_ _ _ _ _ _ _ ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY _ 1717 W. Jefferson· P.O. Box 6123 • Phoenix, AZ 85005 Tracy L. Wareing Director Janet Napolitano Governor MAR 1 .4 2008 The Honorable Janet Napolitano Governor of Arizona 1700 West Washington Phoenix, Arizona 85007 Dear Governor Napolitano: Pursuant to A.R.S. § 8-526, enclosed is the semi-annual report on child welfare for the period of April 1, 2007 through September 30, 2007. This report provides information relative to reports of child abuse and neglect, investigations, shelter and receiving home services, foster homes, length of care, and adoptions. We continue to work diligently to improve the quality of services for children and their families. Compiling this report provides us another opportunity to review our work and consider new ways to improve. If you have any questions, please contact me at (602) 542-5757. Sincerely, Tracy L. Wareing Director Enclosure cc: President Timothy S. Bee, Arizona State Senate Speaker James P. Weiers, Arizona State House of Representatives Senator Linda Gray, Chairman, Senate Public Safety and Human Services Committee Senator Karen S. Johnson, Co-Chairman, Joint Legislative Committee on Children and Family Services Representative Pete Hershberger, Chairman, House Human Services Committee Representative Nancy K. Barto, Co-Chairman, Joint Legislative Committee on Children and Family Services Secretary of State Janice Brewer GladysAnn Wells, Director, Arizona State Library, Archives, and Public Records Angie Rodgers, Policy Advisor for Human Services, Office of the Governor James Apperson, Director, Governor's Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting Juliet Peters, Division Chief Council, Child and Family Protection Division, Office of the Attorney General Amber O'Dell, Analyst, Senate Public Safety and Human Services Committee Amy Bjelland, Legal Counsel, Senate Majority Caucus Barbara Guenther, Policy Advisor, Senate Democratic Caucus John Mills, Policy Advisor, House Democratic Caucus Eden Rolland, Analyst, House Human Services Committee CHILD WELFARE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE PERIOD OF APRIL 1, 2007 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES [LAWS 2006, CHAPTER 203] ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY DIVISION OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 CHILD WELFARE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS Arizona Revised Statute §8-526, as amended by Laws 2006, Chapter 203 requires the Arizona Department of Economic Security (DES) to compile information and produce a semi-annual report for the periods ending on March 31 and September 30 of each year regarding Child Welfare Services, including Child Protective Services (CPS). This report, submitted in satisfaction of that mandate, is for the semiannual reporting period beginning on April 1, 2007 and ending on September 30, 2007. TABLE OF CONTENTS (Reporting period: April 1, 2007 through September 30, 2007) Page EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 4 SYNOPSIS OF MAJOR DATA POINTS 7 SEMI-ANNUAL COMPARISONS 10 REPORTS OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT Reports by reporting period and type of child maltreatment – statewide data Sample communications to hotline, not meeting definition of report Reports received by risk level- statewide data Number of reports received by risk level – county specific data Number of reports received by maltreatment – statewide data Number of reports received by maltreatment – county specific data 11 13 14 14 15 16 ASSIGNMENT OF INVESTIGATIONS Reports assigned for investigation by risk level – statewide data Reports assigned for investigation by risk level – county specific data Reports assigned for investigation by type of maltreatment – statewide data Reports assigned for investigation by type of maltreatment – county specific data INVESTIGATIONS OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT Reports not responded to by risk level- county specific data Investigations by risk level – investigation still open – statewide data Investigations by risk level – investigation still open – county specific data Investigations by type of child maltreatment– investigation still open – statewide data Investigations by type of child maltreatment– investigation still open – county specific data Reports where removal occurred – county specific data COMPLETED INVESTIGATIONS Substantiation rate by reporting period Investigations by risk level - proposed substantiated reports – statewide data -1- 17 17 18 19 20 21 21 22 23 24 26 27 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) (Reporting period: April 1, 2007 through September 30, 2007) Page Investigations by risk level – proposed substantiated reports – county specific data Investigations by type of child maltreatment – proposed substantiated reports – statewide data Investigations by type of child maltreatment – proposed substantiated reports – county specific data Investigations by risk level - substantiated reports – statewide data Investigations by risk level – substantiated reports county specific data Investigations by type of child maltreatment - substantiated reports – statewide data Investigations by type of child maltreatment – substantiated reports – county specific data Investigations by risk level – unsubstantiated reports – statewide data Investigations by risk level – unsubstantiated reports – county specific data Investigations by type of child maltreatment - unsubstantiated reports – statewide data Investigations by type of child maltreatment – unsubstantiated reports – county specific data 27 28 29 30 30 31 32 33 33 34 35 SAFE HAVEN INFANTS Number of Safe Haven infants delivered during reporting period 36 CHILDREN ENTERING OUT-OF-HOME CARE New entries by county – children under 18 years voluntary placement New entries by county New entries – statewide data 37 39 40 CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME CARE Children in out-of-home care by reporting period Children in group homes ages 0-6 Children in shelter ages 0-3 Average length of stay for children ages 0-3 exiting out-of-home care who were in a shelter placement All children in care by age and ethnicity All children in care by case plan goal and placement type All children in care by placement type and age Children in shelter or receiving homes for more than 21 days Children in out-of-home care by length of time in care Children in out-of-home care by legal status Children receiving required visitation FOSTER HOME LICENSING, CLOSURES, AND VISITATIONS Foster homes licensed Foster homes closed and reason for closure Child bed spaces available -2- 41 42 42 43 43-44 44-45 46 47 48 49 50 51 51 51 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) (Reporting period: April 1, 2007 through September 30, 2007) Number of foster homes receiving the required visitation CHILDREN LEAVING OUT-OF-HOME CARE Semi-Annual comparisons of total number leaving care – For all reasons Total number leaving care Total number leaving care – For reason of reunification with parents Total number leaving care – For reason of living with other relatives Total number leaving care – For reason of adoption Total number leaving care – For reason of guardianship Total number leaving care – For reason of reaching age of majority Total number leaving care – For reason of transfer to another agency Total number leaving care – For reason of runaway Total number leaving care – For reason of death of child Total number leaving care - by cause of death Total number for reason of death of child - with alleged abuse CHILDREN WITH CASE PLAN GOALS OF ADOPTION Number of children with a petition for termination of parental rights Number of children with case plan goals of adoption by age Number of children with case plan goals of adoption by ethnicity Number of children with case plan goals of adoption by legal status Number of children– length of time from change of case plan goal of adoption to adoptive placement ADOPTIVE SERVICES Number of children with a finalized adoption by average length of time in out-of-home placement before adoptive placement Number of children with a finalized adoption by average length of time in adoptive placement before the final order of adoption -3- Page 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 63 64 65 66 66 67 68 68 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Arizona Department of Economic Security’s Division of Children, Youth and Families (DES/DCYF) publishes this semi-annual statistical bulletin in compliance with A.R.S. §8-526. This report is intended to provide its readers an opportunity to review DCYF’s performance on a number of key performance indicators. For the past several years, DCYF has been on a path of continuous improvement focused on enhancing child safety, well-being and permanency. Our actions and strategies are deeply rooted in the core belief that children need safe, strong families in order to succeed in life. In September 2005, the Division released Strengthening Families – A Blueprint for Realigning Arizona’s Child Welfare System. The Blueprint outlined ambitious goals and key strategies for (1) enhancing the ability of parents to create safe, stable and nurturing home environments; (2) strengthening families so children can remain safely in their homes; (3) finding more permanent homes more quickly for children; and (4) placing children in the least restrictive, most family-like setting possible. The data contained in this Semi-Annual Report, when combined with other information available in the Department, demonstrate the significant progress made in many of the Division’s focus areas and provide valuable insight into areas where further study and analysis is needed in order to take additional actions and achieve future successes. The Division has shown improvement in child safety, well-being and permanency in the past few years. Some of the improvements demonstrated by the data in this report include reducing the number of children, particularly the youngest children, placed in group homes and shelters; reducing the number of children in temporary shelters longer than 21 days; increasing the number of children and families receiving services safely in their own homes; and, increasing the number of children finding safe, permanent homes through guardianship and adoption. Fewer young children in group homes and shelters. Between March 2005 and September 2007, the emphasis on serving children and families safely in their own homes and the Division’s success in placing children with relatives or in foster homes has resulted in a 25.2 percent decrease in the overall number of children (all ages) served in group homes and shelters. In the same time frame, there has been a 66.3 percent decrease in the number of children under four years old in shelter care and a 93.5 percent decrease in the number of children under seven years old placed in group homes. A review of cases indicates that the primary reasons that young children are being served in group homes or shelters is to keep sibling groups together, to best meet the child’s medical or behavioral needs, or as a temporary placement when no appropriate relative or foster home is available. For example, of the 10 children under seven years old who were living in group homes at the end of September 2007, nine children were in the group home to avoid their being separated from their siblings. Decreasing the amount of time children spend in shelter care. While placing children in shelters is sometimes appropriate to their immediate best interests, the Division strives to move the children to another placement within 21 days. Since March 2005, the number of children in shelter for longer than 21 days has decreased by 40 percent. The Division, along with its foster parent recruitment contractors statewide, will continue to focus on seeking foster homes that are capable of serving large sibling groups in an effort to further reduce the use of group homes and shelters as a placement for young children. Increasing the number of children in out-of-home care who receive monthly visits from their case manager and the number of parents with children in out-of-home care who have monthly contact -4- Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 face-to-face with their case manager. In addition to being seen regularly by treatment and service providers, children in out-of-home care must receive monthly visits from their case managers and their parents are required to have monthly face-to-face contact with the case managers. This has been an area with which the Division has historically struggled, but this latest data shows that monthly visitation with children is at 75 percent of cases and parents are receiving the required visitation in 63.5 percent of cases. Workload – including caseload size and timely documentation – has been identified as the most significant factor affecting the Division staff’s ability to complete monthly visitations. This area of performance will continue to be a focus of improvement efforts in the coming months. Increasing permanency for children through guardianship and adoption. In cases when children cannot return safely to their parents, DCYF helps children find safe, permanent homes through guardianship or adoption. Over the past two years, the number of finalized adoptions has increased by 46.8 percent and the total number of children in permanent guardianships has increased by 11.0 percent. Continued success in placing children in family-like settings. In addition to the improvements noted above, the latest data also demonstrate the Division’s continued success in placing children in out-ofhome care in the most family-like setting possible – a key factor in child well-being. The number of children who are in out-of-home care and are placed either with relatives or with foster parents has been above 70 percent since March 2005, reaching 75 percent in this reporting period. Decrease in the number of children in out-of-home care. As indicated earlier, the data in this SemiAnnual Report, when examined over time, also point to areas where additional monitoring is necessary in order to identify whether additional action is required. The number of children in out-of-home care increased at an annual rate as high as 19 percent in fiscal year 2004. Due to various strategies implemented by the Division, the growth had slowed to less than 2 percent in fiscal year 2006 and has now started to decline. In fact, since September 2005, the number of children in out-of-home care has decreased by 2 percent. Although this is a notable improvement, this decrease has been slower than expected, partially because of the time needed to build the capacity of the child welfare system to serve families in their own homes. Again, this data needs to be examined much more thoroughly to determine whether additional strategies are necessary in order to further safely reduce the number of children in out-of-home care. Strategies expected to safely reduce the number of children in out-of-home care already are being implemented. Arizona is working to embed the Family to Family initiative into Arizona’s child welfare practice. This nationwide child welfare initiative, designed by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, provides principles, strategies, goals, and tools to achieve better outcomes for children and families. The four core strategies that are the hallmark of Family to Family include: 1. Recruitment, Development and Support of Resource Families – Finding and maintaining kinship and foster families who can support children and families in their own neighborhoods. 2. Building Community Partnerships – Establishing relationships with a wide range of community partners in neighborhoods where referral rates to the child welfare system are high and collaborating to create an environment that supports families involved in the child welfare system. These collaborations will lead to enhanced support to at-risk families, preventing the need for removal of the children. 3. Team Decision Making (TDM) – Involving resource families, youth, parents, community partners and case managers in all placement decisions to ensure a network of support for the children and for the adults who care for them. In many cases, these TDM meetings identify supportive -5- Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 resources for the family that prevent the need to remove a child from the home, or that allow the child to be reunified safely with their family more quickly. 4. Self Evaluation – Collecting and using data about the child and family outcomes to find out where there is progress and where there needs to be change. Number of new reports increasing. The Semi-Annual Report also includes information about the number of new reports received for each six-month period. Comparing the period ending September 2006 to the period ending September 2007 shows a 7.7 percent increase in abuse or neglect reports over the past year. It is difficult to say what all of the contributing factors to this trend may be given the highly complex nature of child abuse and child welfare work. The increased number of reports means an increase in the workload of CPS specialists who investigate abuse and neglect allegations and who provide on-going support to children and families. In response to measures passed during the 2003 special legislative session on CPS, a caseload standard was developed specifically for Arizona’s child welfare system. Analysis done by DCYF shows that CPS specialists are carrying caseloads that are 15 percent to 25 percent above the Arizona caseload standard. The Division is not currently funded for staffing to meet the Arizona caseload standards; doing so would require an additional 206 case manager positions in CPS. In addition, improvements to child welfare practice – including a more effective process of assessing child safety and risk and new strategies for engaging parents and extended family members in decisions made in the best interests of children – also have added to CPS specialists’ workload. As CPS specialists become used to these new processes, the impact to their workload will decrease. The Division continues to explore strategies for helping CPS specialists more efficiently complete the tasks necessary to protect children and strengthen families. The Division is committed to the continued use of data as one of the core sources of information about successes and future challenges. Thoughtful data analysis, when combined with nationally proven best practices and input from families and community partners statewide, will ensure improved outcomes for the children and families served by the child welfare system throughout Arizona. The Department faces many challenges in pursuing the safety and permanency of abused and neglected children. Some of the challenges the Department has faced in meeting these goals are: • The recruitment and retention of case managers. • Lack of economic stability. The Department tends to deal with families near the bottom of the socioeconomic scale. These families have great difficulty in providing the basic necessities for their children. The Department continues to search for ways to integrate services to aid in addressing this issue. • The use of alcohol and drugs. The Department continues to encounter challenges in providing safety and permanency for children whose parents are abusing alcohol and drugs. • The recruitment and retention of foster homes. • Meeting the Adoptions and Safe Families Act timeliness standards. -6- Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 SYNOPSIS OF MAJOR DATA POINTS The Arizona Department of Economic Security’s Division of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) publishes this semi-annual statistical bulletin in compliance with A.R.S. §8-526. This report contains information for the six-month period from April 1, 2007 to September 30, 2007. Additional information about the data contained in the report accompanies many of the charts and graphs included in its pages. However, for the reader’s convenience, many of the major areas of the report are summarized in this synopsis, along with additional background or clarifying information. CALLS RECEIVED BY THE STATEWIDE CPS HOTLINE During this reporting period, the statewide Child Abuse Hotline received 18,078 reports of child maltreatment. Two hundred two (202) of those reports were within the jurisdiction of the military or tribal governments and were transferred to those jurisdictions. The remaining 17,876 reports were within the jurisdiction of Child Protective Services (CPS), and all of the reports were assigned for investigation. During this reporting period, the Hotline also received 12,936 calls that did not meet the criteria for a CPS report. These calls included requests for information or referrals to services, current case questions, and allegations more appropriate for a response by law enforcement. Approximately 42 percent of the calls dealt with concerns for a child that did not meet the legal criteria for a CPS report. Although these calls do not require a CPS investigation, the Division enters the information into the CPS database as background information in case future calls are received about the same child or family. Every call that does not meet the criteria for a CPS report is reviewed within 48 hours by CPS quality assurance staff to ensure the accuracy of the decision. The 18,078 reports received in this reporting period represent a 7.7 percent increase in the number of child maltreatment reports received since the period ending September 2006. However, as indicated in the Executive Summary of this report, the increase in reports means an increase in the workload of CPS specialists. Higher than recommended caseloads and improvements in child welfare practice, including a better process for assessing child safety and risk and additional strategies for engaging families in decision-making on behalf of children, have resulted in increased workload demands on the CPS specialists carrying those cases. Pages 14-16 provide additional information on reports received by category of child maltreatment, risk level and county. INVESTIGATIONS All of the 17,876 reports received that were within CPS jurisdiction were assigned for investigation. CPS completed investigations in 12,719 (71.2 percent) of those reports. The remaining reports were still open for investigation at the time of this bulletin. There are several reasons why investigations may remain open, including a pending criminal investigation or the need for records from outside sources – such as hospitals – that may impact the outcome of the CPS investigation. Of the 14,779 reports that were subject to substantiation 1,011 (7 percent) were substantiated, and 116 (0.9 percent) were proposed for substantiation. These numbers will be revised in subsequent reports as the remaining investigations for this reporting period are completed and as the results of cases where parents appealed the findings are received. -7- Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 For the prior reporting period (October 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007), the following revisions were made: the number of unsubstantiated reports was revised from 13,762 to 14,803 and the number of substantiated reports was revised from 1,079 to 1,369. A substantiated finding is entered when the CPS investigation results in proof that the specific allegations received in the CPS report were true. The substantiation rate is not an indicator of risk and is not tied to the removal of a child. There are many cases where the specific allegation in the report cannot be proven, but the CPS investigation determined that the child was at imminent risk of harm. In those cases, if services and supports could not be put in place to keep the child safely at home, the child would be removed. Pages 17-36 provide additional statistical information on investigations by category of maltreatment, risk level and county. Information on substantiation and removals also is provided. CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME CARE The number of children in out-of-home care continued to decline during this reporting period. The number had been growing at an annual rate as high as 19 percent in fiscal year 2004. The latest data demonstrate that the number of children in out-of-home care has decreased by 2 percent since September 2005. As use of the Division’s in-home services model continues and as the Division implements strategies to strengthen the most at-risk families, this number is expected to continue to decline. More than 75 percent of the children in out-of-home care were placed with relatives or in foster homes, demonstrating the Division’s continued commitment to placing children in the most family-like setting possible. The number of children, particularly young children, placed in group homes and shelters continues to dramatically decrease. Between March 2005 and September 2007, the overall number of children placed in group homes or shelters decreased by 25.2 percent; the number of children under seven in group homes decreased by 93.5 percent and the number of children under four in shelters decreased by 66.3 percent. When young children are placed in group homes or shelters, it is because that placement meets their best interests; for example, the shelter may provide the best care they need for a medical condition or behavioral disorder, or the group home may offer the child the best option for not being separated from their sibling(s). The latest data also indicate that children are spending less time in care. From March 2005 to September 2007, the number of children in shelter for longer than 21 days has decreased by 40 percent. Pages 41-50 provide additional demographic information about children in out-of-home care. FOSTER HOMES During this reporting period, the total number of foster homes decreased slightly to 3,512 licensed homes, despite the addition of 435 new foster homes. In spite of this small overall increase, the number of licensed foster homes in September 2007 was 54.9 percent higher than March 2005. Of the foster homes that closed, 25 percent do so because the foster family has adopted a child in their care. Other reasons include personal or family issues or problems (18.0 percent), family relocation (15.0 percent) and noncompliance with licensing requirements (30.0 percent). The number of foster homes receiving the required monthly visit by their community-based, contracted licensing specialist decreased to 56 percent. The Division believes this number is actually higher, but is under-reported because the Division does not -8- Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 have an automated mechanism for collecting this information from contracted providers. The Division recognizes this issue and is working to correct it. CHILDREN LEAVING OUT-OF-HOME CARE Federal law requires that the Division make reasonable efforts to safely reunify a child with their family. When this is not possible, the law requires that the Division find the child another safe, permanent family as quickly as possible. The majority of the children who left care in the past six months did so because they were either reunified with their families (51.2 percent) or they found a safe, permanent family through guardianship (11.8 percent) or adoption (20.2 percent). The remaining children who left out-ofhome care left for other reasons, including transferring to another agency or aging out of foster care and moving into a living arrangement with the support of the Division’s Independent Living Program. During this reporting period, two children died in out-of-home care. One child’s death resulted from an automobile accident. The cause of death for the other child was undetermined at the time this report was written. Pages 53-63 provide additional detailed information about children leaving out-of-home care. PERMANENCY During this reporting period, 773 children found safe, permanent homes through adoption. Over the past two years, this number has increased by 35.6 percent. Despite this success, at the end of the reporting period, there were 2,186 children in out-of-home care with a case plan goal of adoption. The Division continues it aggressive recruitment campaign to find additional foster and adoptive parents for abused and neglected children in care. Pages 64-67 provide demographic information on children with a case plan goal of adoption. -9- Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 Semi-Annual Comparisons Number of Reports Received Number of Reports Substantiated1 Substantiation Rate Number of Reports Investigated & Closed Number of Reports Responded To Number of new removals Number of new removals with Voluntary under 18 Number of Children in Out-of-Home Care on the Last Day of Reporting Period Number of Children in Shelter for More than 21 Days Number and Percentage of Children Receiving Visitation In the Last Month of Reporting Period Number and Percentage of Children not Receiving Visitation Number and Percentage of Parents Receiving Visitation Number of Licensed Foster Homes Number of Foster Home Spaces Available to ACYF Number of New Foster Homes Number of Foster Homes Closed Number and Percentage of Foster Homes Receiving Visitation In the Last Qtr. Of Reporting Period Number and Percentage of Foster Homes not Receiving Visitation Number of Children Leaving DES Custody Number of Children With a Case Plan Goal of Adoption Number of Children With a Finalized Adoption 1 Oct 2003 through Mar 2004 Apr 2004 through Sep 2004 Oct 2004 through Mar 2005 Apr 2005 through Sep 2005 Oct 2005 through Mar 2006 Apr 2006 through Sep 2006 Oct 2006 through Mar 2007 Apr 2007 through Sep 2007 20,242 19,165 18,839 18,797 17,756 16,781 16,612 18,078 2,363 2,157 1,734 1,677 1,326 1,376 1,369 1,011 15% 14% 11% 11% 9% 10% 10% 7% N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 16,256 15,017 12,722 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 16,619 16,422 17,876 3,504 3,630 3,617 4,078 3,753 3,773 3,683 3,924 256 279 118 420 290 386 398 468 8,246 8,839 9,536 9,906 9,902 9,833 9,773 9,701 1,431 1,319 1,127 1,039 840 744 705 679 5,266 (63.9%) 5,475 (61.9%) 6,506 (68.2%) 6,045 (61.0%) 6,411 (64.7%) 6,437 (65.5%) 7,610 (77.9%) 7,283 (75.1%) 2,980 (36.1%) 3,364 (38.1%) 3,030 (31.8%) 3,861 (39.0%) 3,491 (35.3%) 3,396 (34.5%) 2,163 (22.1%) 2,418 (24.9%) 973 (50.7%) 1,049 (50.4%) 1,255 (56.0%) 1,080 (47.9%) 1,154 (52.1%) 1,131 (51.8%) 1,398 (63.1%) 1,241 (63.5%) 2,007 2,191 2,267 2,288 2,863 3,256 3,177 3,512 3,691 4,044 5,020 4,905 5,668 6,469 6,498 6,639 334 410 400 397 328 426 432 435 219 197 410 258 295 166 232 100 1,774 (88.4%) 1,723 (78.7%) 1,791 (79.0%) 1,672 (63.3%) 1,833 (64.0%) 1,790 (55.0%) 2,116 (66.6%) 1,739 (49.5%) 233 (11.6%) 466 (21.3%) 476 (21.0%) 968 (36.7%) 1,030 (36.0%) 1,466 (45.0%) 1,061 (33.4%) 1,773 (50.5%) 2,655 2,883 2,726 3,488 3,506 3,595 3,553 3,824 1,629 1,893 2,044 2,170 2,345 2,302 2,439 2,186 380 373 430 570 586 736 695 773 Since the appeals process delays the substantiation of reports, revisions to the substantiation rate for the prior reporting period will occur with every semi-annual report produced. - 10 - Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 Reports of Abuse & Neglect Child abuse and neglect are defined in A.R.S. §8-201 and A.R.S. §13-3623 (A). These definitions provide the major categories in this report. Between April 1, 2007 and September 30, 2007, there were 18,078 incoming communications to the Child Abuse Hotline that met the criteria for a report of abuse or neglect. Of these, 202 were within the jurisdiction of military or tribal governments and were referred to those jurisdictions. This compares to 16,612 incoming communications received during the last reporting period which met the criteria of a report of abuse or neglect. Table 1 shows the number of reports received by the Department by category of maltreatment for the last eight reporting periods. The table shows that for the current reporting period 10,922 or 60.4 percent of the 18,078 reports of maltreatment were related to allegations of neglect, 5,836 or 32.3 percent of the reports were related to allegations of physical abuse, 1,108 or 6.1 percent of the reports were related to allegations of sexual abuse, and 212 or 1.2 percent of the reports were related to allegations of emotional abuse. TABLE 1 REPORTS BY REPORTING PERIOD AND TYPE OF MALTREATMENT October 2003 – March 2004 April 2004 – September 2004 October 2004 – March 2005 April 2005 - September 2005 October 2005 – March 2006 April 2006 - September 2006 October 2006 – March 2007 April 2007 – September 2007 Neglect Physical Abuse Sexual Abuse Emotional Abuse Total 11,978 59.1% 11,604 60.5% 10,950 58.2% 11,282 60.0% 10,592 59.6% 10,201 60.7% 9,838 59.2% 6,695 33.1% 6,028 31.5% 6,504 34.5% 6,139 32.7% 5,890 33.2% 5,346 31.9% 5,571 33.5% 1,164 5.8% 1,178 6.1% 1,112 5.9% 1,135 6.0% 1,010 5.7% 1,019 6.1% 1,007 6.1% 405 2.0% 355 1.9% 273 1.4% 241 1.3% 264 1.5% 215 1.3% 196 1.2% 20,242 100.0% 19,165 100.0% 18,839 100.0% 18,797 100.0% 17,756 100.0% 16,781 100.0% 16,612 100.0% 10,922 60.4% 5,836 32.3% 1,108 6.1% 212 1.2% 18,078 100.0% - 11 - Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 Chart 1 shows that the number of CPS reports received by the CPS Hotline has increased over the past year. Comparing the current reporting period to the prior reporting period, the number of reports received increased by 1,466 reports or 8.8%. CHART 1 REPORTS OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT BY REPORTING PERIOD 25,000 20,000 20,242 19,165 18,839 18,797 15,000 17,756 16,781 18,078 16,612 10,000 5,000 0 October 2003 – April 2004 – October 2004 – April 2005 October 2005 – April 2006 October 2006 – April 2007 March 2004 September 2004 March 2005 September 2005 March 2006 September 2006 March 2007 September 2007 - 12 - Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 In addition to the 18,078 reports during the current reporting period, the Child Abuse Hotline received 12,936 communications that did not meet the statutory criteria of a report of maltreatment. A random sample of these communications is contained in the chart below. CHART 2 SAMPLE OF COMMUNICATIONS TO THE CHILD ABUSE HOTLINE THAT DO NOT MEET THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS OF A REPORT OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT 80 Number of Communications 70 60 59 65.6% 50 40 21 23.4% 30 20 2 2.2% 10 0 0.0% 3 3.3% 3 3.3% 2 2.2% 0 A B C D Categories E F G N=90 A B C D E F G = = = = = = = Concern Only/No Allegation of Child Abuse or Neglect Out of CPS Jurisdiction Call Appropriate for Law Enforcement Jurisdiction2 Non-Caretaker Neglect/Child No Longer at Risk Insufficient Information Truancy/Custody Issues Current Case Questions or Referrals All communications that do not meet the statutory requirements for a field investigation of abuse or neglect are reviewed within 48 hours by DES quality assurance staff. 2 The category “Call Appropriate for Law Enforcement Jurisdiction” refers to a situation where the alleged perpetrator is not a parent or primary caretaker and the allegations, if true, would constitute a crime. - 13 - Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 For the current reporting period, the CPS Hotline classified 14.8 percent of the reports received as high risk, 27.5 percent as moderate risk, 40.4 percent as low risk, and 17.3 percent as potential risk. For the current reporting period, the CPS Hotline classified 1.2 percent of CPS reports as emotional abuse, 60.4 percent as neglect, 32.3 percent as physical abuse, and 6.1 percent as sexual abuse. CHART 3 NUMBER OF REPORTS RECEIVED BY RISK LEVEL 9,000 8,000 7,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 0 October 2003 – April 2004 – October 2004 – April 2005 March 2004 September 2004 March 2005 September 2005 HIGH RISK MODERATE RISK October 2005 – April 2006 October 2006 – April 2007 March 2006 September 2006 March 2007 September 2007 LOW RISK POTENTIAL RISK TABLE 2 NUMBER OF REPORTS RECEIVED BY RISK LEVEL AND COUNTY FOR PERIOD OF APRIL 1, 2007 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 COUNTY HIGH MODERATE LOW POTENTIAL TOTAL % OF TOTAL APACHE 13 24 34 16 87 0.5% COCHISE 45 144 230 75 494 2.7% COCONINO 64 133 146 59 402 2.2% GILA 36 61 80 46 223 1.2% GRAHAM 8 38 51 13 110 0.6% GREENLEE 8 7 8 3 26 0.1% LA PAZ 12 15 24 11 62 0.3% MARICOPA 1,666 2,747 4,103 1,768 10,284 57.0% MOHAVE 97 200 254 101 652 3.6% NAVAJO 70 90 140 47 347 1.9% PIMA 348 879 1,394 579 3,200 17.7% PINAL 175 287 401 194 1,057 5.9% SANTA CRUZ 12 33 54 9 108 0.6% YAVAPAI 49 182 253 117 601 3.3% YUMA 65 131 143 86 425 2.4% STATEWIDE 2,668 4,971 7,315 3,124 18,078 100.0% % OF TOTAL 14.8% 27.5% 40.4% 17.3% 100.0% - 14 - Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 TABLE 3 NUMBER OF REPORTS RECEIVED BY RISK LEVEL AND COUNTY FOR PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2006 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2007 COUNTY HIGH MODERATE LOW POTENTIAL TOTAL % OF TOTAL APACHE 15 26 34 15 90 0.5% COCHISE 75 107 194 50 426 2.6% COCONINO 66 99 150 49 364 2.2% GILA 42 43 55 16 156 0.9% GRAHAM 12 33 37 12 94 0.6% GREENLEE 2 3 8 4 17 0.1% LA PAZ 12 15 23 5 55 0.3% MARICOPA 1,726 2,459 3,966 1,422 9,573 57.6% MOHAVE 95 178 230 73 576 3.5% NAVAJO 46 74 134 50 304 1.8% PIMA 362 774 1,397 448 2,981 18.0% PINAL 176 264 359 146 945 5.7% SANTA CRUZ 26 19 44 9 98 0.6% YAVAPAI 74 149 225 81 529 3.2% YUMA 71 116 172 45 404 2.4% STATEWIDE 2,800 4,359 7,028 2,425 16,612 100.0% % OF TOTAL 16.9% 26.2% 42.3% 14.6% 100.0% CHART 4 NUMBER OF REPORTS RECEIVED BY TYPE OF MALTREATMENT 14,000 12,000 10,000 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000 0 October 2003 – March 2004 April 2004 – September 2004 EMOTIONAL ABUSE October 2004 – March 2005 April 2005 September 2005 NEGLECT - 15 - October 2005 – March 2006 April 2006 September 2006 PHYSICAL ABUSE October 2006 – March 2007 April 2007 September 2007 SEXUAL ABUSE Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 TABLE 4 NUMBER OF REPORTS RECEIVED BY TYPE OF MALTREATMENT AND COUNTY FOR PERIOD OF APRIL 1, 2007 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 COUNTY EMOTIONAL NEGLECT PHYSICAL SEXUAL TOTAL % OF ABUSE ABUSE ABUSE TOTAL APACHE 1 47 33 6 87 0.5% COCHISE 6 312 154 22 494 2.7% COCONINO 3 248 124 27 402 2.2% GILA 2 148 59 14 223 1.2% GRAHAM 1 61 36 12 110 0.6% GREENLEE 0 16 8 2 26 0.1% LA PAZ 2 35 17 8 62 0.3% MARICOPA 117 6,098 3,424 645 10,284 57.0% MOHAVE 4 417 197 34 652 3.6% NAVAJO 3 234 101 9 347 1.9% PIMA 50 1,924 1,045 181 3,200 17.7% PINAL 14 648 315 80 1,057 5.9% SANTA CRUZ 2 63 38 5 108 0.6% YAVAPAI 4 381 181 35 601 3.3% YUMA 3 290 104 28 425 2.4% STATEWIDE 212 10,922 5,836 1,108 18,078 100.0% % OF TOTAL 1.2% 60.4% 32.3% 6.1% 100.0% TABLE 5 NUMBER OF REPORTS RECEIVED BY TYPE OF MALTREATMENT AND COUNTY FOR PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2006 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2007 COUNTY EMOTIONAL NEGLECT PHYSICAL SEXUAL TOTAL % OF ABUSE ABUSE ABUSE TOTAL APACHE 3 56 24 7 90 0.5% COCHISE 10 270 127 19 426 2.6% COCONINO 5 214 122 23 364 2.2% GILA 0 111 35 10 156 0.9% GRAHAM 2 57 30 5 94 0.6% GREENLEE 0 8 9 0 17 0.1% LA PAZ 1 43 10 1 55 0.3% MARICOPA 98 5,621 3,264 590 9,573 57.6% MOHAVE 2 344 197 33 576 3.5% NAVAJO 4 178 104 18 304 1.8% PIMA 50 1,711 1,042 178 2,981 18.0% PINAL 8 580 292 65 945 5.7% SANTA CRUZ 1 62 33 2 98 0.6% YAVAPAI 8 321 165 35 529 3.2% YUMA 4 262 117 21 404 2.4% STATEWIDE 196 9,838 5,571 1,007 16,612 100.0% % OF TOTAL 1.2% 59.2% 33.5% 6.1% 100.0% - 16 - Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 ASSIGNMENT OF INVESTIGATIONS During the reporting period there were 18,078 reports that were appropriate for investigation. Of those, 202 reports fell within the jurisdiction of military or tribal governments. This left 17,876 reports that were assigned to be investigated by CPS. The following tables and charts in this section provide statewide and county level information on these reports. CHART 5 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY RISK LEVEL AND REPORTING PERIOD 8,000 7,265 6,970 7,000 6,000 4,911 5,000 4,323 4,000 3,097 3,000 2,732 2,603 2,397 2,000 1,000 0 April 2007 - September 2007 HIGH October 2006 – March 2007 MODERATE LOW POTENTIAL TABLE 6 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY RISK LEVEL AND COUNTY FOR PERIOD OF APRIL 1, 2007 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 COUNTY HIGH MODERATE LOW POTENTIAL TOTAL % OF TOTAL APACHE 12 19 28 12 71 0.4% COCHISE 45 144 230 75 494 2.8% COCONINO 54 118 135 58 365 2.0% GILA 25 56 79 43 203 1.1% GRAHAM 8 37 51 12 108 0.6% GREENLEE 8 7 8 3 26 0.2% LA PAZ 12 13 20 10 55 0.3% MARICOPA 1,656 2,741 4,093 1,764 10,254 57.3% MOHAVE 93 199 254 101 647 3.6% NAVAJO 55 76 131 43 305 1.7% PIMA 344 876 1,390 575 3,185 17.8% PINAL 165 280 397 189 1,031 5.8% SANTA CRUZ 12 33 54 9 108 0.6% YAVAPAI 49 181 253 117 600 3.4% YUMA 65 131 142 86 424 2.4% STATEWIDE 2,603 4,911 7,265 3,097 17,876 100.0% % OF TOTAL 14.6% 27.5% 40.6% 17.3% 100.0% - 17 - Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 TABLE 7 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY RISK LEVEL AND COUNTY FOR PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2006 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2007 COUNTY HIGH MODERATE LOW POTENTIAL TOTAL % OF TOTAL APACHE 11 23 31 11 76 0.5% COCHISE 75 107 194 50 426 2.6% COCONINO 56 91 135 43 325 2.0% GILA 36 42 54 16 148 0.9% GRAHAM 11 33 37 11 92 0.6% GREENLEE 2 3 8 4 17 0.1% LA PAZ 11 11 22 4 48 0.3% MARICOPA 1,709 2,451 3,956 1,417 9,533 58.0% MOHAVE 92 178 229 73 572 3.5% NAVAJO 37 70 123 44 274 1.7% PIMA 355 770 1,391 445 2,961 18.0% PINAL 166 260 352 145 923 5.5% SANTA CRUZ 26 19 44 9 98 0.6% YAVAPAI 74 149 223 80 526 3.2% YUMA 71 116 171 45 403 2.5% STATEWIDE 2,732 4,323 6,970 2,397 16,422 100.0% % OF TOTAL 16.6% 26.3% 42.5% 14.6% 100.0% CHART 6 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY TYPE OF MALTREATMENT AND REPORTING PERIOD 12,000 10,793 11,000 9,699 10,000 9,000 8,000 7,000 5,778 6,000 5,531 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 1,094 998 211 194 0 April 2007 - September 2007 EMOTIONAL ABUSE October 2006 – March 2007 NEGLECT - 18 - PHYSICAL ABUSE SEXUAL ABUSE Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 TABLE 8 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY TYPE OF MALTREATMENT BY COUNTY FOR PERIOD OF APRIL 1, 2007 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 COUNTY EMOTIONAL NEGLECT PHYSICAL SEXUAL TOTAL % OF ABUSE ABUSE ABUSE TOTAL APACHE 1 42 25 3 71 0.4% COCHISE 6 312 154 22 494 2.8% COCONINO 3 226 112 24 365 2.0% GILA 2 132 57 12 203 1.1% GRAHAM 1 61 35 11 108 0.6% GREENLEE 0 16 8 2 26 0.2% LA PAZ 1 34 13 7 55 0.3% MARICOPA 117 6,076 3,419 642 10,254 57.3% MOHAVE 4 412 197 34 647 3.6% NAVAJO 3 204 89 9 305 1.7% PIMA 50 1,913 1,041 181 3,185 17.8% PINAL 14 632 306 79 1,031 5.8% SANTA CRUZ 2 63 38 5 108 0.6% YAVAPAI 4 381 180 35 600 3.4% YUMA 3 289 104 28 424 2.4% STATEWIDE 211 10,793 5,778 1,094 17,876 100.0% % OF TOTAL 1.2% 60.4% 32.3% 6.1% 100.0% TABLE 9 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY TYPE OF MALTREATMENT BY COUNTY FOR PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2006 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2007 COUNTY EMOTIONAL NEGLECT PHYSICAL SEXUAL TOTAL % OF ABUSE ABUSE ABUSE TOTAL APACHE 2 46 22 6 76 0.5% COCHISE 10 270 127 19 426 2.6% COCONINO 4 187 113 21 325 2.0% GILA 0 103 35 10 148 0.9% GRAHAM 2 55 30 5 92 0.6% GREENLEE 0 8 9 0 17 0.1% LA PAZ 1 39 8 0 48 0.3% MARICOPA 98 5,596 3,252 587 9,533 58.0% MOHAVE 2 341 196 33 572 3.5% NAVAJO 4 155 97 18 274 1.7% PIMA 50 1,695 1,039 177 2,961 18.0% PINAL 8 561 290 64 923 5.5% SANTA CRUZ 1 62 33 2 98 0.6% YAVAPAI 8 320 163 35 526 3.2% YUMA 4 261 117 21 403 2.5% STATEWIDE 194 9,699 5,531 998 16,422 100.0% % OF TOTAL 1% 59% 34% 6% 100% - 19 - Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 During this reporting period, there were 17,876 reports assigned for investigation. Of these, CPS completed 12,722 investigations or 71.2 percent. Investigations not completed remain open when the investigation is still in process, when the CPS specialist is waiting for the results of a law enforcement investigation and/or receipt of records that impact the investigation finding, or when the investigation has been completed but is waiting supervisory review and approval. INVESTIGATIONS OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT TABLE 10 NUMBER OF REPORTS NOT RESPONDED TO BY RISK LEVEL AND COUNTY FOR PERIOD OF APRIL 1, 2007 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 COUNTY HIGH MODERATE LOW POTENTIAL TOTAL % OF TOTAL APACHE 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% COCHISE 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% COCONINO 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% GILA 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% GRAHAM 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% GREENLEE 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% LA PAZ 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% MARICOPA 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% MOHAVE 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% NAVAJO 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% PIMA 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% PINAL 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% SANTA CRUZ 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% YAVAPAI 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% YUMA 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% STATEWIDE 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% % OF TOTAL 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% By statute, a random sample of reports not responded to for the period is required. In addition, short descriptions of these reports are also required. As there were no reports without a response for this reporting period, the sample of reports has been omitted. - 20 - Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 CHART 7 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY RISK LEVEL AND REPORTING PERIOD FOR REPORTS STILL OPEN FOR INVESTIGATION 2,200 2,000 1,800 1,600 1,400 1,200 1,000 800 600 400 200 0 2,131 1,470 926 627 32 April 2007 - Sept 2007 HIGH RISK 75 88 41 Oct 2006 - March 2007 MODERATE RISK LOW RISK POTENTIAL RISK TABLE 11 NUMBER OF REPORTS BY RISK LEVEL AND COUNTY FOR REPORTS STILL OPEN FOR INVESTIGATION FOR PERIOD OF APRIL 1, 2007 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 COUNTY HIGH MODERATE LOW POTENTIAL TOTAL % OF TOTAL APACHE 7 15 20 11 53 1.0% COCHISE 15 48 84 32 179 3.5% COCONINO 26 70 92 34 222 4.3% GILA 13 26 42 20 101 2.0% GRAHAM 3 16 28 5 52 1.0% GREENLEE 5 5 4 2 16 0.3% LA PAZ 1 1 3 2 7 0.1% MARICOPA 332 657 910 435 2,334 45.3% MOHAVE 14 47 62 19 142 2.8% NAVAJO 9 28 33 3 73 1.4% PIMA 86 303 481 184 1,054 20.5% PINAL 97 159 229 118 603 11.7% SANTA CRUZ 2 14 16 2 34 0.6% YAVAPAI 6 56 87 41 190 3.7% YUMA 11 25 40 18 94 1.8% STATEWIDE 627 1,470 2,131 926 5,154 100.0% % OF TOTAL 12.2% 28.6% 41.2% 18.0% 100.0% - 21 - Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 TABLE 12 NUMBER OF REPORTS BY RISK LEVEL AND COUNTY FOR REPORTS STILL OPEN FOR INVESTIGATION FOR PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2006 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2007 COUNTY HIGH MODERATE LOW POTENTIAL TOTAL % OF TOTAL APACHE 0 0 0 0 0 0% COCHISE 0 0 0 0 0 0% COCONINO 4 5 7 2 18 7.6% GILA 0 0 0 0 0 0% GRAHAM 0 0 0 0 0 0% GREENLEE 0 0 0 0 0 0% LA PAZ 0 0 0 0 0 0% MARICOPA 11 17 19 9 56 23.7% MOHAVE 0 0 0 0 0 0% NAVAJO 0 0 0 0 0 0% PIMA 16 52 61 30 159 67.4% PINAL 0 0 0 0 0 0% SANTA CRUZ 0 0 0 0 0 0% YAVAPAI 1 1 1 0 3 1.3% YUMA 0 0 0 0 0 0% STATEWIDE 32 75 88 41 236 100.0% % OF TOTAL 13.6% 31.8% 37.2% 17.4% 100.0% CHART 8 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY TYPE OF MALTREATMENT FOR REPORTS STILL OPEN FOR INVESTIGATION 2,987 3000 2500 2000 1,686 1500 1000 418 500 63 1 128 72 35 0 April 2007 - Sept 2007 EMOTIONAL ABUSE NEGLECT Oct 2006 - March 2007 PHYSICAL ABUSE - 22 - SEXUAL ABUSE Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 TABLE 13 NUMBER OF REPORTS BY TYPE OF MALTREATMENT AND COUNTY FOR REPORTS STILL OPEN FOR INVESTIGATION FOR PERIOD OF APRIL 1, 2007 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 COUNTY EMOTIONAL NEGLECT PHYSICAL SEXUAL TOTAL % OF ABUSE ABUSE ABUSE TOTAL APACHE 1 29 20 3 53 1.0% COCHISE 2 108 57 12 179 3.5% COCONINO 3 141 64 14 222 4.3% GILA 1 62 31 7 101 2.0% GRAHAM 1 28 16 7 52 1.0% GREENLEE 0 10 4 2 16 0.3% LA PAZ 0 5 2 0 7 0.1% MARICOPA 22 1,325 810 177 2,334 45.3% MOHAVE 2 91 40 9 142 2.8% NAVAJO 0 49 19 5 73 1.4% PIMA 17 568 352 117 1,054 20.5% PINAL 9 371 177 46 603 11.7% SANTA CRUZ 2 16 14 2 34 0.6% YAVAPAI 2 121 59 8 190 3.7% YUMA 1 63 21 9 94 1.8% STATEWIDE 63 2,987 1,686 418 5,154 100.0% % OF TOTAL 1.2% 58.0% 32.7% 8.1% 100.0% TABLE 14 NUMBER OF REPORTS BY TYPE OF MALTREATMENT AND COUNTY FOR REPORTS STILL OPEN FOR INVESTIGATION FOR PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2006 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2007 COUNTY EMOTIONAL NEGLECT PHYSICAL SEXUAL TOTAL % OF ABUSE ABUSE ABUSE TOTAL APACHE 0 0 0 0 0 0% COCHISE 0 0 0 0 0 0% COCONINO 0 11 6 1 18 7.6% GILA 0 0 0 0 0 0% GRAHAM 0 0 0 0 0 0% GREENLEE 0 0 0 0 0 0% LA PAZ 0 0 0 0 0 0% MARICOPA 0 37 17 2 56 23.7% MOHAVE 0 0 0 0 0 0% NAVAJO 0 0 0 0 0 0% PIMA 1 77 49 32 159 67.4% PINAL 0 0 0 0 0 0% SANTA CRUZ 0 0 0 0 0 0% YAVAPAI 0 3 0 0 3 1.3% YUMA 0 0 0 0 0 0% STATEWIDE 1 128 72 35 236 100.0% % OF TOTAL 0.4% 54.3% 30.5% 14.8% 100.0% - 23 - Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 CHART 9 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION WHERE A REMOVAL OCCURRED 13 15 APACHE 54 53 42 31 23 24 COCHISE COCONINO GILA 6 9 1 6 4 6 GRAHAM GREENLEE LA PAZ 1,029 987 MARICOPA 51 67 26 33 MOHAVE NAVAJO 421 458 PIMA 106 96 PINAL 11 10 SANTA CRUZ 64 56 42 32 YAVAPAI YUMA 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 April 2007 - September 2007 - 24 - 700 800 900 1,000 1,100 1,200 October 2006 - March 2007 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 TABLE 15 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY COUNTY WHERE A REMOVAL OCCURRED FOR THE PERIOD APRIL 1, 2007 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 COUNTY NUMBER OF NUMBER OF % OF REPORTS WHERE REPORTS REPORTS ASSIGNED A CHILD WAS PLACED ASSIGNED WITH A REMOVAL IN OUT-OF-HOME CARE APACHE 71 15 21.1% COCHISE 494 53 10.7% COCONINO 365 31 8.5% GILA 203 24 11.8% GRAHAM 108 9 8.3% GREENLEE 26 6 23.1% LA PAZ 55 6 10.9% MARICOPA 10,254 987 9.6% MOHAVE 647 67 10.4% NAVAJO 305 33 10.8% PIMA 3,185 458 14.4% PINAL 1,031 96 9.3% SANTA CRUZ 108 10 9.3% YAVAPAI 600 56 9.3% YUMA 424 32 7.6% STATEWIDE 17,876 1,883 10.5% TABLE 16 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY COUNTY WHERE A REMOVAL OCCURRED FOR THE PERIOD OCTOBER 1, 2006 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2007 COUNTY NUMBER OF NUMBER OF % OF REPORTS WHERE REPORTS REPORTS ASSIGNED A CHILD WAS PLACED ASSIGNED WITH A REMOVAL IN OUT-OF-HOME CARE APACHE 76 13 17.1% COCHISE 426 54 12.7% COCONINO 325 42 12.9% GILA 148 23 15.5% GRAHAM 92 6 6.5% GREENLEE 17 1 5.9% LA PAZ 48 4 8.3% MARICOPA 9,533 1,029 10.8% MOHAVE 572 51 8.9% NAVAJO 274 26 9.5% PIMA 2,961 421 14.2% PINAL 923 106 11.5% SANTA CRUZ 98 11 11.2% YAVAPAI 526 64 12.2% YUMA 403 42 10.4% STATEWIDE 16,422 1,893 11.5% - 25 - Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 COMPLETED INVESTIGATIONS Substantiated reports are reports where the Department has determined that at least one of the allegations in the report of abuse and neglect is true. The number of reports that are considered substantiated are a subset of the total number of reports that were received, investigated, and closed during the reporting period. The preliminary number of CPS reports that are substantiated for this reporting period is 1,011. For the prior reporting period, the number of CPS reports that were assigned for investigation that resulted in substantiated findings was revised from 1,079 to 1,369 to reflect further results of parents’ rights to due process. For the current reporting period, 26.7 percent of substantiated investigative findings were classified as high risk, 39.2 percent as moderate risk, and 34.1 percent as low risk. Potential risk reports are not substantiated by CPS. For the prior reporting period, 28.0 percent of substantiated investigative findings were classified as high risk, 34.5 percent as moderate risk, and 37.5 percent as low risk. • There were 14,779 reports received during the current reporting period that were subject to substantiation. This results in a preliminary substantiation rate of 7 percent for the current reporting period. • There were 14,025 reports received during the prior reporting period that were subject to substantiation. This results in a 10 percent substantiation rate for the prior reporting period. CHART 10 SUBSTANTIATION RATE BY REPORTING PERIOD 20% 18% 16% 15% 14% 14% 11% 11% 12% 10% 9% 10% 10% 7% 8% 6% 4% 2% 0% OCT 2003 - APR 2004 - OCT 2004 - APR 2005 - OCT 2005 - APR 2006 - OCT 2006 - APR 2007 MAR 2004 SEP 2004 MAR 2005 SEP 2005 MAR 2006 SEP 2006 MAR 2007 SEP 2007 - 26 - Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 CHART 11 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY RISK LEVEL AND REPORTING PERIOD THAT RESULTED IN PROPOSED SUBSTANTIATION 120 100 80 60 40 49 31 36 20 1 0 7 10 0 0 April 2007 - Sept 2007 HIGH RISK Oct 2006 - March 2007 MODERATE RISK LOW RISK POTENTIAL RISK TABLE 17 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY RISK LEVEL AND COUNTY THAT RESULTED IN PROPOSED SUBSTANTIATION FOR PERIOD OF APRIL 1, 2007 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 COUNTY HIGH MODERATE LOW POTENTIAL TOTAL % OF TOTAL APACHE 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% COCHISE 0 1 1 0 2 1.7% COCONINO 1 0 3 0 4 3.4% GILA 2 1 2 0 5 4.3% GRAHAM 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% GREENLEE 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% LA PAZ 1 1 0 0 2 1.7% MARICOPA 19 24 33 0 76 65.7% MOHAVE 0 0 1 0 1 0.9% NAVAJO 1 1 2 0 4 3.4% PIMA 5 5 4 0 14 12.1% PINAL 1 0 1 0 2 1.7% SANTA CRUZ 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% YAVAPAI 1 1 0 0 2 1.7% YUMA 0 2 2 0 4 3.4% STATEWIDE 31 36 49 0 116 100.0% % OF TOTAL 26.7% 31.0% 42.3% 0.0% 100.0% - 27 - Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 TABLE 18 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY RISK LEVEL AND COUNTY THAT RESULTED IN PROPOSED SUBSTANTIATION FOR PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2006 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2007 COUNTY HIGH MODERATE LOW POTENTIAL TOTAL % OF TOTAL APACHE 0 0 0 0 0 0% COCHISE 0 0 0 0 0 0% COCONINO 0 1 1 0 2 11.1% GILA 0 0 0 0 0 0% GRAHAM 0 0 0 0 0 0% GREENLEE 0 0 0 0 0 0% LA PAZ 0 0 0 0 0 0% MARICOPA 0 4 8 0 12 66.6% MOHAVE 0 1 0 0 1 5.6% NAVAJO 1 0 0 0 1 5.6% PIMA 0 1 1 0 2 11.1% PINAL 0 0 0 0 0 0% SANTA CRUZ 0 0 0 0 0 0% YAVAPAI 0 0 0 0 0 0% YUMA 0 0 0 0 0 0% STATEWIDE 1 7 10 0 18 100. 0% % OF TOTAL 5.6% 38.9% 55.5% 0.0% 100.0% CHART 12 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY TYPE OF MALTREATMENT THAT RESULTED IN PROPOSED SUBSTANTIATION 120 100 80 54 60 52 40 20 10 6 0 11 1 0 0 April 2007 - Sept 2007 EMOTIONAL ABUSE NEGLECT Oct 2006 - March 2007 PHYSICAL ABUSE - 28 - SEXUAL ABUSE Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 TABLE 19 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY TYPE OF MALTREATMENT BY COUNTY THAT RESULTED IN PROPOSED SUBSTANTIATION FOR PERIOD OF APRIL 1, 2007 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 COUNTY EMOTIONAL NEGLECT PHYSICAL SEXUAL TOTAL % OF ABUSE ABUSE ABUSE TOTAL APACHE 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% COCHISE 0 0 2 0 2 1.7% COCONINO 0 3 1 0 4 3.4% GILA 0 3 2 0 5 4.3% GRAHAM 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% GREENLEE 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% LA PAZ 0 1 1 0 2 1.7% MARICOPA 0 33 35 8 76 65.7% MOHAVE 0 1 0 0 1 0.9% NAVAJO 0 0 3 1 4 3.4% PIMA 0 7 6 1 14 12.1% PINAL 0 1 1 0 2 1.7% SANTA CRUZ 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% YAVAPAI 0 2 0 0 2 1.7% YUMA 0 3 1 0 4 3.4% STATEWIDE 0 54 52 10 116 100.0% % OF TOTAL 0.0% 46.1% 45.3% 8.6% 100.0% TABLE 20 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY TYPE OF MALTREATMENT BY COUNTY THAT RESULTED IN PROPOSED SUBSTANTIATION FOR PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2006 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2007 COUNTY EMOTIONAL NEGLECT PHYSICAL SEXUAL TOTAL % OF ABUSE ABUSE ABUSE TOTAL APACHE 0 0 0 0 0 0% COCHISE 0 0 0 0 0 0% COCONINO 0 2 0 0 2 11.1% GILA 0 0 0 0 0 0% GRAHAM 0 0 0 0 0 0% GREENLEE 0 0 0 0 0 0% LA PAZ 0 0 0 0 0 0% MARICOPA 0 3 8 1 12 66.6% MOHAVE 0 0 1 0 1 5.6% NAVAJO 0 1 0 0 1 5.6% PIMA 0 0 2 0 2 11.1% PINAL 0 0 0 0 0 0% SANTA CRUZ 0 0 0 0 0 0% YAVAPAI 0 0 0 0 0 0% YUMA 0 0 0 0 0 0% STATEWIDE 0 6 11 1 18 100. 0% % OF TOTAL 0.0% 33.3% 61.1% 5.6% 100.0% - 29 - Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 CHART 13 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY RISK LEVEL AND REPORTING PERIOD THAT RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIATION 700 600 514 472 500 396 400 300 383 345 270 200 100 0 0 0 April 2007 - Sept 2007 HIGH RISK Oct 2006 - March 2007 MODERATE RISK LOW RISK POTENTIAL RISK TABLE 21 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY RISK LEVEL AND COUNTY THAT RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIATION FOR PERIOD OF APRIL 1, 2007 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 COUNTY HIGH MODERATE LOW POTENTIAL TOTAL % OF TOTAL APACHE 0 0 2 0 2 0.2% COCHISE 6 24 5 0 35 3.5% COCONINO 9 13 8 0 30 3.0% GILA 2 2 2 0 6 0.6% GRAHAM 0 6 0 0 6 0.6% GREENLEE 0 0 1 0 1 0.1% LA PAZ 1 2 0 0 3 0.3% MARICOPA 119 173 156 0 448 44.1% MOHAVE 16 18 6 0 40 4.0% NAVAJO 10 3 3 0 16 1.6% PIMA 77 102 117 0 296 29.3% PINAL 11 22 14 0 47 4.7% SANTA CRUZ 1 0 5 0 6 0.6% YAVAPAI 10 21 21 0 52 5.1% YUMA 8 10 5 0 23 2.3% STATEWIDE 270 396 345 0 1,011 100.0% % OF TOTAL 26.7% 39.2% 34.1% 0.0% 100.0% - 30 - Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 TABLE 22 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY RISK LEVEL AND COUNTY THAT RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIATION FOR PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2006 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2007 COUNTY HIGH MODERATE LOW POTENTIAL TOTAL % OF TOTAL APACHE 2 2 4 0 8 0.6% COCHISE 9 16 24 0 49 3.6% COCONINO 20 22 24 0 66 4.8% GILA 7 3 1 0 11 0.8% GRAHAM 4 2 1 0 7 0.5% GREENLEE 1 0 0 0 1 0.1% LA PAZ 2 1 1 0 4 0.3% MARICOPA 167 220 254 0 641 46.8% MOHAVE 19 13 14 0 46 3.4% NAVAJO 7 8 2 0 17 1.2% PIMA 96 121 136 0 353 25.8% PINAL 23 23 20 0 66 4.8% SANTA CRUZ 2 3 3 0 8 0.6% YAVAPAI 16 23 15 0 54 3.9% YUMA 8 15 15 0 38 2.8% STATEWIDE 383 472 514 0 1,369 100.0% % OF TOTAL 28.0% 34.5% 37.5% 0.0% 100.0% CHART 14 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY TYPE OF MALTREATMENT THAT RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIATION 1000 900 800 669 700 600 565 527 500 390 400 300 200 129 88 100 6 6 0 April 2007 - Sept 2007 EMOTIONAL ABUSE Oct 2006 - March 2007 NEGLECT PHYSICAL ABUSE - 31 - SEXUAL ABUSE Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 TABLE 23 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY TYPE OF MALTREATMENT BY COUNTY THAT RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIATION FOR PERIOD OF APRIL 1, 2007 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 COUNTY EMOTIONAL NEGLECT PHYSICAL SEXUAL TOTAL % OF ABUSE ABUSE ABUSE TOTAL APACHE 0 2 0 0 2 0.2% COCHISE 0 26 7 2 35 3.5% COCONINO 0 22 7 1 30 3.0% GILA 0 4 1 1 6 0.6% GRAHAM 0 3 3 0 6 0.6% GREENLEE 0 0 1 0 1 0.1% LA PAZ 0 2 0 1 3 0.3% MARICOPA 1 168 223 56 448 44.1% MOHAVE 0 22 14 4 40 4.0% NAVAJO 1 10 5 0 16 1.6% PIMA 4 192 90 10 296 29.3% PINAL 0 27 14 6 47 4.7% SANTA CRUZ 0 2 4 0 6 0.6% YAVAPAI 0 34 12 6 52 5.1% YUMA 0 13 9 1 23 2.3% STATEWIDE 6 527 390 88 1,011 100.0% % OF TOTAL 0.6% 52.1% 38.6% 8.7% 100.0% TABLE 24 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY TYPE OF MALTREATMENT BY COUNTY THAT RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIATION FOR PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2006 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2007 COUNTY EMOTIONAL NEGLECT PHYSICAL SEXUAL TOTAL % OF ABUSE ABUSE ABUSE TOTAL APACHE 0 6 2 0 8 0.6% COCHISE 1 29 17 2 49 3.6% COCONINO 0 40 20 6 66 4.8% GILA 0 8 2 1 11 0.8% GRAHAM 0 3 3 1 7 0.5% GREENLEE 0 0 1 0 1 0.1% LA PAZ 0 3 1 0 4 0.3% MARICOPA 0 264 312 65 641 46.8% MOHAVE 0 21 19 6 46 3.4% NAVAJO 0 9 4 4 17 1.2% PIMA 3 203 122 25 353 25.8% PINAL 1 39 20 6 66 4.8% SANTA CRUZ 1 3 3 1 8 0.6% YAVAPAI 0 26 21 7 54 3.9% YUMA 0 15 18 5 38 2.8% STATEWIDE 6 669 565 129 1,369 100.0% % OF TOTAL 0.4% 48.9% 41.3% 9.4% 100.0% - 32 - Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 The preliminary number of CPS investigations that resulted in an unsubstantiated finding for this reporting period was 11,592. For the prior reporting period, the number of CPS reports that were unsubstantiated was revised from 13,762 to 14,803 to reflect updated information in the CHILDS case management information system. For the prior reporting period, 15.7 percent of unsubstantiated reports were classified as high risk, 25.5 percent as moderate risk, 42.9 percent as low risk, and 15.9 percent as potential risk. Just over one percent of these unsubstantiated reports related to emotional abuse, 60.1 percent to neglect, 33.0 percent to physical abuse, and 5.6 percent to sexual abuse. CHART 15 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY RISK LEVEL AND REPORTING PERIOD THAT RESULTED IN UNSUBSTANTIATION 7,000 6,357 6,000 4,738 5,000 3,772 4,000 3,009 3,000 2,000 2,355 2,319 2,170 1,675 1,000 0 April 2007 - Sept 2007 HIGH RISK Oct 2006 - March 2007 MODERATE RISK LOW RISK POTENTIAL RISK TABLE 25 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY RISK LEVEL AND COUNTY THAT RESULTED IN UNSUBSTANTIATION FOR PERIOD OF APRIL 1, 2007 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 COUNTY HIGH MODERATE LOW POTENTIAL TOTAL % OF TOTAL APACHE 5 4 6 1 16 0.1% COCHISE 24 71 140 43 278 2.4% COCONINO 18 35 32 24 109 0.9% GILA 8 27 33 23 91 0.8% GRAHAM 5 15 23 7 50 0.4% GREENLEE 3 2 3 1 9 0.1% LA PAZ 9 9 17 8 43 0.4% MARICOPA 1,186 1,887 2,993 1,329 7,395 63.8% MOHAVE 63 134 185 82 464 4.0% NAVAJO 35 44 93 40 212 1.8% PIMA 176 466 787 390 1,819 15.7% PINAL 56 99 153 71 379 3.3% SANTA CRUZ 9 19 33 7 68 0.6% YAVAPAI 32 103 145 76 356 3.1% YUMA 46 94 95 68 303 2.6% STATEWIDE 1,675 3,009 4,738 2,170 11,592 100.0% % OF TOTAL 14.5% 26.0% 40.8% 18.7% 100.0% - 33 - Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 TABLE 26 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY RISK LEVEL AND COUNTY THAT RESULTED IN UNSUBSTANTIATION FOR PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2006 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2007 COUNTY HIGH MODERATE LOW POTENTIAL TOTAL % OF TOTAL APACHE 9 21 27 11 68 0.5% COCHISE 66 91 170 50 377 2.6% COCONINO 33 63 99 40 235 1.6% GILA 29 39 53 16 137 0.9% GRAHAM 7 31 36 11 85 0.6% GREENLEE 1 3 8 4 16 0.1% LA PAZ 9 10 21 4 44 0.3% MARICOPA 1,534 2,210 3,673 1,408 8,825 59.5% MOHAVE 73 164 214 73 524 3.5% NAVAJO 29 62 121 44 256 1.7% PIMA 243 597 1,196 414 2,450 16.6% PINAL 142 238 332 145 857 5.8% SANTA CRUZ 24 16 41 9 90 0.6% YAVAPAI 57 125 210 81 473 3.2% YUMA 63 102 156 45 366 2.5% STATEWIDE 2,319 3,772 6,357 2,355 14,803 100.0% % OF TOTAL 15.7% 25.5% 42.9% 15.9% 100.0% CHART 16 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY TYPE OF MALTREATMENT THAT RESULTED IN UNSUBSTANTIATION BY REPORTING PERIOD 10000 8,895 8000 7,225 6000 4,886 3,647 4000 2000 835 578 142 187 0 April 2007 - Sept 2007 EMOTIONAL ABUSE Oct 2006 - March 2007 NEGLECT PHYSICAL ABUSE - 34 - SEXUAL ABUSE Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 TABLE 27 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY TYPE OF MALTREATMENT BY COUNTY THAT RESULTED IN UNSUBSTANTIATION FOR PERIOD OF APRIL 1, 2007 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 COUNTY EMOTIONAL NEGLECT PHYSICAL SEXUAL TOTAL % OF ABUSE ABUSE ABUSE TOTAL APACHE 0 11 5 0 16 0.1% COCHISE 4 178 88 8 278 2.4% COCONINO 0 60 40 9 109 0.9% GILA 1 63 23 4 91 0.8% GRAHAM 0 30 16 4 50 0.4% GREENLEE 0 6 3 0 9 0.1% LA PAZ 1 26 10 6 43 0.4% MARICOPA 94 4,550 2,350 401 7,395 63.8% MOHAVE 2 298 143 21 464 4.0% NAVAJO 2 145 62 3 212 1.8% PIMA 29 1,146 591 53 1,819 15.7% PINAL 5 233 114 27 379 3.3% SANTA CRUZ 0 45 20 3 68 0.6% YAVAPAI 2 224 109 21 356 3.1% YUMA 2 210 73 18 303 2.6% STATEWIDE 142 7,225 3,647 578 11,592 100.0% % OF TOTAL 1.2% 62.3% 31.5% 5.0% 100.0% TABLE 28 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY TYPE OF MALTREATMENT BY COUNTY THAT RESULTED IN UNSUBSTANTIATION FOR PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2006 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2007 COUNTY EMOTIONAL NEGLECT PHYSICAL SEXUAL TOTAL % OF ABUSE ABUSE ABUSE TOTAL APACHE 2 40 20 6 68 0.5% COCHISE 9 241 110 17 377 2.6% COCONINO 4 133 84 14 235 1.6% GILA 0 95 33 9 137 0.9% GRAHAM 2 52 27 4 85 0.6% GREENLEE 0 8 8 0 16 0.1% LA PAZ 1 36 7 0 44 0.3% MARICOPA 98 5,293 2,915 519 8,825 59.5% MOHAVE 2 319 176 27 524 3.5% NAVAJO 4 144 94 14 256 1.7% PIMA 46 1,416 867 121 2,450 16.6% PINAL 7 522 270 58 857 5.8% SANTA CRUZ 0 59 30 1 90 0.6% YAVAPAI 8 292 145 28 473 3.2% YUMA 4 245 100 17 366 2.5% STATEWIDE 187 8,895 4,886 835 14,803 100.0% % OF TOTAL 1.3% 60.1% 33.0% 5.6% 100.0% - 35 - Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 SAFE HAVEN INFANTS There was one newborn infant delivered to Safe Haven providers during the April 2007 - September 2007 reporting period. This compares to no infants being delivered to Safe Haven providers during the October 2006 – March 2007 reporting period. CHILDREN ENTERING OUT-OF-HOME CARE During this reporting period, 3,924 children entered care as compared to 3,683 children for the October 2006 through March 2007 reporting period. Chart 17 displays children entering out-of-home care by reporting period. The number of children entering out-of-home placement through voluntary foster care agreements for this reporting period was 468, which represents 11.9 percent of the children entering care this reporting period. CHART 17 TOTAL CHILDREN ENTERING OUT-OF-HOME CARE BY REPORTING PERIOD 5000 Number of Children 4500 4000 3500 3000 2500 Oct 2003 Mar 2004 Apr 2004 Sep 2004 Oct 2004 Mar 2005 Apr 2005 Sep 2005 Oct 2005 Mar 2006 Apr 2006 Sep 2006 Oct 2006 Mar 2007 Apr 2007 Sep 2007 Table 29 shows the number of children entering out-of-home care through voluntary placements for the current reporting period by county. Voluntary foster care may be provided when the parents or legal guardians of a child have requested such assistance and have signed a legally binding written agreement, not to exceed 90 days, for the temporary placement of the child in foster care while risk factors are addressed to enable the child to live safely at home. A voluntary foster care agreement may be utilized only when the circumstances that brought the child into foster care are likely to be remedied within the 90 day period of time. A.R.S. §8-806 authorizes the Department to provide voluntary foster care placement for children for a period not to exceed 90 days and no more than twice within 24 consecutive months. - 36 - Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 TABLE 29 NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENTERING OUT-OF-HOME CARE BY COUNTY WHO ARE VOLUNTARY PLACEMENTS FOR CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN FOR THE PERIOD OF APRIL 1, 2007 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 COUNTY NUMBER % OF NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENTERING % OF CHILDREN OF TOTAL OUT-OF-HOME CARE UNDER THE REMOVED WHO CHILDREN REMOVALS AGE OF EIGHTEEN WHO ARE ARE VOLUNTARY REMOVED VOLUNTARY PLACEMENTS PLACEMENTS APACHE 25 0.6% 6 24.0% COCHISE 94 2.4% 10 10.6% COCONINO 65 1.7% 5 7.7% GILA 40 1.0% 0 0.0% GRAHAM 13 0.3% 2 15.38% GREENLEE 10 0.3% 0 0.0% LA PAZ 13 0.3% 9 69.2% MARICOPA 1,998 51.0% 265 13.3% MOHAVE 119 3.0% 37 31.1% NAVAJO 80 2.0% 16 20.0% PIMA 951 24.2% 74 7.8% PINAL 270 6.9% 7 2.6% SANTA CRUZ 23 0.6% 2 8.7% YAVAPAI 133 3.4% 9 6.8% YUMA 90 2.3% 26 28.9% STATEWIDE 3,924 100.0% 468 11.9% - 37 - Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 TABLE 30 NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENTERING OUT-OF-HOME CARE BY COUNTY WHO ARE VOLUNTARY PLACEMENTS FOR CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2006 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2007 COUNTY NUMBER % OF NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENTERING % OF CHILDREN OF TOTAL OUT-OF-HOME CARE UNDER THE REMOVED WHO CHILDREN REMOVALS AGE OF EIGHTEEN WHO ARE ARE VOLUNTARY REMOVED VOLUNTARY PLACEMENTS PLACEMENTS APACHE 26 0.7% 14 53.8% COCHISE 92 2.5% 5 5.4% COCONINO 77 2.1% 10 13.0% GILA 47 1.3% 0 0.0% GRAHAM 10 0.3% 0 0.0% GREENLEE 1 <0.1% 0 0.0% LA PAZ 4 0.1% 2 50.0% MARICOPA 2,013 54.7% 247 12.3% MOHAVE 90 2.4% 26 28.9% NAVAJO 47 1.3% 17 36.2% PIMA 804 21.8% 52 6.5% PINAL 227 6.2% 4 1.8% SANTA CRUZ 20 0.5% 1 5.0% YAVAPAI 124 3.4% 5 4.0% YUMA 101 2.7% 15 14.9% STATEWIDE 3,683 100.0% 398 10.8% - 38 - Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 The Department recognizes that the unwarranted re-entry into foster care is something to be avoided and continues to take steps to ensure that these re-entries are in the best interests of the child and family. In 2005 the Department began collaborating with the Chapin-Hall Center for Children on a measure to aid the Department in identifying key factors in re-entry into foster care. This will enable the Department to utilize cohort data and help to identify if changes are needed in policy or practices. TABLE 31 NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENTERING OUT-OF-HOME CARE BY COUNTY FOR THE PERIOD OF APRIL 1, 2007 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 20073 COUNTY NUMBER % OF NUMBER OF % OF NUMBER OF % OF OF TOTAL CHILDREN CHILDREN CHILDREN CHILDREN CHILDREN REMOVALS WITH A PRIOR WITH A WITH A WITH A REMOVED REMOVAL IN PRIOR REMOVAL PRIOR THE LAST 12 REMOVAL IN THE REMOVAL MONTHS IN THE PRIOR 12 TO IN THE LAST 12 24 MONTHS PRIOR 12 MONTHS TO 24 MONTHS APACHE 25 0.6% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% COCHISE 94 2.4% 13 13.8% 3 3.2% COCONINO 65 1.7% 6 9.2% 2 3.1% GILA 40 1.0% 6 15.0% 1 2.5% GRAHAM 13 0.3% 2 15.4% 1 7.7% GREENLEE 10 0.3% 2 20.0% 0 0.0% LA PAZ 13 0.3% 1 7.7% 0 0.0% MARICOPA 1,998 51.0% 276 13.8% 68 3.4% MOHAVE 119 3.0% 21 17.7% 4 3.4% NAVAJO 80 2.0% 6 7.5% 4 5.0% PIMA 951 24.2% 117 12.3% 48 5.1% PINAL 270 6.9% 16 5.9% 13 4.8% SANTA CRUZ 23 0.6% 3 13.0% 0 0.0% YAVAPAI 133 3.4% 7 5.3% 10 7.5% YUMA 90 2.3% 10 11.1% 5 5.6% STATEWIDE 3,924 100.0% 486 12.4% 159 4.1% 3 These numbers differ from those reported in the April, 1 2006 through September 30, 2006 report. This is due to a change in the methodology for calculating the numbers. The new methodology is consistent with federal methodologies. - 39 - Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 TABLE 32 NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENTERING OUT-OF-HOME CARE BY COUNTY FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2006 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2007 COUNTY NUMBER % OF NUMBER OF % OF NUMBER OF % OF OF TOTAL CHILDREN CHILDREN CHILDREN CHILDREN CHILDREN REMOVALS WITH A PRIOR WITH A WITH A WITH A REMOVED REMOVAL IN PRIOR REMOVAL PRIOR THE LAST 12 REMOVAL IN THE REMOVAL MONTHS IN THE PRIOR 12 TO IN THE LAST 12 24 MONTHS PRIOR 12 MONTHS TO 24 MONTHS APACHE 26 0.7% 1 3.8% 1 3.8% COCHISE 92 2.5% 4 4.3% 7 7.6% COCONINO 77 2.1% 3 3.9% 0 0.0% GILA 47 1.3% 10 21.3% 2 4.3% GRAHAM 10 0.3% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% GREENLEE 1 <0.1% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% LA PAZ 4 0.1% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% MARICOPA 2,013 54.7% 235 11.7% 73 3.6% MOHAVE 90 2.4% 2 2.2% 6 6.7% NAVAJO 47 1.3% 7 14.9% 0 0.0% PIMA 804 21.8% 94 11.7% 32 4.0% PINAL 227 6.2% 19 8.4% 6 2.6% SANTA CRUZ 20 0.5% 5 25.0% 0 0.0% YAVAPAI 124 3.4% 13 10.5% 6 4.8% YUMA 101 2.7% 7 6.9% 0 0.0% STATEWIDE 3,683 100.0% 400 10.9% 133 3.6% CHART 18 NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENTERING OUT-OF-HOME CARE BY REPORTING PERIOD 5,000 4,500 4,000 3,924 3,683 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 486 500 400 159 133 0 April 2007 - Sept 2007 Oct 2006 - March 2007 Number of Children Removed Number of Children w ith a Prior Removal in the Last 12 Months Number of Children w ith a Prior Removal in the Prior 12 to 24 Months - 40 - Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME CARE On September 30, 2007, there were 9,701 children in out-of-home care as compared to 9,773 children on March 31, 2007, a decrease of 72 children. During this reporting period, 7,317 children or 75.4 percent were placed in family settings either with relatives or in foster homes. This compares to 7,410 or 75.8 percent of the children in the prior reporting period. CHART 19 NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME CARE ON THE LAST DAY OF THE REPORTING PERIOD BY REPORTING PERIOD 12,000 NUMBER OF CHILDREN 11,000 10,000 9,536 9,000 9,906 9,902 9,833 9,701 9,773 8,839 8,246 8,000 7,000 Oct 2003 - Apr 2004 Mar 2004 Sep 2004 Oct 2004 - Apr 2005 Mar 2005 Sep 2005 Oct 2005 - Apr 2006 Mar 2006 Sep 2006 Oct 2006 - Apr 2007 Mar 2007 Sep 2007 Chart 20 displays the decrease in the number of young children ages 0-6 placed in group homes. Comparing March 2006 to September 2007, the number of young children in group homes decreased by 26 children or 72.2 percent. Chart 21 displays the decrease in the number of young children ages 0-3 placed in shelter care. Comparing March 2005 to September 2007, the number of young children in shelters decreased by 75 children or 69.4 percent. Chart 22 shows that the average length of time in shelter care continues to decrease; comparing September 2006 to September 2007, the average length of stay in shelter decreased from 72 to 10 days, a decrease of 62 days or 86.1 percent. - 41 - Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 CHART 20 THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN GROUP HOMES AGES 0 TO 64 45 40 36 Number of Children 35 30 25 20 18 15 10 10 10 6 4 5 0 March 2006 June 2006 September 2006 December 2006 March 2007 September 2007 CHART 21 THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN SHELTER CARE AGES 0 TO 3 140 120 108 104 Number of Children 100 80 60 34 31 40 24 33 20 0 March 2005 4 September 2005 March 2006 September 2006 March 2007 Excludes infants placed with their mothers and children placed in foster home group models - 42 - September 2007 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 CHART 22 AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY FOR CHILDREN AGES 0 TO 3, EXITING OUT-OF-HOME CARE WHO WERE IN A SHELTER PLACEMENT ON THE LAST DAY OF THE REPORTING PERIOD 100 91 72 Number of Days 80 53 60 40 20 10 0 September 2006 December 2006 March 2007 September 2007 The majority of children in out-of-home care fall within the 1-5 age range (32.2 percent) and the 13-17 age range (27.7 percent). The majority of children in out-of-home care are either Caucasian (42.2 percent) or Hispanic (34.8 percent), followed by African American at 12.7 percent. CHART 23 THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME CARE BY AGE 4000 3,134 32.2% 3500 3,137 32.1% 2,737 2,682 28.0% 27.7% Number of Children 3000 2500 2000 1,300 1,308 13.4% 13.4% 1500 1000 694 7.2% 1,394 1,409 14.4% 14.4% 497 5.1% 754 7.7% 428 4.4% 500 0 Under 1 1-5 6-8 9-12 13-17 Ages of Children September 30, 2007, N=9,701 March 31, 2007, N=9,773 - 43 - 18 and Over Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 CHART 24 THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME CARE BY ETHNICITY 6,000 Number of Children 5,000 4,089 42.0% 4,122 42.2% 4,000 3,373 3,420 34.8% 35.0% 3,000 2,000 1,228 1,232 12.7% 12.6% 670 6.9% 662 6.8% 1,000 74 54 0.8% 0.5% 283 267 2.8% 2.9% 0 Caucasian Hispanic African Am Am Indian Asian Other Ethnicity September 30, 2007, N=9,701 March 31, 2007, N=9,773 For 50.5 percent of the children in out-of-home care, family reunification remains the primary case plan goal. This is followed by: adoption, 22.5 percent; independent living, 12.7 percent; long-term foster care, 4.0 percent; live with other relative, 2.9 percent; and, guardianship at 0.7 percent. For the remaining 6.6 percent of the children, the case plan goal is in the process of development. CHART 25 THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME CARE BY CASE PLAN GOAL 6,000 5,500 5,000 4,903 4,742 50.5% 48.1% Number of Children 4,500 4,000 3,500 3,000 2,186 22.5% 2,500 2,439 25.4% 2,000 1,235 12.7% 1,500 1,000 386 414 4.0% 4.2% 283 303 2.9% 3.1% 500 1,279 13.1% 64 61 0.7% 0.6% 644 535 6.6% 5.5% 0 Return to Family Live With Other Relatives Adoption Long Term Foster Care Independent Living Guardianship Case Plan Goals September 30, 2007, N=9,701 March 31, 2007, N=9,773 - 44 - Case Plan Goal Being Developed Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 CHART 26 THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME CARE BY PLACEMENT TYPE 5,500 5,000 4,287 4,273 44.1% 43.8% Number of Children 4,500 4,000 3,500 3,030 31.2% 3,137 32.1% 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,130 1,107 11.7% 11.3% 1,500 1,000 608 605 6.3% 6.2% 500 351 306 3.6% 3.1% 238 305 2.5% 3.1% Independent Living Runaway 57 40 0.6% 0.4% 0 Relative Family Foster Home Group Home Residential Treatment Out-of-Home Placement Types September 30, 2007, N=9,701 March 31, 2007, N=9,773 - 45 - Trial Home Visit Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 TABLE 33 THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME CARE BY PLACEMENT TYPE AND AGE FOR THE PERIOD APRIL 1, 2007 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 RELATIVE FAMILY FOSTER GROUP HOME RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT5 INDEPENDENT LIVING RUNAWAY6 TRIAL HOME VISIT TOTAL % OF TOTAL UNDER 1 219 462 1 8 0 0 4 694 7.2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 AND OLDER 356 339 260 230 193 179 152 164 124 108 120 120 86 93 96 71 93 474 378 306 247 250 260 231 215 181 163 163 145 132 150 143 177 157 8 6 5 6 6 15 19 29 36 46 54 73 86 145 157 198 210 7 14 10 7 12 5 9 10 13 3 15 16 37 57 93 131 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 2 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 22 27 68 94 2 5 2 2 1 3 4 3 2 3 3 3 3 0 6 6 4 849 745 584 492 464 462 415 423 358 323 356 357 345 467 522 651 697 27 53 30 41 332 13 1 497 8.8 7.7 6.0 5.1 4.8 4.8 4.3 4.4 3.7 3.3 3.7 3.7 3.6 4.8 5.4 6.7 7.2 5.1 TOTAL 3,030 31.2% 4,287 44.1% 1,130 11.7% 608 6.3% 351 3.6% 238 2.5% 57 0.6% 9,701 100.0% % OF TOTAL 5 This category includes shelter, detention, and hospital placement types. 6 Of the children age twelve or less on runaway status, all were last reported to be with their parents. Police reports have been filed but the families have not been located. - 46 - 100.0 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 During the reporting period 679 children remained in a shelter or receiving home for more than 21 consecutive days. Chart 27 displays children in shelter greater than 21 days for the period of April 1, 2007 through September 30, 2007 and shows that 542 or 79.8 percent of the children were six years of age or older. In addition, 18 or 2.7 percent of the children were under one year old. CHART 27 NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN IN SHELTER OR RECEIVING HOMES FOR MORE THAN 21 CONSECUTIVE DAYS BY AGE OF CHILD7 500 325 331 46.1% 48.7% Number of Children 400 300 200 100 119 119 17.5% 16.9% 18 2.7% 103 84 12.4% 14.6% 111 102 15.0% 15.7% 29 4.1% 25 3.7% 18 2.6% 0 Under 1 year 1-5 6-8 9-12 13-17 18 and over Ages of Children April 1, 2007 - September 30, 2007, N=679 7 October 1, 2006 - March 31, 2007, N=705 …The chart displays children who spent more than 21 days in shelter during the period. This number differs from the other out...of-home charts as they display children in out-of-home care on the last day of the reporting period. - 47 - Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 CHART 28 THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME CARE BY LENGTH OF TIME IN CARE 6000 Number of Children 5000 4,306 44.4% 4,276 43.8% 4000 3000 2,215 22.8% 2,698 27.8% 2,383 24.4% 2,632 26.9% 2000 1000 482 5.0% 482 4.9% 0 30 days or less 31 days to 12 months 13 to 24 months More than 24 months Length of Time in Out-of-Home Care September 30, 2007, N=9,701 March 31, 2007, N=9,773 For the children in out-of-home care on September 30, 2007 the average number of placements was 3.17, the median number of placements was 2.0, and the range for the number of placements was 1 to 39 placements during their current removal episode. TABLE 34 PLACEMENT INFORMATION FOR CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME CARE ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 Placements 3.17 Average 2.0 Median 1 Range Minimum 398 Range Maximum 8 .Some children are so damaged by the severity of the abuse they have suffered that they become unable to form meaningful ….relationships or to respond to services. These children tend to go through multiple placements with numerous individuals and ….agencies. - 48 - Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 CHART 29 CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME CARE BY LEGAL STATUS 5,000 4,500 4,266 4,144 44.0% 42.4% Number of Children 4,000 3,294 3,279 34.0% 33.6% 3,500 3,000 2,500 1,392 1,505 14.4% 15.4% 2,000 1,500 504 374 5.2% 3.9% 1,000 500 212 180 2.2% 1.8% 43 72 .44% 0.7% 27 23 0.3% 0.2% 93 66 1.0% 0.7% Voluntary Placement Over 18 Dually Adjudicated Other 0 Adjudicated Dependent Only Legally Free for Adoption Temporary Custody Partially Free for Adoption Voluntary Placement Under 18 Legal Status September 30, 2007, N=9,701 March 31, 2007, N=9,773 At the end of the reporting period there were 9,701 children in out-of-home care who required visitation. Of these children, visitation was accurately documented in the automated system for 7,283 children. As displayed in Chart 30, during this reporting period, the percent of children receiving required visits by their CPS specialists decreased by 2.8 percent to 75.1 percent. The required child visitation is performed monthly by DES case managers, contracted case managers, and/or other professionals as approved by a supervisor or as established by policy. The Department has verified that more children received the required visitation than is indicated in Chart 30. This information is clearly documented in the automated case notes. However, the Department is unable to compile and tabulate data based solely upon case note text. The Department continues to issue instructions to all direct service staff regarding the system requirements for capturing all visitations. A child was deemed to have received the required visitation if the child received the visitation during the last month of the reporting period. - 49 - Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 CHART 30 THE NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN WHO RECEIVED THE REQUIRED VISITATION 9,000 Number of Children 7,610 77.9% 7,283 75.1% 8,000 7,000 6,000 5,000 2,163 22.1% 2,418 24.9% 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 0 Number Visited Number Not Visited September 2007, N=9,701 March 2007, N=9,773 According to Administration for Children, Youth, and Families policy, case managers shall have face-toface contact with all parents at least once a month, including any alleged parents and parents residing outside of the child’s home where the case plan goal is family reunification or remain with family. During the reporting period, there were 1,945 parents who had a child with the case plan goal of return home. Of those parents requiring visitation, 1,241 or 63.5 percent received the required visitation. The 63.5 percent visitation rate does not reflect attempted visitation where contact did not take place. CHART 31 NUMBER OF CHILDREN RECEIVING AND NOT RECEIVING VISITATION BY REPORTING PERIOD 9,000 7,610 7,283 Number of Children 8,000 6,506 7,000 6,000 6,045 5,266 6,411 6,437 5,475 5,000 3,861 4,000 2,980 3,364 3,491 3,396 3,030 3,000 2,163 2,418 2,000 Oct 2003 - Apr 2004 - Oct 2004 - Apr 2005 - Oct 2005 - Apr 2006 - Oct 2006 - Apr 2007 Mar 2004 Sep 2004 Mar 2005 Sep 2005 Mar 2006 Sep 2006 Mar 2007 Sep 2007 Number of Children Receiving Visitation the Last Month of the Reporting Period Number of Children Not Receiving Visitation the Last Month of the Reporting Period - 50 - Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 FOSTER HOMES As of September 30, 2007, there were 3,512 licensed foster homes with 6,639 spaces available for Administration for Children, Youth, and Families placements. Licensed foster homes include family foster homes, professional family foster homes, respite foster homes, receiving foster homes, and developmentally disabled homes with DCYF children placed in them. Foster home licenses specify the age range, gender and maximum number of children that can be placed in a home. Foster parents, in consultation with the licensing worker, decide the type of physical, behavioral, and psychological needs of children they can effectively parent based upon their own skill level, experiences, and desires. As of September 30, 2007, there were 2,352 unused spaces within these foster homes. Approximately 809 of the 2,352 spaces were unavailable or set aside for respite care services. Of the unused spaces, a match between the available spaces and children’s needs was not possible. During the reporting period, 435 new homes were licensed to provide foster care and 100 homes left the system. This compares to 432 new homes being licensed and 232 homes leaving the system for the period covering October 2006 through March 2007. The chart below gives the reasons for foster home closures for the period of April 1, 2007 through September 30, 2007. CHART 32 REASON FOR FOSTER HOME CLOSURE FOR THE PERIOD OF APRIL 1, 2007 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 N umb er o f Fo ster Ho me s 100 75 50 25 30 30.0% 18 18.0% 25 25.0% 6 6.0% 15 15.0% 3 3.0% 3 3.0 % 0 0.0% 0 0.0% H I 0 A B C D E F C los ure R ea so ns N=100 A = Personal or Family Issues or Problems B = Other or Foster Parent Did Not State Reason C = Non-Compliance with Licensing Requirements D = Adoption of Foster Child E = Family Relocation F = Child Left Care G = Philosophical Disagreement - 51 - G Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 H = Behavior of Child I = Transfer to Division of Developmental Disabilities During the reporting period, there were 3,512 foster homes that required visitation. Of the 3,512 foster homes requiring visitation, 1,739 foster homes received their required visitation. This compares to 2,116 or 66.6 percent of the foster homes that received the required visitation for the period October 2006 through March 2007. The Department believes that more foster homes received the required visitation than is indicated in the chart below. The underreporting of foster home visitation is attributable to the lack of automation being used in reporting the foster home visitation process. The Department recognizes this as a problem and is working to correct this issue. CHART 33 THE NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF FOSTER HOMES WHO RECEIVED THE REQUIRED VISITATION* 3,000 2,116 66.6% Number of Homes 2,500 2,000 1,773 50.5% 1,739 49.5% 1,061 33.4% 1,500 1,000 500 0 Number Visited Number Not Visited Ap ril 2 00 7-S ep te mb er 20 07 , N =3,51 2 Oc to be r 20 06- March 20 07 , N =3 ,17 7 *Required visitations to foster homes, for license monitoring purposes, are performed by licensing case managers. - 52 - Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 CHILDREN EXITING OUT-OF HOME CARE During the reporting period, 3,824 children left the custody of the Department. This compares to 3,553 children exiting care during the prior reporting period. The comparison between the two reporting periods shows that 7.6 percent more children left care this reporting period for an increase of 271 children exiting care. TABLE 35 CHILDREN EXITING OUT-OF-HOME CARE BY PERIOD NUMBER OF % CHANGE REPORTING PERIOD CHILDREN OVER PRIOR DISCHARGED PERIOD OCTOBER 2003 – MARCH 2004 2,655 +5.0% APRIL 2004 – SEPTEMBER 2004 2,883 +8.6% OCTOBER 2004 – MARCH 2005 2,726 -5.4% APRIL 2005 – SEPTEMBER 2005 3,488 +28.0% OCTOBER 2005 – MARCH 2006 3,506 +0.5% APRIL 2006 – SEPTEMBER 2006 3,595 +2.5% OCTOBER 2006 – MARCH 2007 3,553 -1.2% APRIL 2007 – SEPTEMBER 2007 3,824 +7.6% CHART 34 CHILDREN ENTERING AND EXITING OUT-OF-HOME CARE BY REPORTING PERIOD 5000 Number of Children 4000 3000 2000 1000 0 Oct 2003 Mar 2004 Apr 2004 Sep 2004 Oct 2004 Mar 2005 Apr 2005 Sep 2005 Number of New Removals Oct 2005 Mar 2006 Apr 2006 Sep 2006 Oct 2006 Mar 2007 Apr 2007 Sep 2007 Number of Exiting Foster Care The following nine tables depict the children who exited out-of-home care by the reason for leaving care. The tables display the following information: reasons the child left custody, their age, their ethnicity, the number of placements each child had, and the length of time in out-of-home care. - 53 - Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 TABLE 36 TOTAL NUMBER OF CHILDREN LEAVING DES CUSTODY FOR THE END OF THE REPORTING PERIOD ENDING ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 By Age Number Percentage Under 1 283 7.4% Ages 1 – 5 1,358 35.6% Ages 6 – 8 532 13.9% Ages 9 – 12 533 13.9% Ages 13 – 17 846 22.1% 18 and Over 272 7.1% 100.0% Total 3,824 Ethnicity Caucasian Hispanic African American American Indian Asian Other Total Number 1,552 1,389 474 266 26 117 3,824 Percentage 40.5% 36.3% 12.4% 7.0% 0.7% 3.1% 100.0% By Number of Placements One Two Three Four Five More than Five Total Number 2,046 822 365 210 123 258 3,824 Percentage 53.5% 21.5% 9.5% 5.5% 3.2% 6.8% 100.0% By Length of Time in Care Less than 30 Days 31 Days to 12 Months 13 to 24 Months More than 24 Months Total Number 1,128 1,056 749 891 3,824 Percentage 29.5% 27.6% 19.6% 23.3% 100.0% By Age By Number of Placements By Months of Time in Care Average 8.5 2.3 14.6 Median 7.4 1.0 9.4 - 54 - Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 TABLE 37 NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN LEAVING DES CUSTODY FOR REASON OF “REUNIFICATION WITH PARENTS OR PRIMARY CARETAKER” FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 By Age Number Percentage Under 1 209 10.7% Ages 1 - 5 680 34.6% Ages 6 – 8 280 14.3% Ages 9 - 12 307 15.7% Ages 13 - 17 480 24.5% 18 and Over 3 0.2% 100.0% Total 1,959 Ethnicity Caucasian Hispanic African American American Indian Asian Other Total Number 816 710 241 109 15 68 1,959 Percentage 41.6% 36.2% 12.3% 5.6% 0.8% 3.5% 100.0% By Number of Placements One Two Three Four Five More than Five Total Number 1,243 395 164 71 39 47 1,959 Percentage 63.4% 20.2% 8.4% 3.6% 2.0% 2.4% 100.0% By Length of Time in Care Less than 30 Days 31 Days to 12 Months 13 to 24 Months More than 24 Months Total Number 786 738 271 164 1,959 Percentage 40.1% 37.7% 13.8% 8.4% 100.0% By Age By Number of Placements By Months of Time in Care Average 7.8 1.7 7.6 Median 6.9 1.0 2.8 - 55 - Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 TABLE 38 NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN LEAVING DES CUSTODY FOR REASON OF “LIVING WITH OTHER RELATIVES” FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 By Age Number Percentage Under 1 21 19.3% Ages 1 - 5 36 33.0% Ages 6 – 8 17 15.6% Ages 9 - 12 12 11.0% Ages 13 - 17 22 20.2% 18 and Over 1 0.9% 100.0% Total 109 Ethnicity Caucasian Hispanic African American American Indian Asian Other Total Number 33 52 15 7 0 2 109 Percentage 30.3% 47.7% 13.8% 6.4% 0.0% 1.8% 100.0% By Number of Placements One Two Three Four Five More than Five Total Number 105 4 0 0 0 0 109 Percentage 96.3% 3.7% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100. 0% By Length of Time in Care Less than 30 Days 31 Days to 12 Months 13 to 24 Months More than 24 Months Total Number 99 10 0 0 109 Percentage 90.8% 9.2% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% By Age By Number of Placements By Months of Time in Care Average 6.8 1.0 0.3 Median 5.7 1.0 0.1 - 56 - Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 TABLE 39 NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN LEAVING DES CUSTODY FOR REASON OF “ADOPTION” FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 By Age Number Percentage Under 1 13 1.7% Ages 1 - 5 438 56.7% Ages 6 – 8 150 19.4% Ages 9 - 12 113 14.6% Ages 13 - 17 59 7.6% 18 and Over 0 0.0% 100.0% Total 773 Ethnicity Caucasian Hispanic African American American Indian Asian Other Total Number 329 298 83 42 6 15 773 Percentage 42.6% 38.6% 10.7% 5.4% 0.8% 1.9% 100.0% By Number of Placements One Two Three Four Five More than Five Total Number 217 255 124 67 45 65 773 Percentage 28.1% 33.0% 16.0% 8.7% 5.8% 8.4% 100.0% By Length of Time in Care Less than 30 Days 31 Days to 12 Months 13 to 24 Months More than 24 Months Total Number 0 26 237 510 773 Percentage 0.0% 3.4% 30.6% 66.0% 100.0% By Age By Number of Placements By Months of Time in Care Average 6.0 2.7 29.9 Median 5.0 2.0 27.34 - 57 - Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 TABLE 40 NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN LEAVING DES CUSTODY FOR REASON OF “GUARDIANSHIP” FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 By Age Number Percentage Under 1 25 5.5% Ages 1 - 5 136 30.1% Ages 6 – 8 72 15.9% Ages 9 - 12 79 17.5% Ages 13 - 17 139 30.8% 18 and Over 1 0.2% 100.0% Total 452 Ethnicity Caucasian Hispanic African American American Indian Asian Other Total Number 175 156 65 38 2 16 452 Percentage 38.8% 34.5% 14.4% 8.4% 0.4% 3.5% 100.0% By Number of Placements One Two Three Four Five More than Five Total Number 295 81 30 22 10 14 452 Percentage 65.3% 17.9% 6.6% 4.9% 2.2% 3.1% 100.0% By Length of Time in Care Less than 30 Days 31 Days to 12 Months 13 to 24 Months More than 24 Months Total Number 135 122 149 46 452 Percentage 29.8% 27.0% 33.0% 10.2% 100.0% By Age By Number of Placements By Months of Time in Care Average 9.0 1.7 11.5 Median 8.7 1.0 10.4 - 58 - Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 TABLE 41 NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN LEAVING DES CUSTODY FOR REASONS OF “REACHING AGE OF MAJORITY” FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 By Age Number Percentage Under 1 0 0.0% Ages 1 - 5 0 0.0% Ages 6 – 8 0 0.0% Ages 9 - 12 0 0.0% Ages 13 - 17 3 1.1% 18 and Over 260 98.9% 100.0% Total 263 Ethnicity Caucasian Hispanic African American American Indian Asian Other Total Number 111 82 36 23 3 8 263 Percentage 42.3% 31.2% 13.7% 8.7% 1.1% 3.0% 100.0% By Number of Placements One Two Three Four Five More than Five Total Number 39 35 22 29 20 118 263 Percentage 14.8% 13.3% 8.4% 11.0% 7.6% 44.9% 100.0% By Length of Time in Care Less than 30 Days 31 Days to 12 Months 13 to 24 Months More than 24 Months Total Number 12 58 53 140 263 Percentage 4.6% 22.1% 20.2% 53.1% 100.0% By Age By Number of Placements By Months of Time in Care Average 18.5 6.9 37.6 Median 18.0 5.0 25.6 - 59 - Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 TABLE 42 NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN LEAVING DES CUSTODY FOR REASON OF “TRANSFER TO ANOTHER AGENCY” FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 By Age Number Percentage Under 1 14 8.9% Ages 1 – 5 68 43.1% Ages 6 – 8 13 8.2% Ages 9 – 12 19 12.0% Ages 13 – 17 43 27.2% 18 and Over 1 0.6% 100.0% Total 158 Ethnicity Caucasian Hispanic African American American Indian Asian Other Total Number 47 50 19 39 0 3 158 Percentage 29.7% 31.7% 12.0% 24.7% 0.0% 1.9% 100.0% By Number of Placements One Two Three Four Five More than Five Total Number 79 39 16 13 6 5 158 Percentage 50.0% 24.7% 10.1% 8.2% 3.8% 3.2% 100.0% By Length of Time in Care Less than 30 Days 31 Days to 12 Months 13 to 24 Months More than 24 Months Total Number 38 77 28 15 158 Percentage 24.1% 48.7% 17.7% 9.5% 100.0% By Age By Number of Placements By Months of Time in Care Average 7.5 2.3 10.2 Median 5.2 1.5 7.7 - 60 - Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 TABLE 43 NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN LEAVING DES CUSTODY FOR REASON OF “RUNAWAY” FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 By Age Number Percentage Under 1 0 0.0% Ages 1 – 5 0 0.0% Ages 6 – 8 0 0.0% Ages 9 – 12 3 2.8% Ages 13 – 17 99 91.6% 18 and Over 6 5.6% 100.0% Total 108 Ethnicity Caucasian Hispanic African American American Indian Asian Other Total Number 40 40 15 8 0 5 108 Percentage 37.0% 37.0% 14.0% 7.4% 0.0% 4.6% 100.0% By Number of Placements One Two Three Four Five More than Five Total Number 68 11 9 8 3 9 108 Percentage 63.0% 10.2% 8.3% 7.4% 2.8% 8.3% 100.0% By Length of Time in Care Less than 30 Days 31 Days to 12 Months 13 to 24 Months More than 24 Months Total Number 56 25 11 16 108 Percentage 51.9% 23.1% 10.2% 14.8% 100.0% By Age By Number of Placements By Months of Time in Care Average 16.5 2.3 10.1 Median 16.9 1.0 0.8 - 61 - Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 TABLE 44 NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN LEAVING DES CUSTODY FOR REASON OF “DEATH OF CHILD” FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 By Age Number Percentage Under 1 1 50.0% Ages 1 - 5 0 0.0% Ages 6 – 8 0 0.0% Ages 9 - 12 0 0.0% Ages 13 - 17 1 50.0% 18 and Over 0 0.0% 100.0% Total 2 Ethnicity Caucasian Hispanic African American American Indian Asian Other Total Number 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 Percentage 50.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% By Number of Placements One Two Three Four Five More than Five Total Number 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 Percentage 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% By Length of Time in Care Less than 30 Days 31 Days to 12 Months 13 to 24 Months More than 24 Months Total Number 2 0 0 0 2 Percentage 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% By Age By Number of Placements By Months of Time in Care Average 7.9 2.0 0.5 Median 7.9 2.0 0.5 - 62 - Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 TABLE 45 CHILDREN EXITING CARE FOR REASON OF DEATH BY CAUSE OF DEATH, PLACEMENT TYPE AT TIME OF DEATH, AND COUNTY COUNTY CAUSE OF DEATH TYPE OF PLACEMENT AT TIME OF DEATH Maricopa Auto Accident Family Foster Home (Relative) Pima Undetermined at the time this Family Foster Home (Respite) report was written. TABLE 46 NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN AN OPEN CASE WHO DIED AS A RESULT OF ALLEGED ABUSE AS CATEGORIZED BY THE CUSTODIAL RELATIONSHIP AND COUNTY FOR THE PERIOD APRIL 1, 2007 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 COUNTY ADOPTIVE FOSTER OTHER OUT-OF- TOTAL % OF BIOLOGICAL OTHER PARENT(S) FAMILY PARENT(S) CARE HOME CARE TOTAL MEMBER PARENT(S) PROVIDER APACHE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% COCHISE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% COCONINO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% GILA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% GRAHAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% GREENLEE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% LA PAZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% MARICOPA 1 1 0 0 0 2 100.0% MOHAVE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% NAVAJO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% PIMA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% PINAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% SANTA CRUZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% YAVAPAI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% YUMA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% STATEWIDE 1 1 0 0 0 2 100.0% % OF TOTAL 50.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% There were no children in an open case who died as a result of abuse from a household adult not accounted for in the prior table. - 63 - Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 CHILDREN WITH ADOPTIVE CASE PLAN GOALS Of the 9,701 children in out-of-home care on September 30, 2007, 2,186 or 22.5 percent had a case plan goal of adoption. The majority of those children, 48.5 percent, are in the 1-5 year old age range, followed by 20.1 percent in the 6-8 year old age range, and 19.3 percent in the 9-12 year old age range. The remaining children, 266 or 12.2 percent, fall within the under one or 13 and over age range. The majority of these children are Caucasian (935 or 42.8 percent), Hispanic (792 or 36.2 percent), or African American (288 or 13.2 percent). The remaining 171 children or 7.8 percent are American Indian, Asian or other. Eighty-nine and one-half percent, or 1,957 of the children free for adoption, are currently placed in their adoptive homes. TABLE 47 NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH A PETITION FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS BY COUNTY FOR THE PERIOD APRIL 1, 2007 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 COUNTY TERMINATION TERMINATION TERMINATION TERMINATION TOTAL % OF OF RIGHTS OF RIGHTS OF RIGHTS OF RIGHTS TOTAL GRANTED DENIED GRANTED IN WITHDRAWN PART/DENIED IN PART APACHE 2 0 0 0 2 0.8% COCHISE 14 0 0 1 15 5.9% COCONINO 1 0 0 1 2 0.8% GILA 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% GRAHAM 2 0 0 0 2 0.8% GREENLEE 1 0 0 0 1 0.4% LA PAZ 1 0 0 0 1 0.4% MARICOPA 48 2 0 4 54 21.3% MOHAVE 11 0 0 0 11 4.3% NAVAJO 1 0 0 1 2 0.8% PIMA 97 0 1 5 103 40.8% PINAL 20 0 0 0 20 7.9% SANTA CRUZ 1 0 0 0 1 0.4% YAVAPAI 22 0 1 1 24 9.5% YUMA 10 0 2 3 15 5.9% STATEWIDE 231 2 4 16 253 100.0% % OF TOTAL 91.3% 0.8% 1.6% 6.3% 100.0% - 64 - Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 The average length of time that a child with a case plan goal of “adoption” has spent in out-of-home care is 2 years, 4 months. There were a total of 2,186 children with case plan goals of adoption during this reporting period. Of this total, 1,957 were placed and 229 were not placed. The population of children with case plan goals of adoption averaged 3.25 placements and had a median placement count of 2.0. Their placement count ranged from 1 to 23. TABLE 48 PLACEMENT INFORMATION FOR CHILDREN WITH A CASE PLAN GOAL OF ADOPTION Placements 3.25 Average 2.0 Median 1.0 Range Minimum 23.0 Range Maximum CHART 35 THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH A CASE PLAN GOAL OF ADOPTION BY AGE 1400 Number of Children 1200 996 50.5% 1000 800 600 399 20.2% 354 18.1% 400 200 25 1.3% 7 3.1% 64 28.0% 67 29.3% 40 17.5% 182 9.3% 51 22.3% 1 0.4% 0 0.0% 0 Under 1 1-5 6-8 9-12 13-17 Ages of Children Placed, N=1,957 Not Placed, N=229 - 65 - 18 and Over Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 CHART 36 THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH A CASE PLAN GOAL OF ADOPTION BY ETHNICITY 1200 1000 Number of Children 834 42.6% 709 36.2% 800 600 400 256 13.1% 200 101 44.1% 83 36.2% 32 14.0% 116 5.9% 5 2.2% 9 0.5% 3 1.3% 33 1.7% 5 2.2% 0 Caucasian Hispanic African Am. Am. Indian Asian Other Ethnicity Placed, N=1,957 Not Placed, N=229 CHART 37 THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH A CASE PLAN GOAL OF ADOPTION BY LEGAL STATUS 1600 1400 1,262 64.5% Number of Children 1200 1000 800 600 362 18.5% 400 200 333 17.0% 130 56.8% 58 25.3% 41 17.9% 0 Legally Free Not Free Partially Free* Legal Status Placed, N=1,957 Not Placed, N=229 - 66 - Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 *Partially free refers to a situation where only one of the parent’s rights has been severed. CHART 38 THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH A CASE PLAN GOAL OF ADOPTION BY LENGTH OF TIME FROM CHANGE OF CASE PLAN GOAL OF ADOPTION TO ADOPTIVE PLACEMENT 1,600 Number of Children 1,400 1,142 58.3% 1,200 1,000 800 600 400 91 4.7% 135 6.9% 1 to 3 months 3 to 6 months 200 196 10.0% 202 10.3% 6 to 12 months 1 to 2 years 99 5.1% 92 4.7% 2 to 3 years 3 or more years 0 Less than 1 month* Length of Time Placed, N=1,957 *About 70 percent of children are adopted by relatives or their foster parents and are already in their prospective adoptive placement at the time the case plan goal changes to adoption. ADOPTIVE SERVICES CHART 39 THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH A FINALIZED ADOPTION 1000 900 Number of Children 800 700 695 600 500 400 300 773 736 380 373 570 586 Apr 2005 Sep 2005 Oct 2005 Mar 2006 430 200 100 0 Oct 2003 Mar 2004 Apr 2004 Sep 2004 Oct 2004 Mar 2005 - 67 - Apr 2006 Sep 2006 Oct 2006 Mar 2007 Apr 2007 Sep 2007 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements April 1, 2007- September 30, 2007 There were 773 children with a finalized adoption during the reporting period. Chart 40 displays the number of children with a finalized adoption during the reporting period by the average length of time in out-of-home placement before adoptive placement. CHART 40 THE NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN WITH A FINALIZED ADOPTION BY AVERAGE LENGTH OF TIME IN OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT BEFORE ADOPTIVE PLACEMENT 700 Number of Children 600 518 67.0% 500 473 68.0% 400 300 128 16.6% 200 125 18.0% 76 9.8% 100 52 7.5% 51 6.6% 45 6.5% 0 Less than 1 year 1 to 2 years 2 to 3 years More than 3 years Length of Time April 2007-September 2007, N=773 October 2006-March 2007, N=695 The chart below displays the number of children with a finalized adoption by average length of time in adoptive placement before the final order of adoption. CHART 41 THE NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN WITH A FINALIZED ADOPTION BY AVERAGE LENGTH OF TIME IN ADOPTIVE PLACEMENT BEFORE THE FINAL ORDER OF ADOPTION 450 Number of Children 400 342 44.2% 350 328 47.2% 300 213 27.6% 250 200 150 136 17.6% 128 18.4% 171 24.6% 82 10.6% 100 68 9.8% 50 0 Less than 1 year 1 to 2 years 2 to 3 years More than 3 years Length of Time April 2007-September 2007, N=773 October 2006-March 2007, N=695 - 68 -