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DIVISION OF FAMILY

& CHILDREN SERVICES

G-FORCE MEETING

April 23, 2009

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AGENDA

• Safety

• Permanency

• Well-being

• Family Independence

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RECURRENCE OF MALTREATMENTMarch 2008 – March 2009

National Standard=

5.4% or less

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Lag Measure: Increase Safety Response from 65% to 95% by June 2009

65 70 75 80 85 90 95 96 98 100

Score for April 23, 2009: 97.6%

Oct

76%

Sep

65%

Nov

75%

Dec

81%

Jan

92%

Feb

96%

Apr

97.6%

Mar

97%

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Lead Measure 1: Increase Timely Completion of Investigations from 93% to 100% by June 2009

91 97 100

Score on April 23, 2009: 99.7% Timely

98 999692 94

Oct

95%

Nov

91%

Sept

93%

Dec

93%

Jan

97%

Feb

98%

March

99%

Apr

99.7%

99.5

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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.

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Lead Measure 2: Increase Timeliness of Responses to Reports of Abuse/Neglect from from 46% to 90%

by June 200995

Score for April 20, 2009: 96% Timely

908570 8050 60 6540

Sep 08

46%

Oct 08

57%

Nov 08

59%

Dec 08

70%Jan

88%Feb

95%

Mar

96%

75 100

Apr

96%

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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

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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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1415% of investigations resulted in children coming into care in February 2009.

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SAFETY RESOURCES

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PERCENT CHANGE IN NUMBER OF DAYSOctober 2008 to March 2009

Region Change

1 18.8%

2 17.7%

3 9.6%

4 11.1%

5 20.9%

6 29.8%

7 41.9%

8 0.0%

9 5.6%

10 0.0%

11 36.3%

12 62.5%

13 18.5%

14 17.4%

15 0.0%

16 22.0%

17 48.8%

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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).

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RELATIONSHIP OF SAFETY RESOURCE CARETAKER TO CHILD IN GEORGIA

Safety Resource Caretakers

Grandparent,

45%

Aunt/Uncle,

22.2%

Non-Relatives,

17.4%

Other Relatives,

8.4%

Other Parent,

7%

Data from SHINES

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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.

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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).

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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).

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CHILDREN IN SAFETY RESOURCES 90 DAYS OR MORE BY REGION

  Number Percent of Total

1 15 7.5%

2 19 9.5%

3 21 10.6%

4 20 10.1%

5 34 17.1%

6 13 6.5%

7 7 3.5%

8 24 12.1%

9 6 3.0%

10 5 2.5%

11 12 6.0%

12 0 0.0%

13 9 4.5%

14 4 2.0%

15 2 1.0%

16 4 2.0%

17 4 2.0%

State 199  

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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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PERMANENCY

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REASONS CHILDREN EXITED CARESFY2008 & SFY2009

The majority, 85%, of children left care for positive permanency reasons.

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REASONS CHILDREN EXITED CARENATIONALLY & GEORGIA

FFY 2006, SFY2008 & SFY2009

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FOSTER CARE RE-ENTRY RATEMarch 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

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Federal Target

At Least 90% Of Children in Care Are Visited Every Month

Over 50% Of The Visits Occur

In The Home

Goal by Goal by Oct 1, 2011Oct 1, 2011

GA’s baseline 2007

51% visited every month

82% seen in the home

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Annual State TargetsPercent of children in our care who are

seen every month they are in care

2011 90% Sustaining Accomplishment

2010 85% Sustaining the Effort

Combating “Target Fatigue”

2009 71% 15+% Increase

Full Engagement State Capacity to Meet New

Expectations

2008 56% Conservative and Attainable 5+%

2007 51 % Baseline

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First Round of Data Collection

Year ECEM Visits ECEM Visits In-Home

Target Actual Visits

2011 90 %

2010 85%

2009 71%

2008 56%

2007 Baseline 51% 82%

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Region 25-Mar-09 13-Apr-09 17-Apr-09 23-Apr-09

1 28.5% 43.11% 47.80% 57.04%

2 34.6% 46.15% 46.25% 47.52%

3 33.0% 46.74% 48.94% 50.79%

4 36.8% 53.02% 55.66% 57.11%

5 26.3% 55.36% 62.63% 63.32%

6 26.5% 44.54% 45.02% 45.52%

7 59.3% 70.86% 75.12% 78.80%

8 55.7% 77.75% 78.73% 81.36%

9 40.8% 57.88% 57.88% 57.88%

10 37.8% 67.13% 71.49% 80.23%

11 53.0% 75.61% 76.68% 77.10%

12 30.5% 46.25% 49.18% 50.38%

13 52.6% 86.66% 87.35% 89.16%

14 36.5% 75.31% 75.59% 76.27%

15 46.8% 67.69% 68.26% 68.83%

16 30.3% 48.58% 53.20% 60.44%

17 19.7% 34.27% 36.00% 52.25%

State 37.2% 58.38% 60.49% 64.03%

Green indicates 5% or higher increase from 4/17/09.

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FIRST BASE50%

HOME80%+

SECOND BASE60%

THIRD BASE70%

EVERY CHILD EVERY MONTH80% BY JULY

2009!

State

64%

R2

47%

R157%

R1752%

R351%

R457%

R5

63%

R6

45%

R7 79%

ALREADY HOME R8 (81%); R10 (80%); &

R13 (89%)!

R9 58%

R11 77%

R1250%

R14 76%

R15

69%

R16

60%

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REGION Number %

1 24 4.2%

2 29 5.0%

3 34 5.9%

4 44 7.6%

5 32 5.5%

6 45 7.8%

7 16 2.8%

8 18 3.1%

9 16 2.8%

10 21 3.6%

11 35 6.1%

12 38 6.6%

13 80 13.9%

14 31 5.4%

15 39 6.8%

16 24 4.2%

17 51 8.8%

Total 577 100.0%

NUMBER & PERCENT OF CHILDEN AGING OUT OF CARE July 2008 – March 2009

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TIMELINE TO AGING OUT FOR CHILDREN WITH APPLA GOAL (N=978)

<6 m 6 to 12 m 12 to 18 m 18 to 24 m >24 m

212 174 147 112 333

21.7% 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.

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Region APPLA Children <6 m 6 to 12 m 12 to 18 m 18 to 24 m >24 m

1 69 9 17 12 6 25

2 33 11 4 1 4 13

3 83 20 12 12 5 34

4 83 17 10 17 12 27

5 54 13 12 6 7 16

6 83 22 10 15 10 26

7 30 6 7 5 5 7

8 32 4 8 7 3 10

9 34 10 2 7 5 10

10 44 5 12 2 8 17

11 34 16 3 5 4 6

12 100 12 13 14 12 49

13 73 15 15 10 6 27

14 85 16 18 14 10 27

15 44 12 6 8 2 16

16 41 14 7 4 8 8

17 56 10 18 8 5 15

Total 978 212 174 147 112 333

TIMELINE TO AGING OUT FOR CHILDREN WITH APPLA GOAL BY REGION

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COUNTY DIRECTOR REVIEW RESULTSMarch 2009

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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.

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TARGETING FAMILY ENGAGEMENTOctober 2008 & March 2009 Reviews

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