1 CCI PROVIDER G-FORCE MEETING January 11, 2010

2 Agenda Maltreatment in Care Permanency Continuum Permanency Status Exercise for February DFCS Data Overview: CPS & Foster Care Foster Care Exit Reasons in Past 6 Months Foster Care Re-entry

3 Maltreatment in Care In February 2010, monthly discussion about maltreatment in care (including definition, current data, implications, etc.) will begin. Review maltreatment in care reports for your agency (from July 1, 2009 to present) and be prepared to discuss at the February meeting.

4 PERMANENCY FOCUS AT EVERY STAGE Family Support Investigation Family Preservation Safety Resource PRTFCCI Group Home Foster Family IN - HOME Preserve Safe & Thriving Forever Families Children Safe & Thriving in Forever Families Sooner Independent Living / Transitional Living HYBRID OF BOTH OUT-OF-HOMEIN HOME Office of Family Independence Safe & Forever Family

Child & Family Services Review (CFSR) Permanency Composite 3: Children in Care for Long Periods of Time

6 Composite 3: Children in Care for Long Periods of Time Measure 1: Of children in foster care for 24 months or longer, what percent were discharged to a permanent home prior to their 18th birthday and by the end of the fiscal year? Measure 2: Of children discharged from foster care and who were legally free for adoption at the time of discharge, what percent were discharged to a permanent home prior to their 18th birthday? Note: A permanent home is defined as adoption, guardianship, reunification, or living with relatives.

7 Georgia’s Performance on the Measures Related to Permanency for Children in Care for Long Periods of Time (Composite 3) Goal National Median 3/31/20083/31/2009 Measure 1: Exits to permanency prior to 18 th birthday for children in care 24 months or more. (Higher score desirable) 29.1%25.0%32.8%37.1% Measure 2: Exits to permanency for children with TPR (legally free for adoption). (Higher score desirable) 98.0%96.8%92.3%91.3% Measure 3: Children emancipated who were in foster care for 3 years or more. (lower score desirable) 37.5%47.8%45.1%49.4% Note: Color coded boxes for 3/31/2009 represents our progress since 3/31/2008; green = improvement and red = decline in performance.

8 Children who will have been in care for 24 months or more and will be 18 Years of Age by September 30, 2010 NumberPercent of Total CCI % CPA Foster Home9720.7% DFCS Foster Home9119.4% Other7516.0% Total468

9 February Worksheet Note: Providers will receive an Excel spreadsheet with name of children and demographic information and will complete the items listed above. Return the spreadsheet to Sharon Hill at on or before February 3, Concurrent plan: primary plan is listed on the Excel spreadsheet. Please insert concurrent plan if there is one. Grade level: child’s current grade (10 th, 11 th, etc). Educational status: if child does not have a grade level but is in a specialized education program, include the type of program here. Special education needs: if child has specialized educational needs, please specify here. Behavioral Health Concerns: if child has behavioral health issues, list here. Axis 1 diagnosis: only need to enter yes or no to indicate whether a diagnosis exist. Current diligent search completed: enter “yes” if you feel DFCS is aware of and has information on all extended family or fictive kin. Enter “no” if you do not feel this to be the case. Also, list the relationship to child of individuals that DFCS does not appear to be aware of but who are known to your agency and the child. Permanency status: child’s status based on your assessment (options to be used in the slides that follow).

10 February Worksheet, continued Note: Providers will receive an Excel spreadsheet with name of children and demographic information and will complete the items listed above. Return the spreadsheet to Sharon Hill at on or before February 3, Anticipated departure date: if child has a potential exit or departure date already; i.e. possible adoption finalization date, child already has a date to enter job corp., etc. Departure reason: reunification, live with relative, guardianship, adoption, emancipation, legitimate permanency. Number of permanent connections: how many individuals / families child has that are potential lifelong connections for the child. Legitimate permanency: if child is not exiting to positive permanency, indicate other positive and legitimate reasons child may be leaving care, such as college, job corp., entering military, etc. Housing: if child is leaving care for reasons other than positive permanency, does he/she have appropriate housing? Barriers to positive permanency: list any potential barriers to positive permanency or positive legitimate permanency for child. Please feel free to list additional information on the spreadsheet that may be significant to permanency outcomes for these children.

PERMANENCY STATUS Use for February Exercise

12 Current Child Permanency Status Child has legal positive permanency (adoption, reunification, lives with relative or legal guardian) Positive permanency achieved Child has legitimate positive permanency (military, job corp., college, full-time job, etc.) and will not be signing back into care. Positive legitimate permanency achieved (or will be achieved on or before September 30, 2010) Child will be 18 but does not have positive permanency or positive legitimate permanency reasons for leaving care. Emancipation Child will be 18; does not have positive permanency or positive legitimate permanency reasons to leave care and will be signing back into care. Signing back into care Child is in a family setting that the child, the caregivers and the casework team believe is lifelong. Very good permanency status

13 Current Child Permanency Status Child is going to a stable living situation with own parents/relatives and previously identified safety risks have been eliminated. Fairly good permanency status Child is in a family setting that the child, caregivers and case workers believe is lifelong; a plan is in place to ensure safety and stability have been achieved; the child, if old enough, and the caregiver's are committed to the plan; and adoption/guardianship/reunification issues, if any, are near resolution. Good permanency status Child is in a family setting that the child, caregivers and case workers believe will last until maturity; a plan is in place to ensure safety and stability is being achieved, and the child, if old enough, and the caregiver's are committed to the plan; and adoption/guardianship/reunification issues, if any, are being addressed; -OR- Child is in temporary placement but transition is planned and the child is ready to move to identified safe, appropriate, permanent home; a child and family plan for safety and permanency is being implemented; and the child, if old enough, and caregiver's are committed to the plan. Fair permanency status

14 Current Child Permanency Status Child is in a family setting that the child, caregivers and casework team feel could endure lifelong and they are developing a plan to achieve safety and stability; -OR- Child is in a temporary placement, and likelihood of reunification or permanent home is uncertain; adoption/guardianship issues are being assessed; and concurrent permanency plan(s), if any, are uncertain or problematic. Uncertain permanency status Child is living in a home that is not likely to endure or is moving from home to home due to safety and stability problems, failure to resolve adoption/guardianship issues, or because the home is unacceptable to the child; -OR- Child remains in temporary home without a realistic or achievable permanency plan; and concurrent permanency plan(s), if any, have stalled or failed. Poor permanency status

15 DFCS Data Overview: Child Protective Services & Foster Care Disposition of Intakes Family Support Services Investigations Repeat Maltreatment Foster Care

16 Disposition of Intakes Screened – out Family Support Services Investigations

17 Disposition of Intakes / Reports during SFY 2009 There were 81,066 reports made to Child Protective Services during SFY 2009.

18 Investigation Findings for SFY 2009 There were 28,656 investigations conducted in SFY 2009; 53.8% were substantiated. The substantiated / open and unsubstantiated/ open refers to families referred for Family Preservation Services while substantiated / closed refers to families who were either closed with no further DFCS involvement or children entered foster care.

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24 Recurrence of Substantiated Maltreatment in Georgia from SFY 2004 to SFY 2009 National Standard: 5.40% or below Recurrence of substantiated child maltreatment has remained well below the national standard since SFY Note: Recurrence of substantiated maltreatment is the percentage of children who were victims of a second substantiated maltreatment report within 6 months of the first report. Rate was 2.69% for November 2009.

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27 Number of Entries into Foster Care Over Time United States Source: Casey Family Services

28 The Total Number in Foster Care Over Time United States Source: Casey Family Services

29 Percent of those in Foster Care Who Age Out United States Source: Casey Family Services

30 Foster Care Entry Rate per 1,000 Children by Calendar Year in Georgia Note: The number of children entering foster care has steadily decreased since Data Source: Chapin Hall.

31 Foster Care Entry Rate per 1,000 Children by Age & Calendar Year in Georgia Note: Children under the age of one continue to be more likely to enter care than any other age group. Data Source: Chapin Hall.

32 Foster Care Entry Rate per 1,000 Children by Race/Ethnicity & Calendar Year (Georgia) Note: African-American children have higher foster care entry rates than other racial/ethnic groups.. Data Source: Chapin Hall.

33 EXITS FROM FOSTER CARE (Georgia) October 2008 – March 2009 Source: AFCARS file. 3,944 total children left care during selected time period.

34 Exit Reasons for Children who were with Selected Providers in Past 6 Months Exit ReasonNumber of ChildrenPercent of Exits Guardianship41.7% ILP Aftercare114.6% Relative229.2% Reunification % 18 Years / No ILP3213.4% Emancipated5824.4% Other83.4% Total238

35 ProviderReunificationRelativeEmancipatedTotal Carrie Steele Pitts Home, Inc.3014 Center For Children3014 Chris Kids1078 Downing Clark Center2136 Families First1102 Family Crisis Center Of Walker2125 Georgia Baptist Georgia Sheriff's0123 Hephzibah Children 2nd Chance2013 Kidspeace - Bowdon Campus5106 Methodist Home2259 Morningstar0123 Murphy-Harpst1034 Open Door Home4048 Project Adventure Inc Ramsay Youth Svc2114 The Bridge, Inc.4026 Twin Cedars6129 United Methodist Child Vashti Center1214 Total

36 Foster Care Re-entry SFY 2004 – SFY 2009 Note: Re-entry rate determined by the percent of children who re-enter care within 12 months of leaving care. Foster care re-entry rate for November 2009 was 8.2%. National standard: 8.6% or below.

37 Re-entry by Placement Type and Average Months in Foster Care Placement Number of Children who have Re-Entered Care Percent of Children who have Re-entered Care Average Months in Foster Care Child Care Institution553.3%37.4 CPA Family Foster Home251.3%36.3 DFCS Family Foster Home1324.9%19.4 Relative464.8%19.9

38 CCI Providers Number of Children Re-entering Average Months in Care Average Months in Current Setting Carrie Steele-Pitts Home Center for Children and Young Adults Chris Kids Downing Clark Center Families First Family Crisis Center of Walker Georgia Baptist Georgia Sherrif's Youth Home Hephzibah Children's Home HHC / Lighthouse Care Center Kidspeace Methodist Home Morning Star Murphy-Harpst Children's Centers Open Door Home Project Adventure Ramsey Youth Services of Georgia The Bridge Twin Cedars Youth Services United Methodist Children's Vashti Center

39 Next CCI Provider G-Force Meeting February 8, 2010