1 DIVISION OF FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES G-FORCE MEETING April 23, 2009

2 AGENDA Safety Permanency Well-being Family Independence

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5 RECURRENCE OF MALTREATMENT March 2008 – March 2009 National Standard= 5.4% or less

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7 Lag Measure: Increase Safety Response from 65% to 95% by June Score for April 23, 2009: 97.6% Oct 76% Sep 65% Nov 75% Dec 81% Jan 92% Feb 96% Apr 97.6% Mar 97%

8 Lead Measure 1: Increase Timely Completion of Investigations from 93% to 100% by June Score on April 23, 2009: 99.7% Timely Oct 95% Nov 91% Sept 93% Dec 93% Jan 97% Feb 98% March 99% Apr 99.7% 99.5

9 NUMBER OF OVERDUE PENDING CASES April 23, 2009: 3 CASES PENDING OVERDUE REFLECTS THE NUMBER OF CASES PENDING OVERDUE AT THE END OF EACH MONTH.

10 Lead Measure 2: Increase Timeliness of Responses to Reports of Abuse/Neglect from from 46% to 90% by June Score for April 20, 2009: 96% Timely Sep 08 46% Oct 08 57% Nov 08 59% Dec 08 70% Jan 88% Feb 95% Mar 96% Apr 96%

11 PERCENTAGE OF INVESTIGATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PENDING 31 TO 45 DAYS April 20, 2009: 15.9% OF INVESTIGATIONS HAVE BEEN PENDING 31 TO 45 DAYS GOAL

12 PERCENTAGE OF INVESTIGATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PENDING 35 TO 45 DAYS GOAL April 20, 2009: 10.9% OF INVESTIGATIONS HAVE BEEN PENDING 35 TO 45 DAYS

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14 15% of investigations resulted in children coming into care in February 2009.

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37 PERCENT CHANGE IN NUMBER OF DAYS October 2008 to March 2009 RegionChange 118.8% 217.7% 39.6% 411.1% 520.9% 629.8% 741.9% 80.0% 95.6% 100.0% % % % % 150.0% % %

38 NATIONAL STUDY REGARDING KINSHIP CARE  Most kinship arrangements are grandparents or other close relatives.  Kinship families are predominately families of color.  Kinship families tend to have limited income.  Kinship families have less formal contact with social workers than traditional foster care families. Source: Kinship/Relative Care; Katherine Maurer (2001).

39 RELATIONSHIP OF SAFETY RESOURCE CARETAKER TO CHILD IN GEORGIA Data from SHINES

40 ADVANTAGES OF KINSHIP CARE  Provides a safety net for children who might otherwise be in the foster care.  Provides children with a sense of family support.  Children have more frequent visits with birth parents and siblings.  More likely to accept sibling groups.  Maintain cultural continuity and community ties such as with school and friends.  Provides an opportunity for permanence should a child enter into legal custody of the state. Source: National Survey of America’s Families, Urban Institute (2001).  In Georgia, 30% of the children who entered care were placed with individuals who served as their Safety Resource.

41 LIMITATIONS OF KINSHIP CARE  41% live in families with income less than 100% of the federal poverty level (FPL).  36% live with a caretaker without a high school degree.  55% live with a single parent.  19% live in households with four or more children. Source: Children Cared for by Relatives, Jennifer Ehrle Macomber (2001).

42 LIMITATIONS CONTINUED  Less likely to receive payments and services such as training, assessments, counseling or visits from an agency.  May not meet the health and safety standards of the more regulated forms of foster care.  Many safety resources are grandparents coping with reduced income levels and increased health problems.  Un-supervised arrangement. Source: Kinship Care by Pamela Gough (2006).

43 CHILDREN IN SAFETY RESOURCES 90 DAYS OR MORE BY REGION NumberPercent of Total % % % % % % 773.5% % 963.0% % % % % % % % % State199

44 COMPARISON OF SAFETY RESOURCE CARETAKERS BY LENGTH OF STAY: 90 DAYS OR MORE & OVERALL POPULATION OF CHILDREN IN SAFETY RESOURCES Children in safety resources for 90 days or more tend to be placed with grandparents and less likely to be with nonfamily members.

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47 REASONS CHILDREN EXITED CARE SFY2008 & SFY2009 The majority, 85%, of children left care for positive permanency reasons.

48 REASONS CHILDREN EXITED CARE NATIONALLY & GEORGIA FFY 2006, SFY2008 & SFY2009

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50 FOSTER CARE RE-ENTRY RATE March 2008 – March 2009 Of the children who entered care in March 2009, only 1.92% had exited care during the past 12 months. National standard: less than or equal to 8.60%

Child and Family Services Improvement Act of 2006 Increase the Frequency and Quality of Visits Improve Effectiveness of Frontline and Supervisory Practice Improve Safety, Permanency and Well-Being Outcomes for Children in our Care

52 Federal Target At Least 90% Of Children in Care Are Visited Every Month Over 50% Of The Visits Occur In The Home Goal by Oct 1, 2011 GA’s baseline % visited every month 82% seen in the home

53 Annual State Targets Percent of children in our care who are seen every month they are in care % Sustaining Accomplishment % Sustaining the Effort Combating “Target Fatigue” % 15+% Increase Full Engagement State Capacity to Meet New Expectations % Conservative and Attainable 5+% % Baseline

54 First Round of Data Collection YearECEM Visits ECEM VisitsIn-Home Target Actual Visits % % % % 2007 Baseline51%82%

55 Region25-Mar-0913-Apr-0917-Apr-0923-Apr %43.11%47.80%57.04% 234.6%46.15%46.25%47.52% 333.0%46.74%48.94%50.79% 436.8%53.02%55.66%57.11% 526.3%55.36%62.63%63.32% 626.5%44.54%45.02%45.52% 759.3%70.86%75.12%78.80% 855.7%77.75%78.73%81.36% 940.8%57.88% %67.13%71.49%80.23% %75.61%76.68%77.10% %46.25%49.18%50.38% %86.66%87.35%89.16% %75.31%75.59%76.27% %67.69%68.26%68.83% %48.58%53.20%60.44% %34.27%36.00%52.25% State37.2%58.38%60.49%64.03% Green indicates 5% or higher increase from 4/17/09.

56 FIRST BASE 50% HOME 80%+ SECOND BASE 60% THIRD BASE 70% EVERY CHILD EVERY MONTH 80% BY JULY 2009! State 64% R2 47% R1 57% R17 52% R3 51% R4 57% R5 63% R6 45% R7 79% ALREADY HOME R8 (81%); R10 (80%); & R13 (89%)! R9 58% R11 77% R12 50% R14 76% R15 69% R16 60%

57 REGIONNumber% % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % Total % NUMBER & PERCENT OF CHILDEN AGING OUT OF CARE July 2008 – March 2009

58 TIMELINE TO AGING OUT FOR CHILDREN WITH APPLA GOAL (N=978) <6 m6 to 12 m12 to 18 m18 to 24 m>24 m %17.8%15.0%11.5%34.0% There are a 978 children in care with Another Planned Permanent Living Arrangement as a goal. Of those, 21.7% will be 18 years of age in less than 6 months.

59 RegionAPPLA Children<6 m6 to 12 m12 to 18 m18 to 24 m>24 m Total TIMELINE TO AGING OUT FOR CHILDREN WITH APPLA GOAL BY REGION

60 COUNTY DIRECTOR REVIEW RESULTS March 2009

61 COMPARISON OF PEAS & COUNTY DIRECTOR REVIEWS Note: PEAS data based on review period January 2008 through December 2008 while Field Operations Review Guide for March 2009.

62 TARGETING FAMILY ENGAGEMENT October 2008 & March 2009 Reviews

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