2. How do Morgan & Scott County Children Enter the Child Welfare System? Morgan and Scott Counties Indicated reports FY 2010 SourceNumber Percent of total Law enforcement 31 29% Relative/neighbor2624% School personnel1615% Medical 1413% “Other”98% Social services76% DCFS personnel55% Child care centers00% Coroner/Medical Exam00% 108100% In FY10 only 5 children were indicated in Scott County – 1 each from medical, law enforcement, DCFS, school and relative/neighbor. Source: DCFS QA FY 2010

3. How do Children Enter the Child Welfare System? Morgan and Scott Counties As shown above, law enforcement was the largest source of indicated reports in Morgan County. Further, law enforcement reports overall were more likely to be indicated than reports from other sources. - 69% of reports (31 reports out of 45) from law enforcement personnel were indicated in FY2010. - 40% of reports from medical sources were indicated. Source: DCFS QA FY 2010

4. What Types of Harm do Children Experience in Morgan & Scott Counties? Morgan and Scott Counties Morgan Scott Type N indicated% N indicated % ABUSE Substantial risk of harm2618%0 Physical abuse1511%114.5% Sexual abuse118%0 Emotional abuse1>1%0 NEGLECT Blatant disregard5942%571% Lack of supervision 2216%114.5% Environmental64%0 Lack of health 1 >1%0 141 100%7100% Source: DCFS QA FY 2010

5. What Types of Harm …? Morgan and Scott Counties By far the most common harm to children in FY10 is neglect/ blatant disregard for child’s welfare, representing 42% of all indicated reports in Morgan County. The second most common is abuse/substantial risk of harm (18%), followed by neglect/lack of supervision, (16%) of indicated cases. Sexual abuse per se accounts for 8% of indicated cases (11 cases). However, when this is combined with substantial risk of sexual injury (n=4), then 11% of cases relate to sexual harm to children. [Data not summarized for Scott due to small numbers] Source: DCFS QA FY 2010

6. Morgan and Scott Counties In FY10, 18 children and youth entered foster care in Morgan County. Gender: female – 50%male – 50% Race: African American16% White1794% Hispanic*00% No children entered care in Scott County in FY10. Source: DCFS QA FY 2010 *There are on-going concerns about how Latino or Hispanic ethnicity is determined for DCFS clients. This percent is based on classification in QA data. Who Entered Care in Morgan County in FY10?

7. Who is in Care? Morgan and Scott Counties At the close of FY10, 50 children were in out-of-home care in Morgan County. -17 or 34% of children were African American -33 or 66% were White - 0% were Hispanic In Scott County all 3 children in care were White. Source: DCFS QA FY 2010 & 2009.

8. Who is in Care? Morgan and Scott Counties GENDER In Morgan County 46% of youth were female, 54% male In Scott, 2 children (66%) were male, and 1 (33%) female. AGE In Morgan County 28%2 or under 32%3 - 5 18%6 - 9 6%10 – 13 10%14 – 17 6%18+ In Scott, 1 child was 3-5, 1 was 10-13 and 1 was 18 or older. Source: DCFS QA 2010

9. What are the Permanency Goals for Youth in Care?* Morgan and Scott Counties Morgan: Reunification67% Adoption 25% Independence6% Guardianship2% 100% In Scott, 1 had a goal of independence, 2 had a goal of reunification. Source: DCFS QA FY 2010 *This table excludes children for whom data were missing or coded as “other”

10. Where are Children Placed?* Morgan and Scott Counties Morgan: -with kin (46%) -traditional foster care (30%) -specialized care (13%) -institution/group care (11%) In Scott, all 3 children were with kin. * QA data combines foster and relative care, thus this information is from CFRC for FY09.

11. How was Permanency Achieved For Children in FY10? Morgan and Scott Counties Morgan: 7 children achieved permanency Adoption113% Reunification571% Subsidized Guardianship114% Scott: 3 children achieved permanency, 2 via adoption (66%) and 1 via reunification (33%) Source: DCFS QA FY 2010

12. How have Permanency Rates Changed over Time? Morgan and Scott Counties Source: CFRC 2009

13. How have 24 Month Permanency Rates Changed Over Time? Morgan and Scott Counties Source: CFRC 2009

14. Morgan and Scott Counties Over the last 5 years, Morgan County has seen fluctuation in 12 month permanency – from a high of 70% (26 children) for those entering care in 2007 to a low of 18% (2 children) for those entering in 2008. 24 month permanency has fluctuated as well, but has generally trended up. The most recent data (those entering care in 2007) show 70% achieving 24 month permanency. (There are too few children in Scott to meaningfully chart permanency trends.) Source: CFRC 2009. [Such data are not yet available from QA] What are the Permanency Trends in Morgan County?

15. Disproportionality and Disparity in our County Morgan and Scott Counties Disproportionality is when the percentage of a group of children in a population is different from the percentage of the same group in the child welfare system. For example, if 25% of the children in a county were African American, then 25% of those in foster care should be African American, all things being equal. That would be proportional. If these percents differ there is disproportionality. Disparity is unequal treatment or outcomes when comparing children of color to non-minority children. For example, if African American children are less likely to achieve permanency than white children then there are disparate outcomes by race/ethnicity.

16. Is There Disproportionality in Morgan County? Morgan and Scott Counties YES African American children continue to be overrepresented among children in care in Morgan County. 8% of the child population is African American, compared to 34% of those in care at the end of FY10. 88% of the child population is White, compared to 66% of those in care. 4% of the child population is Hispanic, compared to 0% of those in care. This overrepresentation has been the case for many years. (For Scott County no racial comparisons will be made given the very small numbers of children in care.) Source: 2009 population data come from CFRC, 2010 placement data from QA

17. Morgan and Scott Counties Disproportionality

18. Morgan and Scott Counties Disproportionality Over Time

19. Morgan and Scott Counties Are There Differences in Permanency Goals by Race in Morgan County?* YES African American White. Reunification956%2372% Adoption425%825% Guardianship00%13% Independence319%00% 16100%32100% *This table excludes children for whom permanency goals were missing or coded as “other”. Source: DCFS QA FY 2010

20. Is There Disparity in Permanency Achievement in Morgan County in FY10? Morgan and Scott Counties YES, but in a way that benefited African American children. However, the numbers of children exiting care in Morgan County were so small that we cannot draw meaningful conclusions from these data. In FY10, 3 African American children and 4 White children achieved permanency (18% and 12% respectively). Thus African American children were more likely to exit care in FY10, White youth were somewhat more likely than African American youth to exit via reunification (75% vs 67%) Source: DCFS QA FY 2010

21. Is There Disparity in Permanency Achievement Over Time? Morgan and Scott Counties

22. Is There Disparity in Permanency Achievement Over Time? Morgan and Scott Counties

23. What is the “Bottom Line” on Disproportionality? Morgan and Scott Counties Are African American children more likely to be reported as neglected / abused than White children in County? YES Although African American children are just 8% of the population, they comprise 17% of the reported cases. White children comprise 88% of the child population but 79% of those reported. Hispanic children represent 4% of the population but just 1% of those reported. Source: CFRC 09 (for population data) QA FY10 (for report data)

24. What is the “Bottom Line” on Disproportionality? Morgan and Scott Counties Once reported, are African American children more likely to be indicated than White children? NO In FY10 of all reports for African American children in Morgan County, 19% were indicated. Of all reports for White children, 25% were indicated. Source: DCFS QA FY 2010

25. Morgan and Scott Counties Once indicated, do African American and White children enter care at similar rates? NO. African American children do better. In FY10, African American children were less likely to enter care in Morgan County. 6% of African American children of those indicated entered care 17% of White children of those indicated entered care Source: DCFS QA FY 2010 What is the “Bottom Line” on Disparity?

26. Disparity Morgan and Scott Counties Are African American children less likely to have reunification as a goal than White children? YES In FY10, 56% of African American children had a goal of reunification compared to 72% of White children. Are African American children less likely to exit care than White children? NO, African American children were more likely to leave care in FY10. In FY10 18% of African American children in care achieved permanency compared to 12% of White children. Again, numbers are too small to draw meaningful conclusions Source: DCFS QA FY 2010

27. Disparity Morgan and Scott Counties Did African American children achieve permanency differently from White children in FY10? YES In FY10, African American children were less likely than White children to achieve permanency through reunification (67% & 75%). Again, the numbers are so small (2 African American children and 3 White children were reunified) we cannot draw meaningful conclusions. Source: DCFS QA FY 2010

28. Disproportionality and Disparity: The Summary Morgan and Scott Counties African American children are more likely to be reported than White children. When reported however, African American children are less likely to be indicated than White children. When indicated, African American children are less likely to enter care than white children. Rates of 12 and 24 month permanency

29. On-going Questions for our Area Morgan and Scott Counties