DIVISION OF FAMILY CHILDREN SERVICES G FORCE REPORT

DIVISION OF FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES G- FORCE REPORT AUGUST 28, 2008 MOVING FASTER! REACHING HIGHER! BECOMING STRONGER!

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COUNTIES WITH 40 – 49. 9% PENETRATION RATES (20 OR MORE CHILDREN IN CARE) 14

COUNTIES WITH 50% OR HIGHER PENETRATION RATES (20 OR MORE CHILDREN IN CARE) 15

SOCIAL SERVICES

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TIMELINESS OF INVESTIGATIONS (JULY 2008) State Average: 94% Note: Investigations with open tickets have not been excluded from this chart. 20

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Diversions Screenouts Sub Open Unsub Closed State 55% 13% 12% 6% 1 56% 13% 12% 6% 2 52% 17% 13% 12% 6% 3 64% 10% 13% 8% 3% 4 63% 14% 13% 6% 3% 5 57% 15% 8% 15% 3% 6 46% 11% 16% 17% 9% 7 50% 13% 12% 16% 9% 8 59% 14% 13% 10% 4% 9 56% 20% 13% 6% 5% 10 56% 11% 14% 7% 7% 11 46% 7% 16% 15% 13% 12 60% 9% 11% 7% 13 42% 16% 13% 20% 6% 14 46% 19% 6% 20% 4% 15 59% 17% 12% 7% 4% 16 67% 7% 10% 12% 3% 17 57% 13% 16% 10% 4% REPORT DISPOSITIONS (JULY 2008) 22

SUBSTANTIATED TO UNSUBSTANTIATED/CLOSED JULY 2008 Note: In July 2008, 61% of the investigations conducted in the state were substantiated. Unsubstantiated and open cases have been omitted from the analysis. 23

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AVERAGE NUMBER OF DAYS CASE OPEN: JUNE 2007 & JUNE 2008 The number of days a family support case remains open has dropped significantly in the past year. As case managers are able to provide timely responses to request for assistance and obtaining more accurate information at the time the report is made. 26

RECURRENCE OF SUBSTANTIATED MALTREATMENT IN GEORGIA National Standard: 5. 40% or below 27

State Average: 2. 59% 28

Statewide Average: 13. 56% 29

Statewide Average: 69. 55% 30

SAFETY 2 Safety Data: Absence of child abuse/neglect in foster care National Standard FFY 2005 FFY 2006 FFY 2007 Negotiated Improvement Goal 99. 68 99. 19 99. 22 98. 85 99. 32 Current Performance 31

ABSENCE OF SUBSTANTIATED CHILD ABUSE/NEGLECT IN FOSTER CARE (2008) Note: National standard is 99. 68% or above (of all children in foster care, 99. 68% or more will be absent of an occurrence of substantiated abuse/neglect. . 32

SUBSTANTIATED VICTIMS OF ABUSE & NEGLECT IN FOSTER CARE (2004 – 2008) 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 33

TYPES OF SUBSTANTIATED MALTREATMENTS IN FOSTER CARE (2004 – 2008) Substantiated neglect reports account for the majority of substantiated types of maltreatment in care while reports involving both abuse and neglect are the least frequent. Substantiated maltreatment of all three have increased since 2005. 34

SUBSTANTIATED MALTREATMENT BY PLACEMENT TYPE 2004 through 2007 Fifty-six percent of all substantiated maltreatment (of all types) occurred in FFH DFCS placements while 23% were in FFH non-DFCS, 18% were in group homes and 3% were 35 in residential facilities.

SUBSTANTIATED MALTREATMENT BY PLACEMENT & MALTREATMENT TYPE 2004 through 2007 Over half of all substantiated maltreatments have occurred in FFH DFCS placements; 59% of all substantiated abuse, 57% of all substantiated abuse and neglect reports and 55% of all substantiated neglect cases have been in FFH 36 DFCS placements.

SUBSTANTIATED MALTREATMENT BY PLACEMENT TYPE SFY 2008 In SFY 2008, 44% of all substantiated maltreatment (of all types) occurred in FFH DFCS placements while 26% were in FFH non-DFCS, 27% were in group homes and 3% were in residential facilities. 37

SUBSTANTIATED MALTREATMENT BY PLACEMENT & MALTREATMENT TYPE SFY 2008 Fifty-seven percent of all substantiated abuse, 20% of all substantiated abuse and neglect reports and 43% of all substantiated neglect cases have been in FFH DFCS placements during SFY 2008. Substantiations of reports involving both abuse and neglect have primarily occurred in FFH Non-DFCS homes. 38

ADOPTION • Number of Children with Adoption as a Goal • Number of Adoptions per Year • Length of Time to TPR 39

NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH CASE PLAN GOAL OF ADOPTION 40

NUMBER OF FINALIZED ADOPTIONS SFY 2003 – SFY 2007 41

ENTRY TO 1 ST TPR (IN MONTHS) ENTRY TO 2 ND TPR (IN MONTHS) 42

TIME BETWEEN 1 ST AND 2 ND TPR (IN MONTHS) TIME BETWEEN 2 ND TPR & FINALIZED ADOPTION (IN MONTHS) 43

ENTRY TO FINALIZED ADOPTION (IN MONTHS) 44

CASELOAD AVERAGES STATE FISCAL YEARS 2003 - 2008 45

AVERAGE NUMBER OF CASE MANAGERS WITH MORE THAN 30 CASES Note: Data not available in this format for SFY 2003 and SFY 2004. 46

Placement type missing; additional information is available through SHINES in the exception reports. DFCS Accountability Officer will send out an Excel spreadsheet listing information on cases with missing placement types and permanency goals on Friday, August 29, 2008. 47