cci provider g-force meeting january 11, 2010
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CCI PROVIDER G-FORCE MEETING January 11, 2010. 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. Maltreatment in Care. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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CCI PROVIDER
G-FORCE MEETING
January 11, 2010
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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
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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.
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PERMANENCY FOCUS AT EVERY STAGE
Family Support
InvestigationFamily
PreservationSafety
ResourcePRTFCCI
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-HOME IN
HOME
Office of Family
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Safe & Forever Family
Child & Family Services Review(CFSR)
Permanency Composite 3: Children in Care for Long Periods
of Time
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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.
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Georgia’s Performance on the Measures Related to Permanency for Children in Care for Long Periods of
Time(Composite 3)
GoalNational Median
3/31/2008 3/31/2009
Measure 1: Exits to permanency prior to 18th 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.
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Children who will have been in care for 24 months or more and will be 18 Years of Age by
September 30, 2010
Number Percent of Total
CCI 205 43.8%
CPA Foster Home 97 20.7%
DFCS Foster Home 91 19.4%
Other 75 16.0%
Total 468
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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 [email protected] on or before February 3, 2010.
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•Concurrent plan: primary plan is listed on the Excel spreadsheet. Please insert concurrent plan if there is one.
•Grade level: child’s current grade (10th, 11th, 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).
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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 [email protected] on or before February 3, 2010.
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•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
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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
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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;
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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
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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;
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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;
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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
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DFCS Data Overview: Child Protective Services & Foster Care
• Disposition of Intakes
• Family Support Services
• Investigations
• Repeat Maltreatment
• Foster Care
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Disposition of Intakes
• Screened – out
• Family Support Services
• Investigations
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Disposition of Intakes / Reports during SFY 2009
There were 81,066
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Protective Services
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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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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 2006.
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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Number of Entries into Foster Care Over Time
United States
Source: Casey Family Services
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The Total Number in Foster Care Over TimeUnited States
Source: Casey Family Services
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3.89% 4.10% 4.10%4.79%
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2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Percent of those in Foster Care Who Age OutUnited States
Source: Casey Family Services
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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 2008. Data Source: Chapin Hall.
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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.
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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.
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EXITS FROM FOSTER CARE (Georgia)October 2008 – March 2009
Source: AFCARS file. 3,944 total children left care during selected time period.
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Exit Reasons for Children who were with Selected Providers in
Past 6 Months Exit Reason Number of Children Percent of Exits
Guardianship 4 1.7%
ILP Aftercare 11 4.6%
Relative 22 9.2%
Reunification 103 43.3%
18 Years / No ILP 32 13.4%
Emancipated 58 24.4%
Other 8 3.4%
Total 238
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Provider Reunification Relative Emancipated Total
Carrie Steele Pitts Home, Inc. 3 0 1 4
Center For Children 3 0 1 4
Chris Kids 1 0 7 8
Downing Clark Center 2 1 3 6
Families First 1 1 0 2
Family Crisis Center Of Walker 2 1 2 5
Georgia Baptist 10 3 0 13
Georgia Sheriff's 0 1 2 3
Hephzibah Children 2nd Chance 2 0 1 3
Kidspeace - Bowdon Campus 5 1 0 6
Methodist Home 2 2 5 9
Morningstar 0 1 2 3
Murphy-Harpst 1 0 3 4
Open Door Home 4 0 4 8
Project Adventure Inc 1 2 10 13
Ramsay Youth Svc 2 1 1 4
The Bridge, Inc. 4 0 2 6
Twin Cedars 6 1 2 9
United Methodist Child 25 5 11 41
Vashti Center 1 2 1 4
Total 75 22 58 155
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Foster Care Re-entrySFY 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.
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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
CareAverage Months in
Foster Care
Child Care Institution 55 3.3% 37.4
CPA Family Foster Home 25 1.3% 36.3
DFCS Family Foster Home 132 4.9% 19.4
Relative 46 4.8% 19.9
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CCI Providers
Number of Children Re-
enteringAverage Months in
CareAverage Months in
Current Setting
Carrie Steele-Pitts Home 16 28.2 18.5
Center for Children and Young Adults 1 23.8 5.7
Chris Kids 0 53.8 6.3
Downing Clark Center 0 32.9 8.5
Families First 2 46.9 25.3
Family Crisis Center of Walker 2 17.8 10.1
Georgia Baptist 3 34.7 12.4
Georgia Sherrif's Youth Home 0 33.4 18.7
Hephzibah Children's Home 2 30.5 15.9
HHC / Lighthouse Care Center 0 24.6 2.7
Kidspeace 2 33.2 7.4
Methodist Home 1 49.3 12.9
Morning Star 0 52.7 13.3
Murphy-Harpst Children's Centers 0 44.4 10.6
Open Door Home 0 20.5 14.4
Project Adventure 0 30.0 7.1
Ramsey Youth Services of Georgia 1 47.5 7.8
The Bridge 1 36.2 6.8
Twin Cedars Youth Services 0 38.4 11.5
United Methodist Children's 1 36.7 13.1
Vashti Center 1 38.9 10.4
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Next CCI Provider
G-Force Meeting
February 8, 2010