Monthly measures and results for February 2019

Monthly Measures and Results for February 2019*
*(Reflects Safety Outcomes as of December 31, 2018 And Permanency Outcomes as of January 31, 2019) With Appendices
This report is produced by the Data Unit. For questions or comments, you may contact one of the following: Steven Reed, Director (Steven.Reed@dhs.ga.gov)
Samantha Adams, Data Unit Manager (Samantha.Adams@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

25,000

Average trend is calculated from prior four years.

20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

0

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

May18

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

Current 22,541 20,784 21,027 23,765 23,121 23,510 20,406 16,640 17,858 20,219 22,771 21,840 21,046

AVG 21,676 20,888 21,303 23,727 23,543 24,155 22,306 20,035 20,287 22,342 24,378 23,999 22,957

Outcome I: Child Protective Services Cases, (December 2017 December 2018)

How many Family Support Cases were open per month for the last 13 months?
12,000

10,000

8,000

6,000

4,000 2,000

Average trend is calculated from prior four years' data.

0 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18
Current 10,727 9,319 9,314 10,666 10,435 10,562 8,495 AVG 9,435 8,630 8,540 9,399 9,221 9,456 8,490

Jul-18 6,274 7,465

Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18 Dec-18 6,893 8,339 9,788 9,318 9,020 7,959 9,447 11,084 11,108 10,387

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 December 2018 decreased from the prior month and was 13% less than the average trend for the month.
Outcome IA: Child Protective Services Cases Family Support Cases Only December 2017 December 2018)

How many Family Preservation Cases were open per month during for the last 13 months?
4,900

4,800 4,700

Average trend is calculated from prior four years' data.

4,600

4,500

4,400

4,300

4,200

4,100 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18

Current 4,627 4,623 4,464 4,445 4,394 4,448 4,509

AVG

4,366 4,398 4,411 4,513 4,486 4,556 4,628

Jul-18 4,449 4,645

Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18 Dec-18 4,419 4,356 4,427 4,472 4,481 4,587 4,581 4,660 4,728 4,836

Family Preservation cases were higher than the average trend during the first 3 months. In March 2018, there is an inverse effect. In December 2018 Family Preservation cases were 7% lower than the average.

Outcome IB: Child Protective Services Cases Family Preservation Cases Only (December 2017 December 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

Dec-17 7,186 7,875

Jan-18 6,841 7,860

Feb-18 7,249 8,352

Mar-18 8,654 9,815

Apr-18 8,292 9,836

May-18 8,500 9,762

Jun-18 7,402 9,188

Jul-18 5,917 7,923

Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18 Dec-18 6,546 7,524 8,556 8,050 7,545 7,741 8,315 8,634 8,163 7,733

Although the last 13 months have seen an increase in investigations of over 17% 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 (December 2017 December 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

10,000

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

8,000

6,000

4,000

2,000

0
Current Stage Initiated During Month Avg

Dec17
7,186 2,981 7,875

Jan18 6,841 3,230 7,860

Feb18 7,249 3,573 8,352

Mar18
8,654 4,137 9,815

Apr18 8,292 3,498 9,836

May18
8,500 3,852 9,762

Jun18 7,402 2,704 9,188

Jul18 5,917 2,641 7,923

Aug18
6,546 3,530 7,741

Sep18
7,524 3,671 8,315

Oct18 8,556 3,776 8,634

Nov18
8,050 3,362 8,163

Dec18
7,545 3,156 7,733

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 (December 2017 December 2018)

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

National Standard: less than or equal to 5.40%

2.69%

3.10%

3.15%

3.17%

3.31%

3.14%

3.13%

3.23%

3.67%

3.31%

3.19%

3.00%

2.79%

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
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 December 2017 April 2018 followed by a subsequent higher rate occurring in August 2018. Georgia has a higher percentage of maltreatment in December 2018 as compared to December 2018.
Outcome II: Recurrence of Substantiated Child Maltreatment (December 2017 December 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 December 2018, 30% were investigations, 37% were Family Support, and 33% 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 Dec-17

Family Support 3,754

Investigations 2,647

Screenouts

2,560

Jan-18 4,051 3,234 2,788

Feb-18 4,517 3,504 3,024

Mar-18 5,276 3,833 3,671

Apr-18 4,305 3,480 3,089

May-18 4,256 3,532 3,469

Jun-18 2,519 2,424 2,533

Jul-18 2,424 2,557 2,692

Aug-18 4,370 3,595 4,151

Sep-18 4,123 3,576 3,994

Oct-18 4,333 3,632 4,031

Nov-18 3,667 3,170 3,401

Dec-18 3,147 2,514 2,835

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

Dec-17

Jan-18

Feb-18

Mar-18

Investigation Types

Substantiated

Unsubstantiated

Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18

Oct-18

Nov-18

Dec-18

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

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

Unsubstantiated

2,213

2,586

2,821

3,203

2,801

2,904

1,968

1,990

2,923

2,997

2,977

2,595

2,028

Dec-17 Unsubstantiated 2,213

Jan-18 2,586

Feb-18 2,821

Mar-18 3,203

Apr-18 May-18 2,801 2,904

Jun-18 1,968

Jul-18 1,990

Aug-18 Sep-18 2,923 2,997

Oct-18 2,977

Nov-18 Dec-18 2,595 2,028

3,500

3,000 2,500

2,000 1,500

1,000 500

0 Dec-17

Family Preservation 280

Foster Care

134

Closed Investigation 1,799

Jan-18 268 154 2,164

Feb-18 301 149 2,371

Mar-18 302 172 2,729

Apr-18 329 132 2,340

May-18 314 123 2,467

Jun-18 273 93 1,602

Jul-18 301 122 1,567

Aug-18 352 162 2,409

Sep-18 337 167 2,493

Oct-18 356 116 2,505

Nov-18 275 106 2,214

Dec-18 193 78 1,757

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

Substantiated:

755

665

659

560

676

673

666

618

585

610

533

490

464

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

Substantiated 560

665

659

755

618

676

533

585

673

666

610

490

464

800

700

600

500

400

300

200

100

0 Dec-17 Jan-18

Family Preservation 169 191

Foster Care

170 228

Closed Investigation 221 246

Feb-18 194 207 258

Mar-18 229 228 298

Apr-18 185 157 276

May-18 216 146 314

Jun-18 167 125 241

Jul-18 169 138 278

Aug-18 218 174 281

Sep-18 221 158 287

Oct-18 197 132 281

Nov-18 159 104 227

Dec-18 161 86 217

Outcome IV: Subsequent Case-Types of Investigations (December 2017 December 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 4 months of the SFY 2019 from September
December of 2018, there was 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

***A*vAevreargaegteretnrednisdcisalcualactueldatferodmfrpormiorpSriFoYrsSfFroYms f2r0o1m5-22001158-.2018.

16,064

16,305

16,431

16,669

16,682

16,787

16,997

19,085 19,285 19,249 19,206 19,039 18,939 18,952

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?

14,204

14,484

14,834

14,819

14,822

14,652

14,485

14,506

14,552

14,484

14,369

14,148

14,086

Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18 Dec-18 Jan-19 Outcome VI: Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (January 2018 January 2019)

Has the age distribution of the foster population changed much over the last year?
100.0%

90.0% 19.6%

19.6%

80.0% 70.0% 16.9%

17.4%

60.0%

50.0% 26.0%

26.2%

40.0%

30.0%

20.0% 37.5% 10.0%

36.9%

0.0% Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18 Dec-18 Jan-19
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, ( January 2018 January 2019)

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 Jan-18
Entries 763

Exits

557

End-OfMonth

13,647

Feb-18 837 571
13,913

Mar-18 921 639
14,195

Apr-18 624 582
14,237

May-18 585 705
14,117

Jun-18 535 702
13,950

Jul-18 535 717
13,768

Aug-18 738 639
13,867

Sep-18 685 568
13,949

Oct-18 535 632
13,852

Nov-18 517 628
13,741

Dec-18 407 627
13,521

Jan-19 565 531
13,555

11,000

Outcome VII: Comparison of Foster Care Entries and Exits (January 2018 January 2019)
**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?

ReentrieCshart TitleReentry Rate

110

11.0%

100

10.0%

National Standard: Less than or equal to 8.6%

90

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%

Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18 Dec-18 Jan-19

Jan-18
47 6.2%

Feb-18
62 7.4%

Mar-18
56 6.1%

Apr-18
59 9.5%

May-18
51 8.7%

Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18 Dec-18 Jan-19

30

38

49

40

41

42

30

44

5.6% 7.1% 6.6% 5.8% 7.7% 8.1% 7.4% 7.8%

Outcome VIII: Foster Care Re-Entries (January 2018 January 2019)

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

100%

7.9%

90%

8.0%

80% 70%

14.8%

60% 50%

28.8%

40%

30%

20%

40.5%

10%

0% Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18 Dec-18 Jan-19 <1 Year 1-2 Years 2-3 Years 3-4 Years >=4 Years
Outcome IX: Foster Care Length of Stay (January 2018 January 2019)

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%

59.2%

66.2%

63.4%

59.9%

55.0%

56.0%

60.9%

55.2%

55.2%

50.6%

60.9%

55.5%

52.0%

40%

30%

20%

10%

0% Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18 Dec-18 Jan-19
Outcome X: Length of Time to Reunification (January 2018 January 2019)

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

60.0%

60%

55.0%

55%

50.0% 45.0%

50%

State Goal: 50%

45%

40.0%

40%

35.0% 30.0%

31.0%

30.5%

30.6%

30.9%

31.4%

31.4%

31.8%

31.8%

32.1%

32.0%

32.0%

32.0%

32.1%

35% 30%

25.0%

25%

20.0%

20%

15.0%

15%

10.0%

10%

5.0%

5%

0.0%

0%

Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18 Dec-18 Jan-19

Relative Pct

Goal

Outcome XI: Percent of Children Placed with Relatives (January 2018 January 2019)

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

700

688

689

679

680

674

674

678

673

682

666

650

653

658

642

600

550

500 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18 Dec-18 Jan-19
Outcome XII: Extended Youth Services (January 2018 January 2019)

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 Jan-18

Reunification

301

Living With Other Relative(s) 82

Finalized Adoption

74

Guardianship

26

Positive Permanency

483

Feb-18 Mar-18

296 345

80

78

72

111

43

40

491 574

Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18

313 409 431

67

74

76

86

114

88

58

36

48

524 633 643

Jul-18 418 62 121 54 655

Aug-18 Sep-18

308 283

68

72

136 118

50

62

562 535

Oct-18 Nov-18 Dec-18 Jan-19

314 275 304 233

82

66

65

56

86

136 132

74

80

78

57

90

562 555 558 453

Outcome XIII: Number of Discharges (January 2018 January 2019)

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

Jan18

Feb18

Mar18

Apr18

May18

Jun18

Jul-18

Aug18

Sep18

Oct18

Nov18

Dec18

Jan19

Emancipation

64

66

45

47

48

52

55

60

56

53

58

53

66

Transfer to Another Agency 5

7

18

10

17

5

5

16

11

16

13

14

8

Runaway

3

6

2

1

3

1

1

0

1

0

0

1

1

Death of Child

2

1

0

0

4

1

1

1

0

1

2

1

3

Other Permanency

74

80

65

58

72

59

62

77

68

70

73

69

78

Outcome XIII: Number of Discharges (January 2018 January 2019)

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 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18 Dec-18 Jan-19

1-Reunification

9.9 9.6 10.1 9.5 12.5 12.6 11.4 11.5 11.0 12.0 11.2 11.6 12.0

2-Living with Relatives 15.5 13.9 15.5 17.0 15.0 18.7 12.3 18.6 19.3 16.9 15.4 15.4 20.3

3-Adoption

39.8 33.3 35.7 33.6 34.6 35.1 33.2 34.8 35.6 36.8 36.8 38.7 39.8

5-Guardianship

20.2 22.6 21.9 14.7 13.9 17.3 24.4 18.1 17.9 16.2 19.5 19.9 19.6

Positive Permanency 16.0 14.9 16.6 15.0 16.9 16.7 16.6 18.6 18.3 17.1 19.1 19.3 19.1

Outcome XIII - A: Number of Discharges (January 2018 January 2019)

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

Jan-18

Feb-18

Mar-18

Apr-18

May-18

Jun-18

Jul-18 Aug-18 National Standard

Sep-18

Oct-18

Nov-18

Dec-18

Jan-19

Jan-18 4.87

Feb-18 4.96

Mar-18 4.94

Apr-18 4.89

May-18 4.84

Jun-18 4.85

Jul-18 4.81

Aug-18 4.92

Sep-18 4.97

Oct-18 4.96

Nov-18 4.88

Dec-18 4.71

Jan-19 4.52

Outcome XIV: Placement Stability Performance Measure (January 2018 January 2019)

Appendices

APPENDIX A
Regional Chart of Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18
(January 2018 January 2019)

Outcome VI: Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (By Region) (January 2018 January 2019)

Region Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18 Dec-18 Jan-19

1

1,438 1,461 1,518 1,528 1,497 1,472 1,427 1,451 1,487 1,484 1,499 1,455 1,437

2

872

916

969

973

984

977 1,003 994

995

981

974

976

972

3

975

986

985

973

958

964

958

965

989 1,007 1,018 1,042 1,055

4

1,125 1,125 1,144 1,142 1,164 1,165 1,134 1,121 1,104 1,106 1,091 1,053 1,030

5

1,157 1,191 1,209 1,225 1,226 1,201 1,184 1,193 1,202 1,197 1,157 1,145 1,138

6

761

773

776

770

766

743

729

728

715

708

690

685

664

7

612

654

698

718

715

722

734

759

771

757

740

724

722

8

724

742

745

746

750

750

761

765

764

764

744

739

723

9

578

587

590

588

588

575

572

566

561

543

533

500

501

10

790

777

771

775

759

756

749

753

769

773

782

786

796

11

1,193 1,219 1,265 1,261 1,261 1,251 1,259 1,252 1,248 1,239 1,238 1,214 1,249

12

958

976 1,005 999 1,013 1,003 983

982

978

981

958

941

942

13

1,408 1,428 1,483 1,449 1,462 1,402 1,374 1,358 1,343 1,338 1,335 1,315 1,294

14

1,613 1,649 1,676 1,672 1,679 1,671 1,618 1,619 1,626 1,606 1,610 1,573 1,563

Statewide 14,204 14,484 14,834 14,819 14,822 14,652 14,485 14,506 14,552 14,484 14,369 14,148 14,086

APPENDIX B
Regional Chart of Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Coefficient
(January 2018 January 2019)
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) (January 2018 January 2019)

Region Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18 Dec-18 Jan-19

1

5.67 5.82 5.66 5.68 5.55 5.48 5.35 5.40 5.71 5.62 5.36 5.00 4.99

2

5.45 5.69 5.88 5.73 5.57 5.54 5.40 5.50 5.27 5.23 5.12 4.98 4.52

3

4.75 4.88 4.88 5.04 5.05 4.84 5.11 4.97 4.81 4.82 4.54 4.16 3.92

4

4.34 4.40 4.45 3.93 3.81 3.66 3.61 3.58 3.54 3.60 3.80 3.71 3.84

5

5.40 5.28 5.32 5.31 5.53 5.60 5.54 5.52 5.55 5.67 5.59 5.60 5.27

6

3.95 3.94 4.05 4.12 3.82 4.06 4.12 4.35 4.66 4.44 4.62 4.47 4.24

7

2.96 3.11 3.04 3.13 3.19 3.21 3.26 3.39 3.48 3.31 3.46 3.20 3.20

8

3.04 2.98 2.94 2.74 3.00 3.17 3.12 3.77 3.96 3.85 3.66 3.79 3.71

9

3.55 3.84 3.60 3.48 3.08 3.49 3.90 3.99 3.83 3.98 3.74 3.61 3.51

10

3.95 4.16 3.86 3.50 3.35 3.03 3.05 2.89 2.80 2.90 3.02 3.18 3.11

11

3.61 3.86 4.19 4.26 4.20 4.25 4.20 4.21 4.25 4.09 4.02 3.76 3.73

12

5.18 5.23 5.11 4.77 4.65 4.70 4.71 4.73 5.14 5.30 5.00 4.73 4.10

13

6.63 6.70 6.44 6.46 6.44 6.49 6.34 6.72 6.69 6.77 7.14 6.71 6.34

14

5.76 5.80 5.92 6.24 6.27 6.38 6.19 6.49 6.46 6.42 6.10 6.20 5.75

Statewide 4.87

4.96

4.94

4.89

4.84

4.85

4.81

4.92

4.97

4.96

4.88

4.71

4.52