outcomes as of June 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 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 opened monthly during the State Fiscal Year to date

30 000 25 000

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

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

Jan 20 774 20 888

Feb 21 017 21 303

Mar 23 755 23 727

Apr 23 111 23 543

May 23 498 24 155

Jun 22 306

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

2018

AVG

12 000

10 000

8 000

6 000

4 000 2 000

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

0 Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

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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%.
AVG 6 622 7 028 8 466 9 832 9 962 9 435 8 630 8 540 9 399 9 221 9 456 8 490

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 4 200

2018 AVG

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 4 448 4 556

Jun 4 628

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 8 650 9 815

Apr 8 288 9 836

May 8 496 9 762

Jun 9 188

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

10 000

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

8 000

6 000

4 000

2 000

0 This chart indicJautles that dAuruingg each mSoenpth the caOscets that arNe ovpened duDriencg the moJnathnare lessFtheabn half ofMhaeroverall oAppenr cases dMuariyng the mJounnth.
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

National Standard less than or equal to 5.40%

2.05%

2.09%

2.02%

1.97%

2.53%

2.50%

2.57%

2.68%

3.09%

3.16%

3.19%

3.31%

3.08%

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 II Recurrence of Substantiated Child Maltreatment (May 2017 May 2018)

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

6 000

Family Support

Investigations

Screenouts

5 000

4 000

3 000

2 000

1 000

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

May-17

Family Support 5 113

Investigations 2 974

Screenouts

3 267

Jun-17 3 052 2 320 2 184

Jul-17 3 107 2 438 2 136

Aug-17 5 316 3 610 3 589

Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 4 304 5 299 4 661 3 751 2 974 3 396 2 905 2 646 2 993 3 396 3 092 2 559
Investigation Types

Jan-18 4 049 3 232 2 791

Feb-18 4 514 3 502 3 025

Mar-18 5 273 3 827 3 679

Apr-18 4 294 3 459 3 093

May-18 4 171 3 400 3 380

3 500 3 000 2 500 2 000 1 500 1 000
500 0

May-17 Jun-17

Jul-17

Substantiated
Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17

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

Apr-18 May-18

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

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

Unsubstantiated

2 402

1 770

1 803

2 786

2 428

2 738

2 356

2 197

2 569

2 808

3 170

2 762

2 835

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 Unsubstantiated 2 402 1 770 1 803 2 786 2 428 2 738 2 356 2 197 2 569 2 808 3 170 2 762 2 835

3 500

3 000

2 500

2 000

1 500

1 000

500

0 May-17

Family Preservation 337

Foster Care

123

Closed Investigation 1 942

Jun-17 286 105 1 379

Jul-17 250 116 1 437

Aug-17 351 155 2 280

Sep-17 276 124 2 028

Oct-17 303 148 2 287

Nov-17 256 118 1 982

Dec-17 275 132 1 790

Jan-18 263 147 2 159

Feb-18 299 146 2 363

Mar-18 297 166 2 707

Apr-18 320 126 2 316

May-18 292 117 2 426

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

Substantiated

917

718

644

676

779

713 666

679

668

637

662

579

575

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

Substantiated 718

644

676

917

666

713

579

575

679

668

779

637

662

1000

900

800

700

600

500

400

300

200

100

0 May-17

Family Preservation 282

Foster Care

187

Closed Investigation 249

Jun-17 197 196 251

Jul-17 210 193 273

Aug-17 323 246 348

Sep-17 219 182 265

Oct-17 252 195 266

Nov-17 186 165 228

Dec-17 174 172 229

Jan-18 196 234 249

Feb-18 196 209 263

Mar-18 234 234 311

Apr-18 189 163 285

May-18 205 145 312

Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Types of Investigations (May 2017 May 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

20 000

18 000

16 000

14 000

12 000 10 000

SFY 2018 Avg

8 000

6 000

4 000

2 000

0

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

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

13 588

13 606

13 775

13 650

13 983

14 014

14 120

14 198

14 470

14 820

14 814

14 815

14 648

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

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

JuFno-1s8ter children aged 0 to 43y7e.a9r%old compose the highest percentag26e.o7f%our population during1A7p.2ri%l 2018 of 37.3%. 19.4%

May-18

Apr-18

Mar-18

Feb-18

Jan-18

Dec-17

Nov-17

Oct-17

Sep-17

Aug-17

Jul-17

Jun-17 0%

36.5%

26.5%

16.6%

20.1%

Ou1t0c%ome VI-A2 0C%hildren in30D%FCS Cust4o0d%y Under t5h0e%Age of 1860b%y Age Gro7u0p% ( June 28001%7 June 29001%8)

0 to 4 Years 5 to 9 10 to 13 14 to 17

100%

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

1 200

15 000

1 050

14 500

900

14 000

750

13 500

600

13 000

450

12 500

300

12 000

150

11 500

0
Jun-17

Entries 678

Exits 681

End-Of- Month

12 907

Jul-17 699 726
12 880

Aug-17 895 764
13 011

Sep-17 639 468
13 182

Oct-17 801 596
13 387

Nov-17 627 627
13 387

Dec-17 733 674
13 446

Jan-18 752 563
13 635

Feb-18 835 568
13 902

Mar-18 918 628
14 192

Apr-18 622 575
14 239

May-18 576 681
14 134

Jun-18 514 643
14 005

11 000

Outcome VII Comparison of Foster Care Entries and Exits (June 2017 June 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

110 100
90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10
0 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 Jun-18

Jun-17 46
6.8%

Jul-17 54
7.7%

Aug-17 52
5.8%

Sep-17 46
7.2%

Oct-17 71
8.9%

Nov-17 33
5.3%

Dec-17 32
4.4%

Jan-18 44
5.9%

Feb-18 61
7.3%

Mar-18 59
6.4%

Apr-18 57
9.2%

May-18 44
7.6%

Jun-18 25
4.9%

Outcome VIII Foster Care Re-Entries (June 2017 June 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% Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18

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

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% 26.5% 45.8%

Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18

5.4%

5.4%

5.4%

5.6%

5.7%

5.7% 6.2%

7.3%

7.4%

7.5%

7.4%

7.8%

8.0% 7.9%

14.8% 26.3% 46.1%

14.8% 26.0% 46.3%

15.1% 25.2% 46.8%

14.8% 25.1% 47.0%

14.6% 25.2% 46.7%

14.8% 25.5% 45.9%

15.3% 25.8% 44.8%

Outcome IX Foster Care Length of Stay (June 2017 June 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%
Outcome X Length of Time to Reunification (June 2017 June 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 (June 2017 June 2018)

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

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

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

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

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

Jun-17 4.96

Jul-17 5.13

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

5.07

5.06

5.10

5.00

4.80

4.72

4.78

4.75

4.67

4.61

4.49

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

Appendices

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

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

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

1

1291 1330 1360 1338 1378 1379 1420 1435 1458 1514 1525 1495 1472

2

773 793 820 814 832 867 878 879 921 974 978 991 985

3

1008 994 999 961 1005 989 996 977 987 985 974 960 966

4

1108 1111 1122 1124 1124 1124 1142 1120 1120 1139 1137 1162 1161

5

1128 1137 1141 1130 1145 1175 1161 1154 1188 1206 1224 1223 1204

6

719 723 733 734 744 767 764 763 775 778 771 767 744

7

487 493 515 509 539 560 581 611 650 693 713 710 716

8

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

9

608 588 587 581 593 580 579 580 590 593 591 588 576

10

776 777 759 747 755 761 787 791 776 770 774 755 753

11

1164 1161 1180 1175 1191 1166 1193 1192 1218 1264 1260 1261 1253

12

780 778 874 887 921 931 924 956 973 1002 1000 1014 999

13

1436 1441 1408 1382 1450 1415 1401 1409 1428 1484 1450 1462 1403

14

1624 1593 1570 1568 1600 1600 1582 1614 1650 1677 1673 1680 1672

Statewide 13588 13606 13775 13650 13983 14014 14120 14198 14470 14820 14814 14815 14648

APPENDIX B
Regional Chart of Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Coefficient
(June 2017 June 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) (June 2017 June 2018)

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

1

5.14 5.31 5.22 5.41 5.69 5.72 5.63 5.49 5.66 5.49 5.45 5.32 5.11

2

5.73 5.73 5.65 6.05 5.77 5.48 5.07 5.2 5.41 5.53 5.4 5.23 5.07

3

4.9 5.11 4.81 4.59 4.79 4.7 4.54 4.66 4.74 4.73 4.88 4.85 4.54

4

4.07 4.19 4.2 4.36 4.36 4.64 4.42 4.11 4.07 4.11 3.63 3.54 3.35

5

5.27 5.19 5.3 5.22 5.45 5.28 5.27 5.14 5.08 5.12 5.07 5.21 5.06

6

4.48 4.43 4.17 4.46 4.12 3.95 3.59 3.69 3.65 3.69 3.64 3.46 3.51

7

3.44 3.77 3.69 3.46 3.33 3.4 3.12 2.82

3

2.93 3.09 3.13 2.98

8

4.25 4.44 4.11 3.39 3.54 3.54 3.38 3.08 2.97 2.96 2.73 2.96 3.04

9

3.06 3.24 3.5

3.5 3.32 3.11 3.2 3.27 3.53 3.32 3.18 2.73 3.18

10

4.75 4.95 4.71 4.22 4.05 3.92 3.98 3.89 4.02 3.77 3.4 3.34 2.88

11

3.87 4.01 4.04 3.96 4.09 3.83 3.68 3.48 3.71 4.06 4.09 4.07 4.06

12

4.05 4.26 4.53 4.4 4.76 4.88 4.86 4.93 4.82 4.7 4.35 4.25 4.11

13

7.41 7.8 7.54 7.32 7.35 7.12 6.67 6.57 6.61 6.32 6.31 6.23 6.11

14

5.7 5.89 5.8 6.05 6.14 5.96 5.75 5.77 5.76 5.88 6.1 6.07 6.02

Statewide 4.96 5.13 5.07 5.06 5.10 5.00 4.80 4.72 4.78 4.75 4.67 4.61 4.49