Monthly measures and results for March 2019

Monthly Measures and Results for March 2019*
*(Reflects Safety Outcomes as of January 31 2019 And Permanency Outcomes as of February 28 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
Average trend is calculated from prior four years. 25 000

20 000

15 000

10 000

5 000

0 Jan-18
Current 20 785 AVG 20 888

Feb-18 21 028 21 303

Mar-18 23 766 23 727

Apr-18 23 122 23 543

May-18 23 511 24 155

Jun-18 20 407 22 306

Jul-18 16 641 20 035

Aug-18 17 859 20 287

Sep-18 20 220 22 342

Oct-18 22 772 24 378

Nov-18 21 841 23 999

Dec-18 21 047 22 957

Jan-19 20 879 21 466

Outcome I Child Protective Services Cases (January 2018 January 2019)

How many Family Support Cases were open per month for the last 13 months
Average trend is calculated from prior four years data.
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 January 2019 continued to decrease since October 2018 by 10%. The current trend is 4.6 % less than the average trend for January.
Outcome IA Child Protective Services Cases Family Support Cases Only (January 2018 January 2019)

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

4 800

4 700 4 600 4 500

Average trend is calculated from prior four years data.

Current

AVG

4 400

4 300

4 200

4 100
Current AVG

Jan-18 4 623 4 398

Feb-18 4 463 4 411

Mar-18 4 444 4 513

Apr-18 4 393 4 486

May-18 4 447 4 556

Jun-18 4 508 4 628

Jul-18 4 448 4 645

Aug-18 4 418 4 587

Sep-18 4 355 4 581

Oct-18 4 426 4 660

Nov-18 4 471 4 728

Dec-18 4 481 4 836

Jan-19 4 515 4 851

The average trend is higher than the current trend since March 2018. While there is a 4% increase in cases since September 2018 in January 2019 Family Preservation cases were 7% lower than the average trend.
Outcome IB Child Protective Services Cases Family Preservation Cases Only (January 2018 January 2019)

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 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18
Current 6 842 7 250 8 655

Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 8 293 8 501 7 403

Jul-18 5 918

Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18 Dec-18 Jan-19 6 547 7 525 8 557 8 050 7 545 7 560

Avg

7 860 8 352 9 815 9 836 9 762 9 188 7 923 7 741 8 315 8 634 8 163 7 733 7 386

Although the last 13 months have seen an increase in investigations of over 15% 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 with the exception of January 2019 which saw an increase of over 2% over the average.

Outcome IC Child Protective Services Cases Investigation Cases Only (January 2018 January 2019)

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 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

Current

6 842 7 250 8 655 8 293 8 501 7 403 5 918 6 547 7 525 8 557 8 050 7 545 7 560

Stage Initiated During Month 3 230 3 573 4 137 3 498 3 852 2 704 2 641 3 530 3 671 3 776 3 361 3 166 3 596

Avg

7 860 8 352 9 815 9 836 9 762 9 188 7 923 7 741 8 315 8 634 8 163 7 733 7 386

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 through

December 2018.

Outcome IC_1 Child Protective Services Cases Investigation Cases Only (January 2018 January 2019)

What percentage of children had a subsequent substantiated incident of maltreatment within 6 months
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 January 2018 April 2018 followed by a subsequent higher rate occurring in August 2018. Georgia has a lower percentage of maltreatment in January 2019 as compared to January 2018.
Outcome II Recurrence of Substantiated Child Maltreatment (January 2018 January 2019)

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 January 2019 32% were investigations 37% were Family Support and 31% 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
Family Support Screenouts Investigations

Jan-18 4 051 2 788 3 234

4 000

Feb-18 4 517 3 024 3 504

Mar-18 5 276 3 671 3 833

Apr-18 4 305 3 089 3 480

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

4 256 2 519 2 424 4 371 4 123

3 469 2 533 2 692 4 151 3 992

3 534 2 424 2 557 3 596 3 578

Investigation Types

Substantiated

Unsubstantiated

Oct-18 4 336 4 029 3 657

Nov-18 3 680 3 406 3 230

Dec-18 3 230 2 913 2 802

Jan-19 3 879 3 277 3 319

3 000

2 000

1 000

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 III Disposition of Child Abuse and Neglect Reports (January 2018 January 2019)

What was the final disposition of closed investigations during the month
Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Types of Investigations (January 2018 January 2019)

Unsubstantiated

2 586

2 821

3 206

2 804

2 910

1 970

1 993

2 927

3 006

3 007

2 667

2 294

2 714

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 Unsubstantiated 2 586 2 821 3 206 2 804 2 910 1 970 1 993 2 927 3 006 3 007 2 667 2 294 2 714

3 500

3 000

2 500

2 000

1 500

1 000

500

0 Jan-18

Family Preservation 268

Foster Care

154

Closed Investigation 2 164

Feb-18 301 149 2 371

Mar-18 303 172 2 731

Apr-18 329 133 2 342

May-18 315 124 2 471

Jun-18 274 94 1 602

Jul-18 302 122 1 569

Aug-18 353 163 2 411

Sep-18 340 168 2 498

Oct-18 360 116 2 531

Nov-18 291 108 2 268

Dec-18 254 84 1 956

Jan-19 314 118 2 282

Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Types of Investigations (January 2018 January 2019)

Substantiated

752

665

659

672

672

664

616

618

633

583

531

503

522

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

Substantiated 665

659

752

616

672

531

583

672

664

618

503

522

633

800

700

600

500

400

300

200

100

0
Family Preservation Foster Care Closed Investigation

Jan-18 191 228 246

Feb-18 194 207 258

Mar-18 228 228 296

Apr-18 185 156 275

May-18 215 146 311

Jun-18 166 124 241

Jul-18 169 138 276

Aug-18 218 174 280

Sep-18 222 157 285

Oct-18 202 132 284

Nov-18 167 105 231

Dec-18 182 96 244

Jan-19 216 146 271

Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Types of Investigations (January 2018 January 2019)

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

19 080 19 279 19 240 19 196 19 028 18 931 18 949 18 666

16 064

16 305

16 431

16 669

16 682

16 787

16 997

17 164

SFY 2019 Avg

**Average trend is calculated from prior SFYs from 2015-2018.

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

14 484

14 833

14 818

14 820

14 651

14 483

14 504

14 551

14 471

14 354

14 120

14 040

13 986

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

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

90.00% 19.4%

19.4%

80.00% 16.9%
70.00%

17.5%

60.00%

50.00% 26.1%

26.2%

40.00%

30.00%

20.00% 37.5% 10.00%

36.9%

0.00%

Feb-18

Mar-18

Apr-18

May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 0 to 4 Years 5 to 9 10 to 13 14 to 17

Nov-18 Dec-18

Jan-19

Feb-19

Outcome VI-A Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 by Age Group ( February 2018 February 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 Feb-18

Entries 841

Exits

571

End-OfMonth

13 913

Mar-18 920 639
14 194

Apr-18 624 584
14 234

May-18 586 704
14 116

Jun-18 535 703
13 948

Jul-18 535 717
13 766

Aug-18 738 641
13 863

Sep-18 688 615
13 936

Oct-18 535 633
13 838

Nov-18 516 642
13 712

Dec-18 408 653
13 467

Jan-19 573 596
13 444

Feb-19 542 516
13 470

11 000

Outcome VII Comparison of Foster Care Entries and Exits (February 2018 February 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

ReenCtrhieasrt TitlReeentry 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%

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

Feb-18 63
7.5%

Mar-18 59
6.4%

Apr-18 59
9.5%

May-18 52
8.9%

Jun-18 31
5.8%

Jul-18 38
7.1%

Aug-18 51
6.9%

Sep-18 42
6.1%

Oct-18 43
8.0%

Nov-18 44
8.5%

Dec-18 31
7.6%

Jan-19 55
9.6%

Feb-19 34
6.3%

Outcome VIII Foster Care Re-Entries (February 2018 February 2019)

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

100%

8.1%

90%

8.2%

80% 70%

14.6%

60% 50% 40% 30% 20%

29.6%

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

39.4%

10%

0% Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18 Dec-18 Jan-19 Feb-19
Outcome IX Foster Care Length of Stay (February 2018 February 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% 66.2% 60% 50%

63.4%

60.1%

55.0%

56.3%

60.9%

55.2%

53.7%

51.0%

61.2%

55.7%

53.6%

56.0%

40%

30%

20%

10%

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

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

60.0% 55.0%

60%
State Goal 50%
55%

50.0%

50%

45.0%

45%

40.0%

40%

35.0%

30.5%

30.6%

31.0%

31.5%

31.4%

31.9%

32.0%

32.4%

32.4%

32.5%

32.6%

32.7%

32.6%

35%

30.0%

30%

25.0%

25%

20.0%

20%

15.0%

15%

10.0%

10%

5.0%

5%

0.0%

0%

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

Relative Pct

Goal

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

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

700

688

689

690

679 674

680 666

674

678

672

681

650

658

652

600

550

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

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

19

19

Reunification

296 345 315 409 433 421 310 292 318 284 320 267 222

Living With Other Relative(s) 80

78

67

73

76

59

68

75

79

73

68

65

53

Finalized Adoption

72 111 86 114 88 121 136 118 86 136 132 77 102

Guardianship

43

40

58

36

47

54

50

62

81

77

60 106 78

Positive Permanency

491 574 526 632 644 655 564 547 564 570 580 515 455

Outcome XIII Number of Discharges (February 2018 February 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 Feb-18 Mar-18

Emancipation

66

45

Transfer to Another Agency 7

18

Runaway

6

2

Death of Child

1

0

Other Permanency

80

65

Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18

47

48

52

10

17

5

1

3

1

0

4

1

58

72

59

Jul-18 55 5 1 1 62

Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18

60

56

52

16

11

16

0

1

0

1

0

1

77

68

69

Nov-18 Dec-18 Jan-19

58

54

64

12

17

12

0

1

1

2

1

4

72

73

81

Feb-19 50 9 2 0 61

Outcome XIII Number of Discharges (February 2018 February 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

Feb18

Mar18

Apr18

May18

Jun18

Jul-18

Aug18

Sep18

Oct18

Nov18

Dec18

Jan19

Feb19

1-Reunification

9.6 10.1 9.5 12.5 12.6 11.4 11.6 11.3 12.1 11.2 11.7 11.9 12.1

2-Living with Relatives 13.9 15.5 17.0 15.1 18.7 12.9 18.6 19.8 17.0 16.4 15.0 19.8 14.8

3-Adoption

33.3 35.7 33.6 34.6 35.1 33.2 34.8 35.6 36.8 36.8 38.7 39.5 39.0

5-Guardianship

22.6 21.9 14.7 13.9 17.4 24.4 18.1 17.9 16.2 19.6 20.1 20.3 23.8

Positive Permanency 14.9 16.6 15.0 16.9 16.7 16.6 18.6 18.5 17.1 19.1 19.1 18.8 20.4

Outcome XIII - A Number of Discharges (February 2018 February 2019)

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

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

National Standard

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

5.43

5.14

4.94

4.76

4.69

4.57

4.73

4.72

4.87

4.83

4.79

4.66

4.61

Outcome XIV Placement Stability Performance Measure (February 2018 February 2019)

Appendices

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

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

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

1

1 459 1 516 1 526 1 496 1 471 1 426 1 450 1 487 1 482 1 497 1 447 1 426 1 412

2

916 969 973 984 977 1 003 994 995 981 975 975 968 989

3

987 986 974 959 966 960 967 991 1 007 1 017 1 041 1 047 1 080

4

1 124 1 143 1 141 1 162 1 163 1 132 1 119 1 102 1 104 1 088 1 050 1 030 1 029

5

1 192 1 209 1 225 1 225 1 200 1 183 1 192 1 201 1 195 1 156 1 142 1 132 1 109

6

773 776 770 767 744 730 729 718 710 692 686 664 643

7

654 698 718 715 722 735 760 772 758 740 723 717 708

8

742 745 746 749 749 760 764 763 761 741 735 721 729

9

587 590 588 588 575 572 566 561 543 533 500 499 489

10

777 771 775 759 756 749 753 767 769 778 782 789 795

11

1 219 1 265 1 261 1 261 1 251 1 257 1 250 1 246 1 237 1 236 1 212 1 247 1 242

12

976 1 005 999 1 013 1 003 983 982 978 978 955 938 936 946

13

1 429 1 484 1 450 1 463 1 403 1 375 1 359 1 344 1 340 1 336 1 316 1 296 1 282

14

1 649 1 676 1 672 1 679 1 671 1 618 1 619 1 626 1 606 1 610 1 573 1 568 1 533

Statewide 14 484 14 833 14 818 14 820 14 651 14 483 14 504 14 551 14 471 14 354 14 120 14 040 13 986

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

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

1

5.79

5.65

5.49

5.25

4.92

4.85

4.97

5.23

5.28

5.24

5.27

5.14

5.20

2

5.85

5.49

5.19

4.86

4.96

4.97

5.11

5.00

5.04

4.87

4.76

4.54

4.39

3

5.26

4.80

4.53

4.39

4.25

3.94

4.21

4.13

4.41

4.17

4.17

4.06

4.15

4

5.65

5.10

4.77

4.50

4.16

4.07

3.98

4.03

4.17

4.21

3.97

4.06

3.89

5

4.81

4.69

4.73

4.71

4.95

4.95

5.22

5.21

5.49

5.68

5.60

5.33

5.12

6

5.24

5.02

4.62

4.37

4.54

4.39

4.38

4.59

4.75

4.88

4.65

4.99

5.65

7

5.05

4.57

4.30

3.77

3.69

3.61

3.44

3.25

3.23

3.16

3.33

3.37

3.37

8

5.35

4.60

4.20

4.15

3.96

3.79

4.13

4.26

4.14

3.96

4.04

3.95

3.70

9

4.15

4.14

3.85

3.69

3.90

3.70

3.58

3.44

3.95

3.93

3.85

3.84

3.79

10

5.13

4.47

4.06

3.74

3.80

3.38

3.12

2.97

2.95

3.12

3.29

3.64

3.93

11

4.69

4.80

4.68

4.49

4.40

4.23

4.35

4.07

3.96

3.82

3.73

3.55

3.48

12

5.14

4.90

4.57

4.33

4.32

4.13

4.74

4.58

4.87

4.75

4.50

4.42

4.23

13

6.58

6.12

6.12

6.05

6.22

6.23

6.45

6.31

7.03

7.11

6.80

6.62

6.14

14

5.82

5.70

5.72

5.80

5.49

5.45

5.76

6.07

6.11

6.06

6.09

5.61

5.58

Statewide 5.43

5.14

4.94

4.76

4.69

4.57

4.73

4.72

4.87

4.83

4.79

4.66

4.61