Key performance indicators and results, Feb. 2005

Division of Family and Children Services
Georgia Department of Human Resources
February 2005
Key Performance Indicators
and RESULTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Indicators and Results (State/County)
Recurrence of Substantiated Child Maltreatment ................................................ 1 Child Abuse in DFCS Foster Homes .................................................................. 2 Length of Time to Achieve Reunification ............................................................ 3 Length of Time to Second TPR .......................................................................... 4 Length of Time to Achieve Adoption .................................................................. 5 Children in Care 24 Months or Longer with Both TPRs ........................................ 6 Children in Care 24 Months or Longer with No TPR ........................................... 7 Foster Care Re-entries ..................................................................................... 8 Stability of Foster Care Placements ................................................................... 9 Children Will Obtain Safe and Nurturing Permanent Placements ......................... 10 CPS Investigations Exceeding 90 Days .............................................................. 11 TANF Work Participation Rate .......................................................................... 12 Food Stamp Accuracy Rate .............................................................................. 13 Medicaid Cases Completed Within Federal SOP (Family) ................................... 14 Medicaid Cases Completed Within Federal SOP (ABD) ...................................... 15 Staff Turnover Social Services Casemanagers .................................................. 16 Ratio of Cases to Casemanagers ...................................................................... 17

Recurrence of Substantiated Child Maltreatment

Definition: Of all the children who were victims of substantiated maltreatment, the percentage that had a substantiated report of maltreatment

during the previous six months.

National Standard: less than or equal to 6.10%

Percent
10

8 8.40 8.49 6

8.42 8.73 8.67 8.68 8.27 8.23 8.38

8.40 8.17 8.44

4

2

0 Mar-04 Apr-04 May-04 Jun-04 Jul-04 Aug-04 Sep-04 Oct-04 Nov-04 Dec-04 Jan-05 Feb-05

Mar-04 Apr-04 May-04 Jun-04 Jul-04 8.40 8.49 8.42 8.73 8.67

County
ATKINSON BACON BANKS BARTOW BEN HILL BERRIEN BLECKLEY BRANTLEY BRYAN BULLOCH BURKE BUTTS
CALHOUN CAMDEN CANDLER CARROLL CHARLTON CHATTAHOOCHEE CLINCH COFFEE COLUMBIA
COOK COWETA CRAWFORD DAWSON DECATUR DODGE EFFINGHAM
ELBERT EMANUEL
EVANS FANNIN FRANKLIN GILMER GLYNN GORDON GRADY GREENE HARALSON HARRIS

%
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

County
HEARD IRWIN JASPER JEFF DAVIS JENKINS JOHNSON JONES LAMAR LANIER
LEE LINCOLN
LONG LUMPKIN MADISON MARION MCINTOSH
MILLER MITCHELL MONTGOMERY MORGAN MURRAY OCONEE
PEACH PICKENS PIERCE
PIKE POLK PULASKI PUTNAM QUITMAN ROCKDALE SCREVEN SEMINOLE SUMTER TALBOT TATTNALL TAYLOR TELFAIR TOOMBS TOWNS

Division of Family and Children Services

Aug-04 Sep-04 Oct-04 Nov-04 Dec-04 Jan-05 8.68 8.27 8.23 8.38 8.40 8.17

%
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

County
TREUTLEN TURNER TWIGGS UNION UPSON WALKER WALTON WARE WARREN WHEELER WILKES WILKINSON WORTH CLAYTON HENRY DEKALB CHATHAM LOWNDES FLOYD CATOOSA DOUGLAS STEPHENS
BIBB MCDUFFIE COLQUITT FULTON CHATTOOGA MERIWETHER
HALL PAULDING RICHMOND BARROW SPALDING BALDWIN HOUSTON
RABUN COBB THOMAS TIFT WHITE

%
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 1.43% 2.04% 2.70% 2.86% 3.64% 3.85% 4.55% 4.55% 4.55% 4.65% 5.26% 5.45% 5.76% 6.25% 6.67% 6.90% 6.90% 7.41% 8.33% 8.33% 8.82% 9.09% 9.09% 9.30% 10.00% 10.00% 10.53%

County
DOUGHERTY TERRELL
WHITFIELD CRISP
APPLING DOOLY LIBERTY MUSCOGEE GWINNETT CHEROKEE JACKSON FORSYTH MACON CLARKE WAYNE NEWTON TROUP
HART FAYETTE HABERSHAM MONROE WASHINGTON LAURENS GLASCOCK TALIAFERRO BROOKS BAKER
DADE CLAY EARLY ECHOLS HANCOCK JEFFERSON OGLETHORPE RANDOLPH SCHLEY STEWART WEBSTER WILCOX

1

Feb-05
8.44
%
11.11% 12.50% 12.50% 13.33% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 15.38% 15.62% 15.87% 17.65% 18.18% 18.18% 20.00% 20.00% 21.21% 21.74% 22.22% 25.00% 25.00% 25.00% 30.00% 37.50% 40.00% 50.00% 75.00% 100.00% 100.00%
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Child Abuse in DFCS Foster Homes

Definition: The number of children who were victims of substantiated maltreatment by a DFCS foster parent whose investigations were completed

during the report month.

State Target: 0

Children
25

20

22 20

18

15

15

16

13 13 10

12

5
0 Mar-04 Apr-04 May-04 Jun-04

Jul-04

7 4

4

4

Aug-04 Sep-04 Oct-04 Nov-04 Dec-04 Jan-05

Feb-05

Mar-04 Apr-04

18

15

County
APPLING ATKINSON
BACON BAKER BALDWIN BANKS BARROW BARTOW BEN HILL BERRIEN BIBB BLECKLEY BRANTLEY BROOKS BRYAN BULLOCH BURKE BUTTS CALHOUN CAMDEN CANDLER CARROLL CATOOSA CHARLTON CHATHAM CHATTAHOOCHEE CHATTOOGA CHEROKEE CLARKE CLAY CLAYTON CLINCH COLQUITT COLUMBIA COOK COWETA CRAWFORD CRISP DADE DAWSON

May-04
13
#
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Jun-04 Jul-04

13

20

County
DECATUR DODGE DOOLY DOUGHERTY DOUGLAS
EARLY ECHOLS EFFINGHAM ELBERT EMANUEL EVANS FANNIN FAYETTE FLOYD FORSYTH FRANKLIN FULTON GILMER GLASCOCK GLYNN GORDON GRADY GREENE HABERSHAM
HALL HANCOCK HARALSON
HARRIS HART HEARD HENRY HOUSTON IRWIN JACKSON JASPER JEFF DAVIS JEFFERSON JENKINS JOHNSON JONES

Division of Family and Children Services

Aug-04 Sep-04 Oct-04 Nov-04 Dec-04 Jan-05

22

7

4

12

4

4

#

County

#

County

0

LAMAR

0

SEMINOLE

0

LANIER

0

SPALDING

0

LAURENS

0

STEPHENS

0

LEE

0

STEWART

0

LIBERTY

0

SUMTER

0

LINCOLN

0

TALBOT

0

LONG

0

TALIAFERRO

0

LOWNDES

0

TATTNALL

0

LUMPKIN

0

TAYLOR

0

MACON

0

TELFAIR

0

MADISON

0

TERRELL

0

MARION

0

THOMAS

0

MCDUFFIE

0

TIFT

0

MCINTOSH

0

TOOMBS

0

MERIWETHER

0

TOWNS

0

MILLER

0

TREUTLEN

0

MITCHELL

0

TURNER

0

MONROE

0

TWIGGS

0

MONTGOMERY

0

UNION

0

MORGAN

0

UPSON

0

MURRAY

0

WALKER

0

MUSCOGEE

0

WALTON

0

NEWTON

0

WARE

0

OCONEE

0

WARREN

0

OGLETHORPE

0

WASHINGTON

0

PAULDING

0

WAYNE

0

PEACH

0

WEBSTER

0

PICKENS

0

WHEELER

0

PIERCE

0

WHITFIELD

0

PIKE

0

WILCOX

0

POLK

0

WILKES

0

PULASKI

0

WILKINSON

0

PUTNAM

0

WORTH

0

QUITMAN

0

COFFEE

0

RABUN

0

TROUP

0

RANDOLPH

0

WHITE

0

RICHMOND

0

COBB

0

ROCKDALE

0

DEKALB

0

SCHLEY

0

GWINNETT

0

SCREVEN

0

2

Feb-05
16
#
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 8

Length of Time to Achieve Reunification

Definition: Of all the children who exited foster care through reunification with their family, the percentage that reunified in less than twelve months

from the date of their last removal from the home.

National Standard: greater than or equal to 76.20%

Percent 100
80 60

84.97 79.08

84.51 75.00 76.02

75.00 75.81

79.29

70.75

75.00 74.77

75.54

40

20

0 Mar-04 Apr-04 May-04 Jun-04 Jul-04 Aug-04 Sep-04 Oct-04 Nov-04 Dec-04 Jan-05 Feb-05

Mar-04 Apr-04 May-04 Jun-04 Jul-04 84.97 79.08 84.51 75.00 76.02

County
ATKINSON BARTOW
BUTTS CATOOSA CHATHAM CLAYTON
COFFEE COWETA
CRISP DECATUR ECHOLS EMANUEL FANNIN FAYETTE GLYNN GORDON
GRADY HABERSHAM HANCOCK JEFFERSON
JONES LAURENS
LEE LIBERTY MACON MCINTOSH MILLER PICKENS
PIKE RABUN SEMINOLE TAYLOR
TIFT TOOMBS TOWNS WASHINGTON
WILKES DEKALB RICHMOND FULTON

%
100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 91.43% 87.50% 85.71%

County
GWINNETT COBB CLARKE
LUMPKIN BIBB
CHEROKEE FLOYD
MUSCOGEE PIERCE
COLUMBIA CARROLL DOUGLAS LOWNDES SPALDING BEN HILL BULLOCH
HENRY MITCHELL
WHITE WHITFIELD
WARE BALDWIN
BURKE COLQUITT DOUGHERTY HOUSTON JEFF DAVIS MADISON OCONEE PAULDING
POLK SUMTER TROUP TURNER UPSON APPLING BACON BAKER BANKS BARROW

Division of Family and Children Services

Aug-04 Sep-04 Oct-04 Nov-04 Dec-04 Jan-05 75.00 75.81 70.75 79.29 75.00 74.77

%
84.62% 77.78% 75.00% 75.00% 66.67% 66.67% 66.67% 66.67% 66.67% 62.50% 60.00% 60.00% 60.00% 50.00% 33.33% 33.33% 33.33% 33.33% 33.33% 25.00% 20.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS

County
BERRIEN BLECKLEY BRANTLEY BROOKS
BRYAN CALHOUN CAMDEN CANDLER CHARLTON CHATTAHOOCHEE CHATTOOGA
CLAY CLINCH COOK CRAWFORD
DADE DAWSON DODGE DOOLY
EARLY EFFINGHAM
ELBERT EVANS FORSYTH FRANKLIN GILMER GLASCOCK GREENE HALL HARALSON HARRIS HART HEARD IRWIN JACKSON JASPER JENKINS JOHNSON LAMAR LANIER

%
NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS

County
LINCOLN LONG MARION
MCDUFFIE MERIWETHER
MONROE MONTGOMERY
MORGAN MURRAY NEWTON OGLETHORPE PEACH PULASKI PUTNAM QUITMAN RANDOLPH ROCKDALE SCHLEY SCREVEN STEPHENS STEWART TALBOT TALIAFERRO TATTNALL TELFAIR TERRELL THOMAS TREUTLEN TWIGGS UNION WALKER WALTON WARREN WAYNE WEBSTER WHEELER WILCOX WILKINSON WORTH

3

Feb-05
75.54
%
NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS

Length of Time to Second TPR

Definition: Of all the children placed in foster care with a permanency plan of adoption, the average number of months from the date the child

entered foster care until obtainment of the second Termination of Parental Rights (TPR).

State Target: less than 18 months.

Months
40

30 28.53 28.63 28.97 28.63 28.72 29.26 27.84 28.67 29.30 28.81 29.63 28.53 20

10

0 Mar-04 Apr-04 May-04 Jun-04 Jul-04 Aug-04 Sep-04 Oct-04 Nov-04 Dec-04 Jan-05 Feb-05

Mar-04 Apr-04 May-04 Jun-04 Jul-04 28.53 28.63 28.97 28.63 28.72

County
SCREVEN EMANUEL LUMPKIN COLUMBIA
LEE BLECKLEY FANNIN
BRYAN LIBERTY BUTTS WALTON JASPER LAMAR MORGAN BARTOW PIERCE DOUGLAS MURRAY FORSYTH TROUP BACON JENKINS RANDOLPH BEN HILL LAURENS BULLOCH ROCKDALE CRAWFORD JONES TOOMBS BERRIEN RABUN STEPHENS JEFFERSON
HALL WAYNE POLK DECATUR CRISP JACKSON

#
3.35 11.02 12.19 12.83 13.44 13.60 13.90 14.89 14.94 16.19 16.37 16.39 16.39 16.87 17.74 17.77 17.89 17.95 18.43 18.48 18.50 18.73 19.24 19.32 19.41 19.48 19.56 19.63 19.70 19.91 19.98 19.98 20.01 20.58 21.12 21.26 21.29 21.38 21.40 21.41

County
BRANTLEY CARROLL
COBB HARALSON LOWNDES
FAYETTE EFFINGHAM
PICKENS GORDON
PIKE PEACH SEMINOLE THOMAS CHATTOOGA
TIFT CHATHAM
BANKS MITCHELL COWETA
HARRIS GWINNETT CATOOSA RICHMOND BARROW
DODGE GRADY COLQUITT WILKES HEARD HART CLARKE COOK UPSON NEWTON CHEROKEE WHITFIELD JOHNSON MCDUFFIE
BIBB WARE

Division of Family and Children Services

Aug-04 Sep-04 Oct-04 Nov-04 Dec-04 Jan-05 29.26 27.84 28.67 29.30 28.81 29.63

#
21.52 21.65 21.86 21.91 21.91 22.00 22.23 22.57 22.74 23.01 23.25 23.39 23.73 23.91 24.02 24.53 24.65 25.03 25.10 25.17 25.28 25.62 26.05 26.36 26.65 26.67 26.72 26.94 27.01 27.12 27.62 27.76 27.77 27.78 28.20 28.20 28.29 28.33 28.44 28.74

County
MADISON HOUSTON
HENRY SPALDING
GILMER DOUGHERTY
GREENE WASHINGTON
CLINCH FLOYD COFFEE FULTON PAULDING CLAYTON WALKER BALDWIN MERIWETHER CAMDEN APPLING ELBERT TELFAIR ECHOLS LONG WORTH HANCOCK TURNER SUMTER CHARLTON JEFF DAVIS DEKALB HABERSHAM GLYNN UNION MUSCOGEE PULASKI TERRELL TWIGGS WILKINSON BROOKS EVANS

#
29.09 30.27 30.44 30.90 31.45 31.65 32.14 32.29 32.31 32.53 32.75 32.83 33.19 33.68 33.88 34.02 34.04 34.32 34.33 34.53 34.89 35.29 35.61 35.65 36.04 36.47 37.38 37.39 37.91 38.75 41.12 41.90 42.12 43.08 43.22 43.48 44.39 46.26 46.52 46.69

County
DOOLY FRANKLIN MARION TAYLOR WILCOX ATKINSON
BAKER BURKE CALHOUN CANDLER CHATTAHOOCHEE CLAY DADE DAWSON EARLY GLASCOCK IRWIN LANIER LINCOLN MACON MCINTOSH MILLER MONROE MONTGOMERY OCONEE OGLETHORPE PUTNAM QUITMAN SCHLEY STEWART TALBOT TALIAFERRO TATTNALL TOWNS TREUTLEN WARREN WEBSTER WHEELER WHITE

4

Feb-05
28.53
#
47.61 57.04 83.91 126.10 132.01
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Length of Time to Achieve Adoption
Definition: Of all the children adopted, the average number of months spent in the last placement in foster care until adoption. State Target: less than 24 months.

Months 50

40

39.67 36.51

40.42 43.52 43.11 43.61 39.24

44.66

43.00

39.94

37.49

43.17

30

20

10

0 Mar-04 Apr-04 May-04 Jun-04 Jul-04 Aug-04 Sep-04 Oct-04 Nov-04 Dec-04 Jan-05 Feb-05

Mar-04 Apr-04 May-04 Jun-04 Jul-04 36.51 39.67 40.42 43.52 43.11

County
FANNIN HENRY MERIWETHER PIERCE FORSYTH WHITFIELD FAYETTE LOWNDES JASPER CHATHAM ROCKDALE CAMDEN CLAYTON CHEROKEE
BIBB MITCHELL DOUGLAS
COBB UNION POLK TELFAIR BARROW FLOYD BEN HILL RICHMOND WILKINSON GRADY SPALDING SEMINOLE GREENE APPLING ATKINSON BACON BAKER BALDWIN BANKS BARTOW BERRIEN BLECKLEY BRANTLEY

#
17.45 18.37 23.46 23.94 26.60 27.93 29.77 30.52 31.05 31.68 32.39 32.92 33.71 34.04 34.50 36.27 37.75 38.77 39.06 39.29 43.43 50.05 52.21 52.70 55.62 57.13 57.23 73.59 86.63 136.15
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

County
BROOKS BRYAN BULLOCH BURKE BUTTS CALHOUN CANDLER CARROLL CATOOSA CHARLTON CHATTAHOOCHEE CHATTOOGA CLARKE CLAY CLINCH COFFEE COLQUITT COLUMBIA COOK COWETA CRAWFORD CRISP DADE DAWSON DECATUR DEKALB DODGE DOOLY DOUGHERTY EARLY ECHOLS EFFINGHAM ELBERT EMANUEL EVANS FRANKLIN FULTON GILMER GLASCOCK GLYNN

Division of Family and Children Services

Aug-04 Sep-04 Oct-04 Nov-04 Dec-04 Jan-05 43.61 39.24 39.94 44.66 37.49 43.00

#

County

#

County

NA

GORDON

NA

PEACH

NA

GWINNETT

NA

PICKENS

NA

HABERSHAM

NA

PIKE

NA

HALL

NA

PULASKI

NA

HANCOCK

NA

PUTNAM

NA

HARALSON

NA

QUITMAN

NA

HARRIS

NA

RABUN

NA

HART

NA

RANDOLPH

NA

HEARD

NA

SCHLEY

NA

HOUSTON

NA

SCREVEN

NA

IRWIN

NA

STEPHENS

NA

JACKSON

NA

STEWART

NA

JEFF DAVIS

NA

SUMTER

NA

JEFFERSON

NA

TALBOT

NA

JENKINS

NA

TALIAFERRO

NA

JOHNSON

NA

TATTNALL

NA

JONES

NA

TAYLOR

NA

LAMAR

NA

TERRELL

NA

LANIER

NA

THOMAS

NA

LAURENS

NA

TIFT

NA

LEE

NA

TOOMBS

NA

LIBERTY

NA

TOWNS

NA

LINCOLN

NA

TREUTLEN

NA

LONG

NA

TROUP

NA

LUMPKIN

NA

TURNER

NA

MACON

NA

TWIGGS

NA

MADISON

NA

UPSON

NA

MARION

NA

WALKER

NA

MCDUFFIE

NA

WALTON

NA

MCINTOSH

NA

WARE

NA

MILLER

NA

WARREN

NA

MONROE

NA

WASHINGTON

NA

MONTGOMERY

NA

WAYNE

NA

MORGAN

NA

WEBSTER

NA

MURRAY

NA

WHEELER

NA

MUSCOGEE

NA

WHITE

NA

NEWTON

NA

WILCOX

NA

OCONEE

NA

WILKES

NA

OGLETHORPE

NA

WORTH

NA

PAULDING

NA

5

Feb-05
43.17
#
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Children in Care 24 Months or Longer with Both TPRs

Definition: The number of children in foster care for twenty-four months or longer with a permanency plan of adoption and both Termination of

Parental Rights (TPR).

State Target: 0

Children
1,200

1,000 800

1,049 1,044 1,041 1,008 974

992 1,038 1,051 1,067 1,028 1,027 1,057

600

400

200

0 Mar-04 Apr-04 May-04 Jun-04 Jul-04 Aug-04 Sep-04 Oct-04 Nov-04 Dec-04 Jan-05 Feb-05

Mar-04 Apr-04 May-04 Jun-04 Jul-04 1,049 1,044 1,041 1,008 974

County

#

ATKINSON

0

BAKER

0

BLECKLEY

0

BURKE

0

CALHOUN

0

CANDLER

0

CHATTAHOOCHEE

0

CLAY

0

DADE

0

DAWSON

0

EARLY

0

EMANUEL

0

FANNIN

0

GLASCOCK

0

IRWIN

0

LANIER

0

LINCOLN

0

LUMPKIN

0

MACON

0

MCINTOSH

0

MILLER

0

MONROE

0

MONTGOMERY

0

MORGAN

0

OCONEE

0

OGLETHORPE

0

PUTNAM

0

QUITMAN

0

RABUN

0

SCHLEY

0

SCREVEN

0

STEWART

0

TALBOT

0

TALIAFERRO

0

TATTNALL

0

TOOMBS

0

TOWNS

0

TREUTLEN

0

WARREN

0

WEBSTER

0

County
WHEELER WHITE APPLING BACON
BRANTLEY COLUMBIA
DOOLY HANCOCK HARALSON
HARRIS JASPER JEFF DAVIS
LEE LONG MARION PIERCE TAYLOR TELFAIR WAYNE WILCOX WILKES BERRIEN BRYAN ELBERT GORDON HEARD JEFFERSON JOHNSON MADISON
TIFT BANKS BROOKS BUTTS CHATTOOGA COFFEE FORSYTH GILMER GRADY JACKSON LAMAR

Division of Family and Children Services

Aug-04 Sep-04 Oct-04 Nov-04 Dec-04 Jan-05 992 1,038 1,051 1,067 1,028 1,027

#

County

#

0

PICKENS

3

0

POLK

3

1

RANDOLPH

3

1

TERRELL

3

1

THOMAS

3

1

BEN HILL

4

1

CHARLTON

4

1

DECATUR

4

1

ECHOLS

4

1

EFFINGHAM

4

1

FAYETTE

4

1

FRANKLIN

4

1

GREENE

4

1

HABERSHAM

4

1

HART

4

1

PIKE

4

1

UNION

4

1

UPSON

4

1

WALTON

4

1

WILKINSON

4

1

COOK

5

2

CRISP

5

2

FLOYD

5

2

JENKINS

5

2

PULASKI

5

2

BARTOW

6

2

CATOOSA

6

2

CLINCH

6

2

EVANS

6

2

JONES

6

3

SEMINOLE

6

3

TURNER

6

3

TWIGGS

6

3

CARROLL

7

3

COLQUITT

7

3

LIBERTY

7

3

MCDUFFIE

7

3

PEACH

7

3

WASHINGTON

7

3

CAMDEN

8

County
CRAWFORD LAURENS MITCHELL TROUP BALDWIN BARROW DODGE NEWTON STEPHENS BULLOCH COWETA HALL PAULDING WALKER CHEROKEE
MERIWETHER SUMTER WORTH
DOUGLAS CLAYTON MURRAY
GLYNN WHITFIELD
CLARKE HOUSTON ROCKDALE DOUGHERTY
HENRY SPALDING
WARE LOWNDES MUSCOGEE RICHMOND
COBB GWINNETT
BIBB CHATHAM
DEKALB FULTON

6

Feb-05
1,057
#
8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 10 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 13 14 14 15 15 18 18 18 19 19 19 24 27 28 29 33 33 35 35 62 125

Children in Care 24 Months or Longer with No TPR

Definition: The number of children in foster care for twenty-four months or longer with a permanency plan of adoption and no obtainment of

Termination of Parental Rights (TPR).

State Target: 0

Children
800

600 400

585

605

581

545

538 518

541

518

492

461

457

459

200

0 Mar-04 Apr-04 May-04 Jun-04 Jul-04 Aug-04 Sep-04 Oct-04 Nov-04 Dec-04 Jan-05 Feb-05

Mar-04 Apr-04 May-04 Jun-04 Jul-04

585

605

581

545

538

County

#

APPLING

0

ATKINSON

0

BACON

0

BAKER

0

BANKS

0

BERRIEN

0

BLECKLEY

0

BROOKS

0

BULLOCH

0

BURKE

0

CALHOUN

0

CAMDEN

0

CANDLER

0

CHARLTON

0

CHATTAHOOCHEE

0

CLAY

0

COLUMBIA

0

CRAWFORD

0

DADE

0

DOOLY

0

EARLY

0

ECHOLS

0

EFFINGHAM

0

EMANUEL

0

EVANS

0

FANNIN

0

FRANKLIN

0

GLASCOCK

0

GLYNN

0

GORDON

0

GRADY

0

HALL

0

HARALSON

0

HARRIS

0

HEARD

0

IRWIN

0

JACKSON

0

JEFFERSON

0

JONES

0

LANIER

0

County
LAURENS LEE
LONG LUMPKIN MACON MADISON MARION MCDUFFIE
MILLER MONROE MONTGOMERY MORGAN MURRAY NEWTON OCONEE
PEACH PIKE
PULASKI QUITMAN
RABUN RANDOLPH ROCKDALE
SCHLEY SEMINOLE STEWART TALIAFERRO TATTNALL
TAYLOR TERRELL THOMAS TREUTLEN TURNER UNION WALTON WARREN WASHINGTON WAYNE WEBSTER WHEELER WILCOX

Division of Family and Children Services

Aug-04 Sep-04 Oct-04 Nov-04 Dec-04 Jan-05

518

541

518

492

461

457

#

County

#

County

0

WILKES

0

CHEROKEE

0

WILKINSON

0

DODGE

0

WORTH

0

FAYETTE

0

BALDWIN

1

FORSYTH

0

BRANTLEY

1

GREENE

0

BRYAN

1

HOUSTON

0

BUTTS

1

TOOMBS

0

CATOOSA

1

WARE

0

CLINCH

1

BEN HILL

0

DAWSON

1

JENKINS

0

DECATUR

1

PUTNAM

0

HANCOCK

1

STEPHENS

0

JASPER

1

CARROLL

0

JEFF DAVIS

1

GILMER

0

JOHNSON

1

COOK

0

LIBERTY

1

HABERSHAM

0

LINCOLN

1

DOUGHERTY

0

MERIWETHER

1

HENRY

0

MITCHELL

1

LOWNDES

0

SCREVEN

1

PICKENS

0

TELFAIR

1

POLK

0

TIFT

1

CHATHAM

0

TOWNS

1

COFFEE

0

WALKER

1

RICHMOND

0

WHITE

1

COBB

0

CHATTOOGA

2

PAULDING

0

CLARKE

2

WHITFIELD

0

COLQUITT

2

DOUGLAS

0

COWETA

2

BIBB

0

CRISP

2

SUMTER

0

ELBERT

2

BARTOW

0

HART

2

SPALDING

0

LAMAR

2

CLAYTON

0

MCINTOSH

2

MUSCOGEE

0

OGLETHORPE

2

TROUP

0

PIERCE

2

FLOYD

0

TALBOT

2

GWINNETT

0

TWIGGS

2

DEKALB

0

UPSON

2

FULTON

0

BARROW

3

7

Feb-05
459
#
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 11 11 13 14 16 18 19 21 27 38 60

Foster Care Re-entries

Definition: Of all the children who entered foster care, the percentage that were discharged from a previous placement within twelve months of the

current foster care placement.

National Standard: less than or equal to 8.60%

Percent
12 10
8 6 4

5.55

9.31

10.72 10.43 8.28

7.61

6.16

7.99

5.63

10.91 10.01 5.91

2

0 Mar-04 Apr-04 May-04 Jun-04 Jul-04 Aug-04 Sep-04 Oct-04 Nov-04 Dec-04 Jan-05 Feb-05

Mar-04 Apr-04 May-04 Jun-04 Jul-04 5.55 9.31 8.28 10.72 10.43

County
APPLING BACON BALDWIN BARROW BERRIEN BLECKLEY BRANTLEY BRYAN BULLOCH BUTTS CATOOSA CHARLTON CHATHAM CHATTOOGA CLARKE COOK CRAWFORD
CRISP DAWSON DODGE DOOLY DOUGHERTY EMANUEL FANNIN FAYETTE FORSYTH FRANKLIN GILMER
GLYNN GORDON
GRADY HABERSHAM HANCOCK HARALSON
HARRIS HART HOUSTON JACKSON JASPER JENKINS

%
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

County
JOHNSON JONES LANIER LAURENS LEE
LUMPKIN MACON MCINTOSH MERIWETHER MILLER MITCHELL MURRAY NEWTON PAULDING PIERCE
PIKE PULASKI PUTNAM RABUN RANDOLPH ROCKDALE SEMINOLE SPALDING SUMTER TALBOT TATTNALL TELFAIR TERRELL THOMAS
TIFT TOOMBS TREUTLEN TWIGGS UPSON WALTON
WARE WASHINGTON
WHITE WILKES WILKINSON

Division of Family and Children Services

Aug-04 Sep-04 Oct-04 Nov-04 Dec-04 Jan-05 7.61 6.16 7.99 5.63 5.91 10.01

%
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

County
CHEROKEE FLOYD
CLAYTON DOUGLAS MUSCOGEE WHITFIELD RICHMOND FULTON
COBB GWINNETT
WALKER DEKALB LOWNDES HENRY MCDUFFIE TROUP COLQUITT CARROLL COWETA BARTOW STEPHENS
BIBB JEFF DAVIS
COFFEE PICKENS UNION WORTH ATKINSON
BAKER BANKS BEN HILL BROOKS BURKE CALHOUN CAMDEN CANDLER CHATTAHOOCHEE CLAY CLINCH COLUMBIA

%
4.17% 4.55% 7.69% 10.53% 11.11% 11.11% 11.76% 12.50% 12.68% 13.33% 14.29% 16.92% 20.00% 21.43% 25.00% 25.00% 28.57% 30.00% 33.33% 50.00% 66.67% 75.00% 75.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

County
DADE DECATUR
EARLY ECHOLS EFFINGHAM ELBERT EVANS GLASCOCK GREENE
HALL HEARD IRWIN JEFFERSON LAMAR LIBERTY LINCOLN LONG MADISON MARION MONROE MONTGOMERY MORGAN OCONEE OGLETHORPE PEACH POLK QUITMAN SCHLEY SCREVEN STEWART TALIAFERRO TAYLOR TOWNS TURNER WARREN WAYNE WEBSTER WHEELER WILCOX

8

Feb-05
10.91
%
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Stability of Foster Care Placements

Definition: Of all the children in foster care less than twelve months from the time of their last removal, the percentage that were placed in two or

less different settings.

National Standard: greater than or equal to 86.70%

Percent
100 80

88.47 88.02 87.19 86.79

87.13 87.18 86.87

86.00 86.55

86.23 85.54 85.35

60

40

20

0 Mar-04 Apr-04 May-04 Jun-04 Jul-04 Aug-04 Sep-04 Oct-04 Nov-04 Dec-04 Jan-05 Feb-05

Mar-04 Apr-04 May-04 Jun-04 Jul-04 88.47 88.02 87.19 86.79 86.00

County
BERRIEN BRYAN BURKE CANDLER CHARLTON CHATTAHOOCHEE CLAY CLINCH COLQUITT DAWSON DODGE DOOLY ECHOLS EFFINGHAM ELBERT HABERSHAM HALL HANCOCK JACKSON JEFFERSON JENKINS LINCOLN MADISON MARION MONTGOMERY OGLETHORPE
PIKE POLK PUTNAM QUITMAN RANDOLPH ROCKDALE SCHLEY STEPHENS STEWART TALIAFERRO TATTNALL TAYLOR TREUTLEN TROUP

%
100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

County
TWIGGS WALTON WAYNE FAYETTE FORSYTH NEWTON
WHITE MCINTOSH
LIBERTY CHEROKEE
HART LAMAR CRISP CRAWFORD HARALSON PICKENS BROOKS MURRAY THOMAS RICHMOND COLUMBIA FRANKLIN DOUGHERTY CATOOSA UPSON LOWNDES DEKALB MERIWETHER GORDON LUMPKIN COWETA TERRELL BRANTLEY LANIER JONES MITCHELL MONROE BULLOCH
TIFT TOWNS

Division of Family and Children Services

Aug-04 Sep-04 Oct-04 Nov-04 Dec-04 Jan-05 86.55 87.13 87.18 86.87 86.23 85.54

%
100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 98.21% 98.11% 97.30% 97.30% 96.88% 96.49% 96.43% 96.43% 96.30% 96.00% 95.65% 95.65% 95.65% 95.45% 95.24% 95.24% 95.17% 95.00% 95.00% 94.87% 94.74% 94.44% 93.60% 93.38% 93.33% 93.10% 93.02% 92.98% 92.86% 92.31% 92.31% 91.67% 91.30% 91.18% 90.91% 90.91% 90.91%

County
OCONEE BALDWIN CHATHAM WASHINGTON APPLING SCREVEN TOOMBS
BIBB FULTON FANNIN
BUTTS IRWIN MORGAN PIERCE HOUSTON WILKINSON JASPER SPALDING TALBOT LAURENS EMANUEL SUMTER CHATTOOGA DECATUR CLAYTON MUSCOGEE EVANS GRADY JEFF DAVIS CARROLL UNION COOK BANKS GILMER WALKER GLYNN
LEE WILKES BARROW BAKER

%
90.00% 89.74% 89.41% 89.29% 88.89% 88.89% 88.89% 88.82% 88.46% 88.00% 87.50% 87.50% 87.50% 87.50% 87.27% 86.67% 85.71% 85.71% 85.71% 85.48% 85.29% 84.62% 84.21% 84.21% 83.61% 82.71% 81.82% 81.82% 81.82% 81.54% 81.25% 80.65% 80.00% 80.00% 79.55% 79.17% 78.95% 77.78% 76.36% 75.00%

County
CAMDEN DADE
GWINNETT PEACH PULASKI
SEMINOLE TELFAIR WARREN BARTOW COBB
MCDUFFIE CLARKE HEARD MACON RABUN EARLY HARRIS
DOUGLAS BACON WILCOX FLOYD HENRY
PAULDING GREENE BEN HILL
WHITFIELD BLECKLEY COFFEE
WARE MILLER ATKINSON JOHNSON LONG TURNER WORTH GLASCOCK CALHOUN WEBSTER WHEELER

9

Feb-05
85.35
%
75.00% 75.00% 75.00% 75.00% 75.00% 75.00% 75.00% 75.00% 74.75% 74.04% 73.91% 72.73% 71.43% 71.43% 70.83% 70.59% 70.59% 69.03% 66.67% 66.67% 66.07% 65.68% 65.33% 63.64% 63.16% 62.88% 60.00% 58.62% 58.62% 57.14% 55.56% 50.00% 50.00% 50.00% 41.67% 33.33%
NA NA NA

Children Will Obtain Safe and Nurturing Permanent Placements

Definition: Of all the children who exited foster care, the percentage who exited through either Reunification with Parent, Live with Other Relatives,

Adoption, Emancipation, or Guardianship.

State Target: greater than or equal to 91.00%

Percent
100

95.72 95.42 95.97 95.53 94.86 95.40 95.34 95.40 94.72 96.51 93.33 96.71

80

60

40

20

0 Mar-04 Apr-04 May-04 Jun-04 Jul-04 Aug-04 Sep-04 Oct-04 Nov-04 Dec-04 Jan-05 Feb-05

Mar-04 Apr-04 May-04 Jun-04 Jul-04 95.72 95.42 95.97 95.53 94.86

County
ATKINSON BALDWIN BARROW BARTOW BEN HILL BLECKLEY BULLOCH
BURKE BUTTS CAMDEN CARROLL CHATHAM CHATTOOGA CHEROKEE CLARKE CLINCH COFFEE COLQUITT COLUMBIA COOK COWETA CRISP DECATUR DOUGHERTY DOUGLAS EARLY ECHOLS EFFINGHAM EMANUEL FANNIN FAYETTE FLOYD FORSYTH FRANKLIN FULTON GILMER GLYNN GRADY GREENE GWINNETT

%
100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

County
HABERSHAM HANCOCK
JASPER JEFF DAVIS JEFFERSON JOHNSON
JONES LAURENS
LEE LIBERTY LOWNDES LUMPKIN MACON MADISON MCINTOSH MERIWETHER MILLER MITCHELL MONROE MORGAN MUSCOGEE NEWTON OCONEE OGLETHORPE PAULDING PICKENS PIERCE
PIKE POLK PULASKI PUTNAM RABUN RANDOLPH RICHMOND ROCKDALE SEMINOLE SPALDING STEPHENS SUMTER TAYLOR

Division of Family and Children Services

Aug-04 Sep-04 Oct-04 Nov-04 Dec-04 Jan-05 95.40 95.34 95.40 94.72 96.51 93.33

%
100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

County
TELFAIR THOMAS
TIFT TOOMBS TOWNS TURNER UNION UPSON WALTON
WARE WARREN WASHINGTON WHITE WILKES WILKINSON WORTH
COBB CLAYTON WHITFIELD
BIBB DEKALB GORDON HOUSTON HENRY CATOOSA
HALL TROUP WALKER HEARD APPLING BACON BAKER BANKS BERRIEN BRANTLEY BROOKS BRYAN CALHOUN CANDLER CHARLTON

%
100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 98.18% 96.43% 90.00% 87.50% 87.50% 83.33% 83.33% 75.00% 66.67% 66.67% 66.67% 50.00%
0.00% NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS

County
CHATTAHOOCHEE CLAY
CRAWFORD DADE
DAWSON DODGE DOOLY ELBERT EVANS GLASCOCK HARALSON HARRIS
HART IRWIN JACKSON JENKINS LAMAR LANIER LINCOLN LONG MARION MCDUFFIE MONTGOMERY MURRAY PEACH QUITMAN SCHLEY SCREVEN STEWART TALBOT TALIAFERRO TATTNALL TERRELL TREUTLEN TWIGGS WAYNE WEBSTER WHEELER WILCOX

10

Feb-05
96.71
%
NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS NO EXITS

CPS Investigations Exceeding 90 Days
Definition: The number of Child Protective Services (CPS) investigations exceeding ninety days without completion. State Target: all investigations completed in less than 90 days

Cases 4,500
4,000

4,246 4,298 4,336

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

1,955

2,407

2,715

3,010

3,384 3,274 2,454 1,527 845

0 Mar-04 Apr-04 May-04 Jun-04 Jul-04 Aug-04 Sep-04 Oct-04 Nov-04 Dec-04 Jan-05 Feb-05

Mar-04 Apr-04 May-04 Jun-04 Jul-04 1,955 2,407 2,715 3,010 4,246

County

#

APPLING

0

ATKINSON

0

BACON

0

BAKER

0

BANKS

0

BEN HILL

0

BERRIEN

0

BIBB

0

BLECKLEY

0

BROOKS

0

BURKE

0

CALHOUN

0

CHATTAHOOCHEE

0

CLAY

0

CLINCH

0

COFFEE

0

COLQUITT

0

COLUMBIA

0

COOK

0

COWETA

0

CRAWFORD

0

CRISP

0

DADE

0

DODGE

0

DOUGHERTY

0

DOUGLAS

0

EARLY

0

EFFINGHAM

0

ELBERT

0

EMANUEL

0

EVANS

0

FANNIN

0

FRANKLIN

0

FULTON

0

GLASCOCK

0

GORDON

0

GRADY

0

GREENE

0

GWINNETT

0

HABERSHAM

0

County
HALL HANCOCK
HARRIS HART HEARD HOUSTON IRWIN JACKSON JASPER JEFF DAVIS JEFFERSON JENKINS JOHNSON JONES LAMAR LANIER LAURENS LEE LIBERTY LINCOLN LUMPKIN MACON MADISON MARION MCDUFFIE MERIWETHER MILLER MITCHELL MONROE MONTGOMERY MORGAN MUSCOGEE NEWTON OCONEE OGLETHORPE PAULDING PEACH PICKENS PIKE PULASKI

Division of Family and Children Services

Aug-04 Sep-04 Oct-04 Nov-04 Dec-04 Jan-05 4,298 4,336 3,384 3,274 2,454 1,527

#

County

#

0

PUTNAM

0

0

QUITMAN

0

0

RANDOLPH

0

0

SCHLEY

0

0

SCREVEN

0

0

SEMINOLE

0

0

SPALDING

0

0

STEWART

0

0

TALBOT

0

0

TALIAFERRO

0

0

TATTNALL

0

0

TAYLOR

0

0

TELFAIR

0

0

TERRELL

0

0

THOMAS

0

0

TIFT

0

0

TOOMBS

0

0

TOWNS

0

0

TREUTLEN

0

0

TURNER

0

0

TWIGGS

0

0

UPSON

0

0

WARREN

0

0

WASHINGTON

0

0

WAYNE

0

0

WEBSTER

0

0

WHEELER

0

0

WHITE

0

0

WILCOX

0

0

WILKES

0

0

WILKINSON

0

0

WORTH

0

0

BALDWIN

1

0

BARTOW

1

0

BRYAN

1

0

BULLOCH

1

0

CAMDEN

1

0

CANDLER

1

0

DAWSON

1

0

DOOLY

1

County
FLOYD GLYNN LONG MURRAY PIERCE SUMTER WALTON BRANTLEY BUTTS CHATTOOGA LOWNDES STEPHENS BARROW CATOOSA CHARLTON CLAYTON DECATUR ECHOLS MCINTOSH RABUN WARE POLK CHATHAM CLARKE RICHMOND UNION COBB GILMER ROCKDALE FORSYTH HARALSON HENRY WHITFIELD CHEROKEE FAYETTE TROUP WALKER DEKALB CARROLL

11

Feb-05
845
#
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 6 7 7 7 8 9 11 15 15 23 23 26 38 57 130 192 213

TANF Work Participation Rate

Definition: Of all the families with a Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) work requirement, the percentage of families that met the

work requirement.

State Target: greater than or equal to 50.00%

Percent
60 50 40 30 20

57.11 52.57 53.58

28.26 29.54 24.73

30.36 31.03 33.11

44.85 46.97 39.79

10

0 Mar-04 Apr-04 May-04 Jun-04 Jul-04 Aug-04 Sep-04 Oct-04 Nov-04 Dec-04 Jan-05 Feb-05

Mar-04 Apr-04 May-04 Jun-04 Jul-04 24.73 28.26 29.54 30.36 31.03

County
ATKINSON CHARLTON CRAWFORD
DADE DAWSON FANNIN
HEARD LAMAR LANIER MACON MCINTOSH MURRAY OCONEE PICKENS RABUN TOWNS WHITFIELD
BIBB PAULDING BROOKS COWETA
FAYETTE JEFF DAVIS OGLETHORPE BARTOW FRANKLIN TATTNALL EMANUEL
COFFEE WILCOX BEN HILL CAMDEN LONG COOK SEMINOLE CHEROKEE BARROW UNION BRANTLEY
PIKE

%
100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 88.26% 88.24% 87.50% 85.00% 83.33% 83.33% 83.33% 81.82% 81.82% 81.25% 80.43% 80.00% 80.00% 78.95% 78.57% 78.26% 77.55% 76.47% 75.76% 75.00% 75.00% 73.91% 73.33%

County
STEPHENS MONTGOMERY
HALL EFFINGHAM
POLK DODGE TOOMBS CHATHAM CLAYTON GLYNN IRWIN CARROLL GORDON SPALDING TELFAIR TREUTLEN WEBSTER WORTH GREENE HARALSON WALKER
HART LAURENS ELBERT HANCOCK WHEELER
MILLER THOMAS WASHINGTON JENKINS DOUGLAS WAYNE GWINNETT FLOYD LINCOLN LOWNDES LUMPKIN BALDWIN HENRY BLECKLEY

Division of Family and Children Services

Aug-04 Sep-04 Oct-04 Nov-04 Dec-04 Jan-05 33.11 39.79 44.85 46.97 52.57 53.58

%
73.33% 72.73% 72.16% 71.43% 71.43% 70.59% 70.37% 70.21% 70.04% 70.00% 70.00% 68.00% 66.67% 66.67% 66.67% 66.67% 66.67% 65.45% 64.71% 64.71% 64.52% 63.89% 63.57% 62.86% 62.50% 62.50% 61.90% 61.29% 61.22% 60.98% 60.81% 60.71% 60.64% 60.13% 60.00% 60.00% 60.00% 59.76% 59.76% 59.09%

County
MADISON ROCKDALE JOHNSON HABERSHAM
PUTNAM LIBERTY WARE DOUGHERTY CHATTOOGA CLARKE MITCHELL TERRELL EARLY BERRIEN MARION FULTON COBB MCDUFFIE FORSYTH BAKER COLUMBIA JEFFERSON MORGAN JASPER MERIWETHER MUSCOGEE RICHMOND CALHOUN DEKALB CRISP COLQUITT NEWTON APPLING BACON BANKS BUTTS CANDLER CLINCH PULASKI TALIAFERRO

%
58.82% 58.70% 58.62% 58.33% 58.33% 58.24% 57.89% 57.17% 57.14% 57.14% 57.14% 56.52% 56.00% 55.56% 55.56% 55.51% 55.26% 55.10% 55.00% 54.55% 54.55% 54.55% 54.55% 54.17% 53.12% 53.04% 52.46% 52.38% 51.88% 51.72% 51.11% 50.34% 50.00% 50.00% 50.00% 50.00% 50.00% 50.00% 50.00% 50.00%

County
SCREVEN BULLOCH
TIFT WALTON GRADY HOUSTON CHATTAHOOCHEE WILKES TAYLOR DECATUR
PIERCE QUITMAN SUMTER WARREN
PEACH HARRIS SCHLEY TALBOT STEWART RANDOLPH UPSON WILKINSON EVANS TWIGGS CLAY JONES BURKE DOOLY WHITE TROUP JACKSON CATOOSA MONROE
LEE BRYAN GLASCOCK ECHOLS GILMER TURNER

12

Feb-05
57.11
%
48.98% 48.61% 47.37% 47.37% 47.06% 46.43% 46.15% 45.16% 45.00% 44.44% 44.44% 44.44% 44.35% 43.75% 43.59% 40.91% 40.00% 39.47% 38.46% 38.24% 37.93% 37.84% 37.50% 36.84% 36.67% 36.67% 34.91% 33.33% 33.33% 31.72% 30.00% 28.57% 26.67% 20.00% 0.00% 0.00%
NA NA NA

Food Stamp Accuracy Rate
Definition: Of all the Food Stamp benefits issued, the percentage that was correctly issued. State Target: greater than or equal to 95.00%

Percent
100 80

96.31 96.75 94.84 94.76 94.62 94.31 93.84 94.39 94.14 94.51 94.23 93.93

60

40

20

0 Mar-04 Apr-04 May-04 Jun-04 Jul-04 Aug-04 Sep-04 Oct-04 Nov-04 Dec-04 Jan-05 Feb-05

Mar-04 Apr-04 May-04 Jun-04 Jul-04 94.84 94.76 94.62 94.31 93.84

County
ATKINSON BALDWIN BARTOW BERRIEN
BIBB BRANTLEY
BRYAN BULLOCH
BURKE CALHOUN CAMDEN CANDLER CARROLL CATOOSA CHATTOOGA
CLARKE CLAYTON CLINCH
COBB COFFEE COLQUITT COLUMBIA
DADE DODGE DOUGHERTY EFFINGHAM FANNIN FAYETTE FLOYD FORSYTH FULTON GRADY GWINNETT
HALL HARALSON
HENRY HOUSTON JEFF DAVIS JOHNSON LAURENS

%
100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

County
LEE LIBERTY LINCOLN LOWNDES MADISON MCDUFFIE MCINTOSH MERIWETHER MONROE MURRAY NEWTON OCONEE PEACH PICKENS PIERCE PULASKI PUTNAM RANDOLPH SCREVEN SUMTER TALBOT TELFAIR
TIFT TOOMBS TREUTLEN UPSON WALKER
WARE WASHINGTON
WAYNE WHEELER WHITFIELD WILCOX MUSCOGEE DEKALB CHATHAM MACON RICHMOND DECATUR DOUGLAS

Division of Family and Children Services

Aug-04 Sep-04 Oct-04 Nov-04 Dec-04 Jan-05 94.39 94.14 94.51 94.23 93.93 96.31

%
100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 98.06% 97.42% 94.51% 93.27% 89.75% 89.74% 81.69%

County
MITCHELL GLYNN APPLING BACON BAKER BANKS BARROW BEN HILL BLECKLEY BROOKS BUTTS
CHARLTON CHATTAHOOCHEE
CHEROKEE CLAY COOK
COWETA CRAWFORD
CRISP DAWSON DOOLY
EARLY ECHOLS ELBERT EMANUEL EVANS FRANKLIN GILMER GLASCOCK GORDON GREENE HABERSHAM HANCOCK HARRIS
HART HEARD IRWIN JACKSON JASPER JEFFERSON

%
75.73% 30.16%
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

County
JENKINS JONES LAMAR LANIER LONG LUMPKIN MARION MILLER MONTGOMERY MORGAN OGLETHORPE PAULDING
PIKE POLK QUITMAN RABUN ROCKDALE SCHLEY SEMINOLE SPALDING STEPHENS STEWART TALIAFERRO TATTNALL TAYLOR TERRELL THOMAS TOWNS TROUP TURNER TWIGGS UNION WALTON WARREN WEBSTER WHITE WILKES WILKINSON WORTH

13

Feb-05
96.75
%
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Medicaid Cases Completed Within Federal SOP (Family)

Definition: Of all the Family Medicaid applications for benefits, the percentage that was completed within the mandated Standard of Promptness

(SOP).

State Target: greater than or equal to 96.00%

Percent
100 80

96.27

96.26 96.40 96.08 96.11 96.19

96.73

95.23

95.91 95.63

95.73 95.70

60

40

20

0 Mar-04 Apr-04 May-04 Jun-04 Jul-04 Aug-04 Sep-04 Oct-04 Nov-04 Dec-04 Jan-05 Feb-05

Mar-04 Apr-04 May-04 Jun-04 Jul-04 95.23 96.27 95.91 95.63 96.26

County
BAKER BERRIEN BUTTS CALHOUN CHARLTON CHATTAHOOCHEE
CLAY CLINCH COFFEE
DADE EARLY ECHOLS FANNIN GLASCOCK GRADY GREENE HABERSHAM HANCOCK HARRIS HEARD JENKINS JOHNSON LINCOLN LUMPKIN MARION MCINTOSH MERIWETHER MILLER MONTGOMERY OCONEE OGLETHORPE PULASKI SCHLEY STEWART TALIAFERRO TAYLOR TELFAIR TOWNS TREUTLEN UNION

%
100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

County
WALTON WARREN WASHINGTON WEBSTER WILKES WILKINSON MCDUFFIE BEN HILL LAURENS
WARE TOOMBS
WHITE COWETA CATOOSA COLQUITT COLUMBIA
TIFT UPSON CARROLL CHATTOOGA EVANS COOK BROOKS JEFF DAVIS MORGAN WHITFIELD HARALSON TROUP
PIKE BULLOCH CANDLER TATTNALL
GILMER LOWNDES MONROE MITCHELL
BURKE BACON SPALDING BLECKLEY

Division of Family and Children Services

Aug-04 Sep-04 Oct-04 Nov-04 Dec-04 Jan-05 96.40 96.08 96.11 96.19 95.73 95.70

%
100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 99.83% 99.66% 99.51% 99.51% 99.48% 99.44% 99.43% 99.32% 99.32% 99.31% 99.29% 99.26% 99.21% 99.12% 99.12% 99.10% 99.07% 98.99% 98.99% 98.97% 98.95% 98.95% 98.88% 98.84% 98.81% 98.78% 98.74% 98.71% 98.70% 98.67% 98.63% 98.57% 98.57% 98.44%

County
MADISON PEACH HALL TERRELL BARROW LANIER PICKENS WORTH
MUSCOGEE SUMTER BIBB JONES
PAULDING CRISP
BARTOW STEPHENS HOUSTON
LONG DOOLY BRANTLEY CRAWFORD SEMINOLE THOMAS DOUGHERTY DECATUR
LEE WAYNE CLAYTON DOUGLAS HART RICHMOND EFFINGHAM FRANKLIN JACKSON LAMAR RABUN BRYAN LIBERTY CLARKE CHATHAM

%
98.39% 98.35% 98.32% 98.21% 98.19% 98.18% 98.15% 98.13% 98.10% 98.10% 98.00% 98.00% 97.94% 97.89% 97.83% 97.79% 97.62% 97.62% 97.59% 97.54% 97.53% 97.50% 97.49% 97.46% 97.33% 97.33% 97.33% 97.29% 97.22% 97.04% 97.03% 96.93% 96.90% 96.89% 96.88% 96.84% 96.77% 96.59% 96.52% 96.46%

County
JASPER MACON FULTON FAYETTE ATKINSON NEWTON DODGE PIERCE CHEROKEE TURNER FORSYTH GWINNETT
IRWIN WALKER DAWSON ELBERT DEKALB TALBOT JEFFERSON GLYNN PUTNAM RANDOLPH WILCOX SCREVEN WHEELER EMANUEL CAMDEN QUITMAN MURRAY TWIGGS ROCKDALE HENRY COBB BANKS GORDON FLOYD
POLK APPLING BALDWIN

14

Feb-05
96.73
%
96.43% 96.43% 96.37% 96.20% 95.92% 95.81% 95.80% 95.77% 95.72% 95.71% 95.67% 95.60% 95.56% 95.56% 95.45% 95.45% 95.35% 95.24% 95.00% 94.87% 94.79% 94.74% 94.34% 94.12% 94.12% 93.85% 93.38% 93.10% 92.86% 92.50% 92.33% 92.12% 91.38% 91.25% 90.94% 90.79% 90.68% 89.80% 87.94%

Medicaid Cases Completed Within Federal SOP (ABD)

Definition: Of all the Aged, Blind, Disabled Medicaid applications for benefits, the percentage that was completed within the mandated Standard

of Promptness (SOP).

State Target: greater than or equal to 96.00%

Percent
100

98.11 97.90 97.77 97.85 98.13 98.31 98.05 98.04 98.04 97.58 97.46 97.73

80

60

40

20

0 Mar-04 Apr-04 May-04 Jun-04 Jul-04 Aug-04 Sep-04 Oct-04 Nov-04 Dec-04 Jan-05 Feb-05

Mar-04 Apr-04 May-04 Jun-04 Jul-04 98.11 97.90 97.77 97.85 98.13

County
APPLING ATKINSON
BACON BAKER BANKS BEN HILL BERRIEN BRANTLEY CALHOUN CANDLER CATOOSA CHARLTON CHATTAHOOCHEE CLAY CLAYTON CLINCH COLQUITT COOK CRAWFORD DADE DAWSON DOOLY EARLY FANNIN GILMER GLASCOCK GRADY HANCOCK HARRIS HART HEARD IRWIN JACKSON JEFFERSON JENKINS LAMAR LANIER LAURENS
LEE LIBERTY

%
100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

County
LONG LUMPKIN MACON MADISON MCINTOSH MERIWETHER MORGAN PICKENS
PIKE PULASKI PUTNAM QUITMAN RABUN SCHLEY SCREVEN SEMINOLE STEWART TALBOT TALIAFERRO TATTNALL THOMAS TOOMBS TOWNS TREUTLEN TROUP UNION WARE WARREN WASHINGTON WAYNE WEBSTER WHEELER WHITFIELD WILCOX WILKES WILKINSON DOUGHERTY GLYNN BARROW
BIBB

Division of Family and Children Services

Aug-04 Sep-04 Oct-04 Nov-04 Dec-04 Jan-05 98.31 98.05 98.04 98.04 97.58 97.46

%
100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 99.63% 99.57% 99.44% 99.41%

County
SPALDING TIFT
COLUMBIA DOUGLAS HARALSON
WORTH LOWNDES
CRISP HENRY COFFEE STEPHENS FULTON WALTON MITCHELL FRANKLIN MCDUFFIE BROOKS WHITE TELFAIR HALL WALKER DECATUR JEFF DAVIS PEACH POLK GREENE EMANUEL BARTOW MURRAY COWETA UPSON MUSCOGEE GORDON HOUSTON FORSYTH CAMDEN MONTGOMERY FAYETTE RICHMOND BALDWIN

%
99.25% 99.22% 99.15% 99.13% 98.96% 98.94% 98.82% 98.81% 98.77% 98.74% 98.68% 98.67% 98.59% 98.55% 98.51% 98.51% 98.48% 98.48% 98.44% 98.42% 98.40% 98.36% 98.36% 98.36% 98.33% 98.25% 98.21% 98.15% 98.11% 98.10% 98.10% 98.05% 98.02% 97.95% 97.74% 97.73% 97.73% 97.50% 97.49% 97.46%

County
PIERCE MILLER BURKE BRYAN TWIGGS GWINNETT COBB SUMTER ELBERT OCONEE DEKALB EVANS TAYLOR BLECKLEY CHEROKEE CHATTOOGA TERRELL HABERSHAM CHATHAM DODGE BULLOCH EFFINGHAM RANDOLPH BUTTS CARROLL JONES TURNER ROCKDALE MARION JASPER FLOYD LINCOLN ECHOLS JOHNSON MONROE CLARKE PAULDING OGLETHORPE NEWTON

15

Feb-05
97.73
%
97.40% 97.37% 97.26% 97.06% 97.06% 97.04% 96.96% 96.86% 96.77% 96.67% 96.50% 96.43% 96.43% 96.30% 96.20% 96.18% 96.15% 96.12% 96.06% 95.92% 95.89% 95.77% 95.65% 95.38% 94.65% 94.64% 94.00% 93.85% 93.75% 93.33% 93.19% 92.31% 91.67% 90.91% 90.59% 87.61% 85.71% 84.78% 83.64%

Staff Turnover - Social Services Casemanagers
Definition: The number of casemanagers who left their positions for any reason, including transfer to other divisions within DHR, transfer to another state agency/office, resignations, or retirement. It does not include county-to-county transfers.

Number 75

75

68

60

50

53

55 57

61

49

52 48

42

36 25

0 Mar-04 Apr-04 May-04 Jun-04 Jul-04 Aug-04 Sep-04 Oct-04 Nov-04 Dec-04 Jan-05 Feb-05

Mar-04 Apr-04 May-04 Jun-04 Jul-04 Aug-04 Sep-04 Oct-04 Nov-04 Dec-04 Jan-05 Feb-05

60

53

68

75

55

57

49

61

52

48

42

36

County
BARROW BARTOW DOUGHERTY
EARLY EFFINGHAM
ELBERT FLOYD FORSYTH FULTON GILMER

Staff at Staff

Beginning Who Left

23

1

20

1

33

1

6

1

7

1

7

1

45

1

8

1

212

1

8

1

February 2005

Staff at Staff

County

Beginning Who Left

HOUSTON

22

1

LOWNDES

27

1

MURRAY

14

1

ROCKDALE

16

1

SCREVEN

3

1

SPALDING

27

1

TELFAIR

4

1

TIFT

10

1

TREUTLEN

3

1

TROUP

19

1

County
WALTON WAYNE WHITE CHEROKEE DOUGLAS FRANKLIN MONROE PAULDING HENRY

Staff at Staff

Beginning Who Left

16

1

6

1

6

1

37

2

37

2

6

2

5

2

21

2

48

3

Staff Turnover Rate for SFY - Social Services Casemanagers

40%

30%
28%
20%
10%

22%

25%

0%
SFY 01

SFY 02

Division of Family and Children Services

SFY 03
16

27% SFY 04

Ratio of Cases to Casemanagers
Definition: The number of Child Protective Services (CPS) and/or Child Placement Services (PLC) cases per casemanager. State Target: greater than or equal to 90% of the counties with less than or equal to 25 cases
Percent 100

75

82

76

78

79

50 49

55

57

62

60

67

67

65

25

0 Mar-04 Apr-04 May-04 Jun-04 Jul-04 Aug-04 Sep-04 Oct-04 Nov-04 Dec-04 Jan-05 Feb-05

Mar-04 Apr-04 May-04 Jun-04 Jul-04

49

55

57

62

60

County
GLASCOCK WILCOX WEBSTER MILLER SCREVEN SCHLEY CANDLER ELBERT
TALIAFERRO EARLY LONG
OGLETHORPE PIKE
TWIGGS CALHOUN LINCOLN LUMPKIN WALTON WILKINSON
JASPER OCONEE TELFAIR TREUTLEN WHEELER CAMDEN DAWSON MORGAN
PEACH TERRELL TOOMBS TOWNS UNION WORTH BAKER CHATTOOGA CRISP DADE FRANKLIN GREENE JOHNSON

#

County

4

MADISON

4

MITCHELL

8

MONTGOMERY

9

BACON

9

BIBB

10

DECATUR

11

DOOLY

11

JACKSON

11

JEFF DAVIS

12

PULASKI

12

BANKS

12

BULLOCH

12

BUTTS

12

DODGE

13

FANNIN

13

LAMAR

13

MACON

13

MERIWETHER

13

MURRAY

14

PUTNAM

14

WARREN

14

BROOKS

14

HALL

14

JENKINS

15

MCINTOSH

15

MONROE

15

PIERCE

15

SEMINOLE

15

STEWART

15

WILKES

15

BARROW

15

BRANTLEY

15

CATOOSA

16

CLAYTON

16

EFFINGHAM

16

EMANUEL

16

GLYNN

16

HEARD

16

IRWIN

16

JONES

Division of Family and Children Services

Aug-04 Sep-04 Oct-04 Nov-04 Dec-04 Jan-05

67

82

67

65

76

78

#

County

#

16

LEE

20

16

TALBOT

20

16

CHARLTON

21

17

EVANS

21

17

GILMER

21

17

GRADY

21

17

PICKENS

21

17

RANDOLPH

21

17

ROCKDALE

21

17

UPSON

21

18

WAYNE

21

18

BLECKLEY

22

18

CHATHAM

22

18

CHATTAHOOCHEE

22

18

COBB

22

18

FAYETTE

22

18

GORDON

22

18

HANCOCK

22

18

MARION

22

18

MUSCOGEE

22

18

SUMTER

22

19

TATTNALL

22

19

TAYLOR

22

19

THOMAS

22

19

TURNER

22

19

STATE

22

19

BERRIEN

23

19

COLUMBIA

23

19

FORSYTH

23

19

LAURENS

23

20

LIBERTY

23

20

NEWTON

23

20

BEN HILL

24

20

BURKE

24

20

CHEROKEE

24

20

CLARKE

24

20

COOK

24

20

DOUGHERTY

24

20

DOUGLAS

24

20

FULTON

24

County
SPALDING COLQUITT COWETA CRAWFORD HABERSHAM PAULDING ATKINSON
CLAY CLINCH DEKALB MCDUFFIE
POLK RICHMOND STEPHENS
RABUN WALKER WHITFIELD COFFEE HENRY WHITE BARTOW FLOYD HARALSON HARRIS
HART QUITMAN
WARE BALDWIN HOUSTON JEFFERSON GWINNETT LOWNDES ECHOLS
TROUP APPLING WASHINGTON LANIER
TIFT BRYAN CARROLL

17

Feb-05
79
#
24 25 25 25 25 25 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 27 27 27 28 28 28 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 30 30 30 31 31 33 33 34 34 36 36 39 41