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GOT PERMANENCE?

GOT PERMANENCE?. PERMANENCE. THE URGENCY OF PERMANENCY FOR CHILDREN IN GEORGIA. DIVISION OF FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES G-FORCE MEETING January 22, 2009. AGENDA. Permanency Outcomes Safety & Well-Being Office of Family Independence.

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GOT PERMANENCE?

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  1. GOT PERMANENCE? PERMANENCE THE URGENCY OF PERMANENCY FOR CHILDREN IN GEORGIA DIVISION OF FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES G-FORCE MEETING January 22, 2009

  2. AGENDA • Permanency Outcomes • Safety & Well-Being • Office of Family Independence

  3. NUMBER OF INVESTIGATIONS, FAMILY PRESERVATIONS CASES & NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN THE LEGAL CUSTODY OF DFCSJune 2008 – December 2008

  4. CHILDREN ENTERING DFCS CUSTODY: HOW MANY WERE RESULT OF INVESTIGATION VS FAMILY PRESERVATION CASEJune 2008 – December 2008

  5. CHILDREN ENTERING DFCS CUSTODY: HOW MANY WERE RESULT OF INVESTIGATION VS FAMILY PRESERVATION CASEJune 2008 – December 2008 What hypothesis can be derived from this? What are the implications?

  6. NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENTERING & EXITING CAREDecember 2006 – December 2007

  7. NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENTERING & EXITING CAREDecember 2007 – December 2008

  8. RATIO OF CHILDREN ENTERING CARE TO CHILDREN EXITING CAREJanuary 2007 to December 2008 Note: Chart read as “for every child that entered care in each month, how many children exited care?”

  9. COMPARISON OF ENTRIES, EXITS & RE-ENTRIESJanuary – December 2008 As the number of children exiting foster care has increased, the rate of children re-entering care continues to decrease.

  10. Permanency Composite 1

  11. LENGTH OF TIME TO ACHIEVE REUNIFICATIONJanuary 2008 – December 2008 National standard: > or equal to 76.20% Definition: Of all the children who exited foster care to reunification, the percent that were reunified in less than 12 months from their last removal from the home.

  12. LENGTH OF TIME TO ACHIEVE REUNIFICATIONBY REGIONTHREE-MONTH AVERAGE (September-December 2008) National standard: > or equal to 76.20%

  13. FOSTER CARE RE-ENTRYJanuary 2007 – December 2008 National standard: less than or equal to 8.60% Definition: Of all the children who entered, the percentage that were discharged from a previous placement within 12 months of the current placement..

  14. STRENGTHS INDICATED IN THE PEAS REVIEW • The state achieved substantial conformity in the following areas: • foster care re-entries; • proximity of children’s placement to their parents, or supporting documentation that placement away from their parents was necessary to meet children’s needs; • recurrence of repeat maltreatment. • Improvements were indicated in the following areas: • placement with siblings (93%); • meeting educational needs of children in foster care (90%); • reduced the number of pending and past due investigations; • more effective use and documentation of Family Team Meetings; • stability of foster care placements (86%).

  15. AREAS INDICATED AS NEEDING IMPROVEMENT IN THE PEAS REVIEW • Concurrent planning seldom utilized in permanency cases. • TPR petitions not filed timely on a regular basis. • Lack of documentation of appropriate compelling reasons for not filing for TPR. • Permanency goals not always timely or appropriately identified.

  16. AREAS INDICATED AS NEEDING IMPROVEMENT IN THE PEAS REVIEW, CONT’D • Achievement of adoptions in a timely manner (within 24 months of the child’s entry into foster care). • Documentation did not support efforts being made to maintain the parent-child relationship. • Frequency and/or quality of contacts not sufficient to meet the needs of children. (There was a lack of documented interaction with children alone and in their home setting). • Frequency and quality of contacts with parents not sufficient to ensure achievement of case plan goals.

  17. PLACEMENT SETTINGS FOR THOSE WHO EXITED CARE AND THOSE WHO REMAINED IN CARE IN SFY 2008

  18. ADOPTION FINALIZATIONS • SFY 2007 = 1,270 • SFY 2008 = 1,252 • SFY 2009 = 579 Note: Data for SFY 2009, as of December 31, 2008.

  19. NUMBER OF FINALIZED ADOPTIONSSFY 2008, SFY 2008 & SFY 2009

  20. NUMBER OF FINALIZED ADOPTIONSSFY 2008, SFY 2009 EXPECTED & SFY 2009 ACTUAL Note: Expected based on finalizing at least half of total adoptions done in SFY 2008.

  21. ADOPTION INFORMATION BY NUMBER OF MONTHSSFY 2007, SFY 2008 & SFY 2009 Note: Data for SFY 2009, as of December 31, 2008.

  22. AVERAGE NUMBER OF MONTHS FROM ENTRY TO FIRST TPRSFY 2007 – SFY 2009

  23. AVERAGE NUMBER OF MONTHS FROM ENTRY TO ADOPTIONSFY 2007 – SFY 2009

  24. PERMANENCY PLEDGE I am dedicated to children; I want to succeed on their behalf. I will strive, strain, stretch and succeed for them. I face this challenge with my team and all that is good in this universe!

  25. Safety 1

  26. RECURRENCE OF MALTREATMENTDecember 2007 – December 2008 National standard: less than or equal to 5.40% Definition: Of all the children who were victims of substantiated maltreatment, the percentage that had a substantiated report of maltreatment during the previous 6 months..

  27. SAFETY 2

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