Monthly measures and results for January 2019

Monthly Measures and Results for January 2019*
*(Reflects Safety Outcomes as of November 30 2018 And Permanency Outcomes as of December 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 Business Support 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 last 13 months

30 000

Current

AVG

25 000

Average trend is calculated from prior four years.

20 000

15 000

10 000

5 000

0 Nov-17
Current 23 616 AVG 22 097

Dec-17 22 538 21 676

Jan-18 20 781 20 888

Feb-18 21 025 21 303

Mar-18 23 763 23 727

Apr-18 23 119 23 543

May-18 23 508 24 155

Jun-18 20 404 22 306

Jul-18 16 638 20 035

Aug-18 17 856 20 287

Sep-18 20 217 22 342

Oct-18 22 769 24 378

Nov-18 21 840 23 999

Outcome I Child Protective Services Cases (November 2017 November 2018)

How many Family Support Cases were open per month for the last 13 months

12 000

Current

AVG

10 000

8 000

6 000

4 000 2 000

Average trend is calculated from prior four years. Average trend is calculated from prior four years data.

0 Nov-17

Current 11 274

AVG

9 962

Dec-17 10 727 9 435

Jan-18 9 319 8 630

Feb-18 9 314 8 540

Mar-18 10 666 9 399

Apr-18 10 435 9 221

May-18 10 562 9 456

Jun-18 8 495 8 490

Jul-18 6 274 7 465

Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18 6 893 8 339 9 788 9 318 7 959 9 447 11 084 11 108

The graph above reveals a similar trend in the last 13-months compared to the average trend. During July 2018 there is a 16% decline in the number of cases when compared to average trend. This was a 26% drop from the prior month of June 2018. The trend in November 2018 decreases from the prior month and shows a 16% decrease over the average..
Outcome IA Child Protective Services Cases Family Support Cases Only (November 2017 November 2018)

How many Family Preservation Cases were open per month during for the last 13 months
4 800

4 700

4 600

4 500

4 400

4 300 4 200 4 100

Average trend is calculated from prior four years data.

Current

AVG

4 000

3 900
Current AVG

Nov-17 4 629 4 233

Dec-17 4 627 4 366

Jan-18 4 623 4 398

Feb-18 4 464 4 411

Mar-18 4 445 4 513

Apr-18 4 394 4 486

May-18 4 448 4 556

Jun-18 4 509 4 628

Jul-18 4 449 4 645

Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18 4 419 4 356 4 427 4 472 4 587 4 581 4 660 4 728

Family Preservation cases are higher than the average trend during the first 4 months. In March 2018 there is an inverse effect. In November 2018 Family Preservation cases were 5% lower than the average.
Outcome IB Child Protective Services Cases Family Preservation Cases Only (November 2017 November 2018)

How many Investigation Cases were open per month for the past 13 months
12 000

10 000

8 000

6 000 4 000

Average trend is calculated from prior four years data.

2 000

0
Current Avg

Nov-17 7 713 7 902

Dec-17 7 184 7 875

Jan-18 6 839 7 860

Feb-18 7 247 8 352

Mar-18 8 652 9 815

Apr-18 8 290 9 836

May-18 8 498 9 762

Jun-18 7 400 9 188

Jul-18 5 915 7 923

Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18 6 544 7 522 8 554 8 050 7 741 8 315 8 634 8 163

Although the last 13 months has seen an increase in investigations of over 20% since the prior 13 months (not pictured) the current year s total investigations reveals an improvement in investigations when compared to each monthly averages of the average trend.
Outcome IC Child Protective Services Cases Investigation Cases Only (November 2017 November 2018)

How many Investigation Cases were open at any time during the month Vs Investigation Cases that

were initiated during the month for the past 13 months

12 000

*Average trend is calculated from prior four years data.

10 000

8 000

6 000

4 000

2 000

0
Current Stage Initiated During Month Avg

Nov-17 7 713 3 109 7 902

Dec-17 7 184 2 981 7 875

Jan-18 6 839 3 230 7 860

Feb-18 7 247 3 573 8 352

Mar-18 8 652 4 137 9 815

Apr-18 8 290 3 498 9 836

May-18 8 498 3 852 9 762

Jun-18 7 400 2 704 9 188

Jul-18 5 915 2 641 7 923

Aug-18 Sep-18 6 544 7 522 3 530 3 670 7 741 8 315

Oct-18 8 554 3 776 8 634

Nov-18 8 050 3 355 8 163

This chart indicates that during each month the cases that are opened during the month are less than half of the overall open cases during the month. Additionally the increases and decreases in those opened during the month resemble the trend in the current cases open during the month..

Outcome IC_1 Child Protective Services Cases Investigation Cases Only (November 2017 November 2018)

What percentage of children had a subsequent substantiated incident of maltreatment within 6 months

National Standard less than or equal to 5.40%

2.53%

2.65%

3.06%

3.11%

3.14%

3.28%

3.11%

3.13%

3.23%

3.67%

3.31%

3.19%

3.00%

Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18
The trend reveals that Georgia has consistently maintained a low recurrence rate below the national standard of 5.4%. However increases can be seen from November 2017 April 2018 with the higher rate occurring in August 2018. Georgia has a higher percentage of maltreatment in November 2018 as compared to November 2017.
Outcome II Recurrence of Substantiated Child Maltreatment (November 2017 November 2018)

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

6 000

This chart reveals the disposition of CPS reports that were received for service. In November 2018 29% were investigations 37% were Family Support and 34% were Screen Outs.

5 000 4 000

The lower graph shows how many investigations were substantiated and unsubstantiated.

3 000

2 000

1 000

0 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18

Family Support 4 662 Investigations 2 905 Screenouts 3 087

3 754 2 647 2 560

4 050 3 234 2 788

4 516 3 503 3 024

Mar- 18 5 275 3 831 3 670

Apr-18
4 304 3 478 3 089

May- 18
4 256 3 532 3 468

Jun-18
2 518 2 423 2 533

Jul-18
2 424 2 555 2 692

Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18

4 367 3 591 4 151

4 115 3 545 3 994

4 324 3 534 4 024

3 466 2 781 3 200

4 000

Investigation Types

Substantiated

Unsubstantiated

3 000

2 000

1 000

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

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

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

Unsubstantiated

2 366

2 213

2 586

2 820

3 202

2 801

2 904

1 967

1 988

2 920

2 969

2 882

2 331

Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18 Unsubstantiated 2 366 2 213 2 586 2 820 3 202 2 801 2 904 1 967 1 988 2 920 2 969 2 882 2 331

3 500

3 000

2 500

2 000

1 500

1 000

500

0
Family Preservation Foster Care Closed Investigation

Nov-17 262 119 1 985

Dec-17 280 134 1 799

Jan-18 268 154 2 164

Feb-18 301 149 2 370

Mar-18 302 172 2 728

Apr-18 329 132 2 340

May-18 314 123 2 467

Jun-18 272 93 1 602

Jul-18 301 122 1 565

Aug-18 351 162 2 407

Sep-18 333 166 2 470

Oct-18 337 115 2 430

Nov-18 233 99 1 999

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

Substantiated

754

665

659

570

560

676 617

671

658

585

590

533

435

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

Substantiated 570

560

665

659

754

617

676

533

585

671

658

590

435

800

700

600

500

400

300

200

100

0 Nov-17

Family Preservation 180

Foster Care

164

Closed Investigation 226

Dec-17 169 170 221

Jan-18 191 228 246

Feb-18 194 207 258

Mar-18 229 228 297

Apr-18 185 157 275

May-18 216 146 314

Jun-18 167 125 241

Jul-18 169 138 278

Aug-18 217 174 280

Sep-18 216 158 284

Oct-18 185 131 274

Nov-18 140 89 206

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

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

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. For the last 4 months of the SFY 2019 there has
been a decrease in placement services.
22 000 **Average trend is calculated from prior SFYs from 2014-2017. 20 000

18 000

16 000

14 000

12 000

10 000

8 000

6 000

4 000

2 000

0

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

SFY 2018 18 470 18 818 18 732 19 077 18 981 19 138 19 391 19 472 19 637 19 490 19 392 19 225

Avg

14 158 14 303 14 454 14 624 14 651 14 750 14 996 15 161 15 315 15 553 15 793 15 970

22 000 20 000 18 000 16 000 14 000 12 000 10 000
8 000 6 000 4 000 2 000
0

**Average trend is calculated from prior SFYs from 2015-2018. 19 091 19 292 19 259 19 217 19 051 18 948

16 064

16 305

16 431

16 669

16 682

16 787

SFY 2019 Avg

Jul-18

Aug-18

Sep-18

Oct-18 Nov-18 Dec-18 Jan-19 Feb-19 Mar-19 Apr-19 May-19 Jun-19
Outcome V Number of Children in Placement Services (State Fiscal Year 2019 To Date)

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

14 123

14 209

14 488

14 838

14 823

14 827

14 658

14 491

14 515

14 558

14 486

14 376

14 153

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

Has the age distribution of the foster population changed much over the last year
100.00%

90.00% 19.6%

19.4%

80.00% 16.7%
70.00%

17.4%

60.00% 50.00% 26.2%

26.2%

40.00%

30.00%

20.00% 37.5% 10.00%

37.0%

0.00%

Dec-17 Jan-18

Feb-18

Mar-18

Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 0 to 4 Years 5 to 9 10 to 13

Aug-18 Sep-18 14 to 17

Oct-18

Nov-18 Dec-18

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

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 Dec-17

Entries

735

Exits

672

End-Of-Month 13 448

Jan-18 761 558
13 651

Feb-18 837 571
13 917

Mar-18 921 639
14 199

Apr-18 624 581
14 242

May-18 585 704
14 123

Jun-18 535 701
13 957

Jul-18 534 714 13 777

Aug-18 738 642
13 873

Sep-18 685 569
13 953

Oct-18 533 625
13 861

Nov-18 515 614
13 762

11 000 Dec-18
391
552
13 601

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

ReenCtrhieasrt Title Reentry Rate

110

11.0%

100

10.0%

90

National Standard Less than or equal to 8.6%

9.0%

80

8.0%

70

7.0%

60

6.0%

50

5.0%

40

4.0%

30

3.0%

20

2.0%

10

1.0%

0

0.0%

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

Dec-17
30 4.1%

Jan-18
48 6.3%

Feb-18
62 7.4%

Mar-18
57 6.2%

Apr-18
59 9.5%

May-18
51 8.7%

Jun-18
30 5.6%

Jul-18
37 6.9%

Aug-18
49 6.6%

Sep-18
40 5.8%

Oct-18
43 8.1%

Nov-18
41 8.0%

Dec-18
21 5.4%

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

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

100%

7.8%

90%

7.8%

80% 70%

15.0%

60% 50% 40% 30%

28.4%

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

20%

41.0%

10%

0% Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18 Dec-18
Outcome IX Foster Care Length of Stay (December 2017 December 2018)

What percentage of reunifications occurred within twelve (12) months of the child entering foster care
100%

90%

80%

National Standard Greater Than or Equal to 76.20%

70% 60% 50%

62.7%

59.2%

66.2%

63.4%

60.1%

55.0%

56.5%

60.7%

55.3%

54.6%

51.0%

62.0%

57.1%

40%

30%

20%

10%

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

Outcome X Length of Time to Reunification (December 2017 December 2018)

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

60.0%

60%

55.0%

55%

50.0%

50%

45.0%

45%

40.0%

40%

35.0% 30.0%

31.7%

31.0%

30.5%

30.6%

30.9%

31.4%

31.3%

31.7%

31.7%

31.8%

31.7%

31.5%

31.3%

35% 30%

25.0%

25%

20.0%

20%

15.0%

15%

10.0%

10%

5.0%

5%

0.0%

0%

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

Relative Pct

Goal

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

How many children remained in Foster Care after the age of 18
750

700

688

689

679 674

680 666

674

678

672

650

653

658

640

643

600

550

500 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18 Dec-18
Outcome XII Extended Youth Services (December 2017 December 2018)

How many children in Foster Care were discharged to a positive permanency during the month
500

450

400

350

300

250

200

150

100

50

0 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18

Reunification

361

302

296

345

312

Living With Other Relative(s) 67

82

80

78

67

Finalized Adoption

132

74

72

111

86

Guardianship

37

26

43

40

58

Positive Permanency

597

484

491

574

523

May- 18 408 74 114 36 632

Jun-18
430 76 88 48 642

Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18 Dec-18

413

309

284

308

264

257

64

71

72

75

62

55

121

135

119

91

136

123

54

50

63

80

79

51

652

565

538

554

541

486

Outcome XIII Number of Discharges (December 2017 December 2018)

How many children in Foster Care were discharged to another permanency during the month
100

90

80

70

60

50

40

30

20

10

0

Dec17

Jan18

Feb18

Mar18

Apr18

May18

Jun18

Jul-18

Aug18

Sep18

Oct18

Nov18

Dec18

Emancipation

50

64

66

45

47

48

52

55

60

19

53

58

52

Transfer to Another Agency 17

5

7

18

10

17

5

5

16

10

17

13

13

Runaway

2

3

6

2

1

3

1

1

0

2

0

0

1

Death of Child

6

2

1

0

0

4

1

1

1

0

1

2

0

Other Permanency

75

74

80

65

58

72

59

62

77

31

71

73

66

Outcome XIII Number of Discharges (December 2017 December 2018)

What is the average time in months for a foster child to reach positive permanency
50

45

40

35

30

25

20

15

10

5

0 Dec-17

1-Reunification

10.7

2-Living with Relatives 12.7

3-Adoption

32.0

5-Guardianship

14.7

Positive Permanency 15.8

Jan-18 9.9 15.4 39.9 20.2 16.0

Feb-18 9.6 13.9 33.3 22.5 14.9

Mar-18 10.1 15.5 35.7 21.9 16.6

Apr-18 9.4 16.9 33.6 14.6 14.9

May-18 12.5 15.0 34.6 14.0 16.9

Jun-18 12.4 18.6 35.1 17.3 16.7

Jul-18 11.4 12.8 33.1 24.4 16.7

Aug-18 11.4 17.8 35.0 18.1 18.5

Sep-18 11.2 19.3 35.3 17.7 18.4

Oct-18 12.0 16.7 35.8 16.2 17.2

Nov-18 11.1 15.0 36.8 19.6 19.2

Dec-18 11.6 13.5 39.0 20.4 19.7

Outcome XIII - A Number of Discharges (December 2017 December 2018)

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

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

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

4.93

4.87

4.96

4.93

4.89

4.83

4.85

4.81

4.91

4.95

4.93

4.81

4.59

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

Appendices

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

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

1

1 421 1 438 1 461 1 518 1 528 1 498 1 473 1 428 1 452 1 488 1 485 1 501 1 458

2

878

879

922

975

979

990

983

1 009 1 000 1 001

987

980

980

3

996

975

986

985

973

958

964

957

964

988

1 006 1 019 1 037

4

1 144 1 123 1 123 1 142 1 140 1 162 1 163 1 132 1 119 1 102 1 104 1 089 1 051

5

1 163 1 157 1 191 1 209 1 225 1 226 1 201 1 184 1 193 1 203 1 199 1 159 1 147

6

762

761

773

776

770

766

743

732

731

718

708

690

686

7

581

611

653

697

717

714

721

733

758

770

756

739

728

8

714

723

741

744

745

749

749

760

767

763

762

741

736

9

577

579

588

591

589

589

576

573

567

562

544

534

501

10

785

791

778

772

776

760

757

751

755

771

775

784

788

11

1 194 1 193 1 219 1 265 1 261 1 261 1 251 1 257 1 250 1 246 1 237 1 237 1 210

12

927

958

976

1 005

999

1 013 1 004

984

983

980

983

960

946

13

1 400 1 408 1 428 1 483 1 449 1 462 1 402 1 373 1 357 1 342 1 336 1 333 1 313

14

1 581 1 613 1 649 1 676 1 672 1 679 1 671 1 618 1 619 1 624 1 604 1 610 1 572

Statewide 14 123 14 209 14 488 14 838 14 823 14 827 14 658 14 491 14 515 14 558 14 486 14 376 14 153

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

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

1

5.79

5.68

5.84

5.68

5.70

5.58

5.50

5.37

5.41

5.71

5.60

5.31

4.93

2

5.24

5.40

5.62

5.79

5.74

5.59

5.55

5.42

5.49

5.26

5.20

5.02

4.86

3

4.63

4.75

4.88

4.88

5.04

5.05

4.86

5.11

4.99

4.83

4.83

4.51

4.09

4

4.60

4.30

4.36

4.41

3.89

3.77

3.62

3.60

3.58

3.50

3.55

3.71

3.58

5

5.50

5.36

5.23

5.28

5.26

5.49

5.54

5.50

5.47

5.47

5.57

5.44

5.34

6

3.82

3.94

3.92

4.01

4.08

3.78

4.02

4.08

4.31

4.60

4.38

4.53

4.29

7

3.22

2.95

3.10

3.02

3.13

3.19

3.21

3.26

3.39

3.47

3.28

3.40

3.10

8

3.34

3.11

2.99

2.94

2.74

2.99

3.15

3.10

3.75

3.94

3.83

3.56

3.66

9

3.43

3.53

3.82

3.60

3.48

3.08

3.49

3.90

3.99

3.83

3.94

3.69

3.53

10

4.06

3.94

4.09

3.79

3.43

3.31

2.98

3.00

2.84

2.76

2.87

3.00

3.08

11

3.77

3.64

3.90

4.23

4.30

4.23

4.28

4.22

4.22

4.26

4.11

4.01

3.72

12

5.01

5.17

5.22

5.10

4.76

4.65

4.70

4.71

4.69

5.08

5.24

4.93

4.73

13

6.70

6.64

6.71

6.44

6.47

6.45

6.49

6.34

6.73

6.69

6.76

7.06

6.54

14

5.81

5.82

5.84

5.96

6.26

6.29

6.39

6.20

6.49

6.46

6.39

6.04

6.00

Statewide 4.93

4.87

4.96

4.93

4.89

4.83

4.85

4.81

4.91

4.95

4.93

4.81

4.59