CHILD WELFARE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE PERIOD OF APRIL 1, 2017 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES [LAWS 2015, CHAPTER 257] ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SAFETY April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements CHILD WELFARE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS Arizona Revised Statute § 8-526 requires the Arizona Department of Child Safety (DCS) to compile information and produce a semi-annual report for the periods ending on March 31st and September 30th of each year regarding Child Welfare Services. This report is for the semi-annual reporting period beginning on April 1, 2017 and ending September 30, 2017. TABLE OF CONTENTS (Reporting period: April 1, 2017 through September 30, 2017) Page EXECUTIVE SUMMARY……………………………………………………………………… 4 SEMI-ANNUAL COMPARISONS…………………………………………………………….. 12 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 a report…………………. Reports received by priority - statewide data……………………………...……………. Number of reports received by priority – county specific data…………………………. Number of reports received by maltreatment – statewide data…………………………. Number of reports received by maltreatment – county specific data…………………… 13 15 16 17 18 18 ASSIGNMENT OF INVESTIGATIONS Reports assigned for investigation by priority – statewide data………………….…….. Reports assigned for investigation by priority – county specific data………………….. Reports assigned for investigation by type of maltreatment – statewide data………….. Reports assigned for investigation by type of maltreatment – county specific data……. 19 20 21 22 INVESTIGATIONS OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT Reports not responded to by priority – county specific data……………………………. Investigations by priority – investigation open – statewide data…………….………….. Investigations by priority – investigation open – county specific data……..…….…….. Investigations by type of child maltreatment – investigation open – statewide data......... Investigations by type of child maltreatment – investigation open – county specific data……………………………………………………………………………………….. Reports where removal occurred – county specific data………………………………… COMPLETED INVESTIGATIONS Substantiation rate by reporting period…………………………………………………... Investigations by priority – proposed substantiated reports – statewide data……….…... Investigations by priority – 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 priority – substantiated reports – statewide data……….…………..…. Page 1 of 74 23 25 26 27 27 28 30 31 31 32 33 34 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) (Reporting period: April 1, 2017 through September 30, 2017) Investigations by priority – 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 priority – unsubstantiated reports – statewide data………….………... Investigations by priority – 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……………………………………………………………………………………….. Page 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 SAFE HAVEN INFANTS Number of Safe Haven infants delivered during reporting period………………………. 42 CHILDREN ENTERING OUT-OF-HOME CARE Total children entering out-of-home care………………………………………………... New entries by county – children under 18 years voluntary placement…………………. New entries by county…………………………………………………………………… New entries – statewide data……………………………………………………………... 42 43 45 46 CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME CARE Children in out-of-home care by reporting period……………………………………….. 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 and not receiving required visitation………………………………… 47 47 48 49 51 51 52 53 FOSTER HOME LICENSING, CLOSURES, AND VISITATIONS Foster homes licensed……………………………………………………………………. Child bed spaces available……………………………………………………………….. Foster homes closed and reason for closure …………………………………………... Number of foster homes receiving the required visitation……………………………….. 54 54 55 55 CHILDREN EXITING OUT-OF-HOME CARE Semi-Annual comparisons of total number exiting care – for all reasons…………..…… Total number exiting care…………………………………………………………….….. Total number exiting care – for reason of reunification with parents………………..….. Total number exiting care – for reason of living with other relatives……………….…... Total number exiting care – for reason of adoption……………………………………... Total number exiting care – for reason of guardianship……………………………….... 56 57 58 59 60 61 Page 2 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) (Reporting period: April 1, 2017 through September 30, 2017) Total number exiting care – for reason of reaching age of majority…………………….. Total number exiting care – for reason of transfer to another agency……………….….. Total number exiting care – for reason of runaway…………………………….……….. Total number exiting care – for reason of death of child…………………….………….. Total number exiting care – by cause of death…………………………………………... Total number exiting for reason of death of child – with alleged abuse…………………. CHILDREN WITH CASE PLAN GOALS OF ADOPTION The placement and number of children with case plan goals of adoption by age……….. The placement and number of children with case plan goals of adoption by ethnicity….. Number of children with a petition for termination of parental rights…………………... The placement and number of children with case plan goals of adoption by legal status.. Number of children – length of time from change of case plan goals of adoption to adoptive placement………………………………………………………………………. Number of children in an adoptive placement by the marital status of the adoptive parent…………………………………………………………………………………….. Number of children in an adoptive placement by the relationship of the adoptive parent…………………………………………………………………………………….. DISRUPTIONS Number of children with a case plan goal of adoption in an adoptive placement and disrupted by age and ethnicity…………………………..………………………………. Number of children with a case plan goal of adoption in an adoptive placement and disrupted by the marital status of the adoptive parent…..………………………………. Number of children with a case plan goal of adoption in an adoptive placement and disrupted by the relationship of the adoptive parent...…..………………………………. ADOPTIVE SERVICES Number of children with a finalized adoption…………………………………………… 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…………………………………………….. Number of Children with a finalized adoption by the marital status of the adoptive parent……………………………………………………………………………………. Number of children with a finalized adoption by the relationship of the adoptive parent. Page 3 of 74 Page 62 63 64 65 66 66 67 67 68 69 69 70 70 71 71 72 72 73 73 74 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Arizona Department of Child Safety (DCS) is pleased to publish this semi-annual report for April 1, 2017 through September 30, 2017 in compliance with A.R.S. § 8-526. This report is intended to provide its readers an opportunity to review the impact of the Department's process improvements in relation to key performance indicators. In May 2014, the Department of Child Safety was created as a permanent, stand-alone agency with the express mission of safeguarding Arizona’s abused and neglected children. The data contained within this semi-annual report assists with identifying where continued focus is needed by the Department, stakeholders, policy makers, and advocacy groups. By working collaboratively to address the needs of children and to prevent child abuse, additional targeted resources and strategies that are put in place to improve outcomes for children will be implemented in a timelier manner. Pursuant to Laws 2014, 2nd Special Session, Chapter 1, Section 160 the Department in collaboration with the Director of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC), the Director of the Governor’s Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting (OSPB) were to make recommendations to the Governor, President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives on consolidating child welfare reports by September 1, 2016. This report was developed after multiple meetings with stakeholders. Additional recommendations will be provided to the JLBC in December 2017 to consolidate elements of this report with other Department reports. The Department continues to conduct stakeholder meetings to inform not only consolidation efforts but the identification of outcome metrics to better inform policy and practice decision-making by DCS and stakeholders. The Department discussed with stakeholders changing part of the narrative structure of this report to eliminate redundancy and streamline the presentation of data. Stakeholders agreed that the removal of narrative that simply reiterated data in charts and tables was acceptable as long as the narrative did not provide an analysis of the data or impact the executive summary. Therefore, this report will differ from prior versions and future reports may be structured differently depending on the outcome of future DCS and stakeholder recommendations that will be reviewed by the JLBC. Child Abuse Hotline and Investigations The statewide Child Abuse Hotline received 24,257 concerns that met the statutory criteria for a report. Of these, 353 were within the jurisdiction of military or tribal governments and were referred to those jurisdictions. The total number of reports represents a 2.9 percent increase over the prior reporting period, but a two percent decrease over the same reporting period last year. In addition to responding to all reports received in this reporting period, the Department closed 23,591 reports this reporting period which is a six percent increase over the prior reporting period. The Department continues its effort to reduce the total number of open reports. During this reporting Page 4 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements period, DCS achieved a four percent decrease in total open reports from 6,610 in March 2017 to 6,349 in September 2017. The Department continues to recognize this accomplishment as this contributes to reductions in caseloads for investigators and allows them to spend more time engaging with families to complete thorough assessments. Of the reports subject to substantiation during this reporting period, the preliminary number of reports that were substantiated is 497 (2.1 percent). An additional 3,238 were proposed for substantiation by child welfare specialists and are currently awaiting the results of the appeals process. Over time, the number of substantiated and proposed substantiated reports associated with this time period will increase as investigation findings are entered into Children's Information Library and Data Source (CHILDS). The DCS Strategic Plan for FY 2016, identified several goals with deliverables for the Hotline, investigations, ongoing, and foster home capacity and availability. Strategic Objectives for FY 2017 included slowing the rate of out-of-home population growth, maintaining fiscal responsibility and continuing work to improve employee retention. For FY 2018, Strategic Plan objectives are to improve timeliness to permanency, increase the placement of children in family like settings, continue to improve employee retention, develop and implement the Agency’s IT infrastructure and develop implementation strategies for behavioral health services. To date, the Department has initiated and/or completed several deliverables, including, but not limited to: Investigations  Reduced the total number of inactive cases from 4,790 in September 2016 to 212 in September 2017, a 96 percent reduction.  Initiated the renovation and update of Arizona's safety assessment model, the SAFE model developed by Action for Child Protection with attention to practice knowledge and application.  Revised policies and forms related to SAFE AZ model.  Safety Practice Experts (SPEs) participate in site-based teams to support implementation.  SPEs participated in a two day advanced training to enhance coaching skills.  Developed and implemented SAFE AZ model training for over 1,700 field staff including Specialists, Supervisors, and Program Managers.  Additional training for SAFE AZ has been provided to contracted parent aide providers, judges, attorneys representing parents and children, court personnel, and the Attorney General’s Office.  Training for other providers is currently under development.  Created and implemented a dashboard to track overall investigation case management.  Created and implemented a dashboard to monitor all overdue reports.  Created and implemented a dashboard to monitor case planning status.  Increased the use of Safety Planning Team Decision Making (TDM) meetings to improve outcomes for children and families by keeping children in their homes with supportive services and support. Additionally, TDMs continue to be used for considered changes in the case plan goal for children in out-of-home care; and for children preparing for reunification; and for youth approaching the age of majority; Page 5 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements   Continued the implementation of timely case transfers from investigation to ongoing units in several offices throughout the state; Initiated the development of Guided Pathways – Services for Safe Children to better engage families in services when the Family Functioning Assessment determines the children in the family are safe. This practice is intended to help connect families with the most appropriate level of services to prevent future reports or involvement with the Department. Services  Sustained the Building Resilient Families (BRF) program to deliver in-home prevention services in Maricopa County for low risk families who have been the subject of a DCS investigation.  Continued planning for expansion of the BRF program statewide.  Continued to monitor and reduce wait list for parent aide services;  Continued use of a Service Referral Matrix to refine the referral and approval process statewide;  Continued faith-based prevention services with Care Portal in Pima and Maricopa Counties.  Continued utilization of In-Home prevention services.  Expansion of Substance Exposed Newborn Safe Environment (SENSE) program. The SENSE program has been implemented in Yuma, Maricopa, Yavapai, Pima, and Pinal Counties. Plans remain to expand the program statewide.  Continued the Safe Sleep prevention program as well as the Baby Box Program to reduce the number of infant deaths related to unsafe sleep environments. Continuous Quality Improvement  Implementation of the Systemic Critical Incident Review Process which reviews all critical incident cases received by DCS in order to identify and analyze systemic issues and generate recommendations for improvements.  Continued to receive training and technical assistance from Collaborative Safety on implementing Safety Science principles in the DCS culture and supporting the Systemic Critical Incident Review process.  Sustained use of supervision guides for investigation and ongoing cases;  Partnering with Action for Child Protection on latest enhancements of their nationally recognized safety assessment model;  Continued the roll-out phases for Guardian Mobile solutions; part of the process to replace the old statewide automated child welfare information system (CHILDS) with a more robust system. The initial mobile solution roll-out has taken place, and further enhancements continue to be planned and implemented. Employee Retention  Established a position in Human Resources to focus on retention initiatives.  In FY 2017, the Department implemented a new salary schedule for the DCS Specialist job series. Instead of providing the initial salary increase at 12 months, the increase now occurs after 22 weeks with Specialists able to reach maximum salary after one year and 22 weeks Page 6 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements       compared to the prior schedule of reaching maximum salary at 24 months from the date of hire. The Predictive Index (PI) will continue to be used as a recruitment tool to hire best fit candidates. PI will begin to be used by supervisor to determine their staff members’ individual supervision needs to improve job performance. DCS management system tools are being used to improve the selection and interview process for DCS Specialists. Working on the development of a leadership training program for supervisors to positively impact management and supervision of DCS Specialists. A new exit survey tool will be implemented to determine why DCS Specialists are leaving. Data will be analyzed and used to implement retention activities. Interview panel questions are being revised and will be piloted. Children in Out-of-Home Care The Department remains committed to working with the community to keep children safe and prevent the need for children to be removed from their homes. The Department's effort to achieve a strategic plan goal of slowing the out-of-home (OOH) population rate is evidenced by a safe, sustained decrease of children in OOH care. The number of children in out-of-home care decreased from 16,899 in March 2017 to 15,840 in September 2017, representing a 6.3 percent decrease. Additionally, the department continued to experience more children exiting than entering OOH care. Several initiatives referenced above are helping to contribute to this reduction including a reduction in the number of cases in the backlog, efficient case transfers, utilization of in-home prevention services and focused attention on improved family assessment during investigations. During this reporting period, 4,331 children were removed compared to 5,236 removals the prior reporting period. This represents a 17.3 percent reduction in the number of children entering out-of-home placement. During the same reporting period last year, 5,669 were removed which represents a 23.6 percent decrease of children entering out-of-home care. The Department continues to make efforts to place children who have been removed from their home in the most family-like setting possible. As of September 30, 2017, 12,512 children – or 79 percent of all children in out-of-home care – were placed with kinship or licensed foster parents. An additional 33 children were placed with their parents on a trial home visit and 494 youth were residing in independent living settings. As part of the strategic plan, the Department is striving to increase the placement of children in a family-like setting and fully meet the needs of children in care. Of all children in out-of-home care on the last day of the reporting period, 6,868 (43.4 percent) were placed with kin. Additionally, the total number of children that remained in shelter care for more than 21 days significantly reduced from 875 last reporting period to 673 this period which is a 23 percent decrease. DCS is engaging in various breakthrough activities to increase capacity for children to reside in family settings. These activities include geo-mapping, foster home recruitment efforts, improving HRSS provider relations, reducing congregate care and standardizing the placement process. The Department also went through some internal restructuring to provide an increase in dedicated focus to further the efforts of Page 7 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements recruitment, retention, and placement in family settings. Also during this reporting period, DCS has been working to accomplish the following:         Identify ways to provide the best support to Kinship and Foster parents; Identify a foster parent recruitment campaign to address children’s needs; Recruitment and placement of children in adoptive homes; Continued to address barriers to licensing by analyzing denials of Life Safety Inspections and implemented improvements to safely reduce the frequency of denials; Established the Statewide Placement Coordination Administration to standardized and streamline the placement process across the state. Successfully increased the use of Placement Coordinators to identify available kinship placements upon removal; Continued the use of software tools, e.g. Lexis Nexis, to find potential kinship placements; and Continued work by the Fostering Sustainable Connection program's use of Family Engagement Specialists to work with youth to identify relatives or other individuals with a significant relationship to the youth and explore possible permanency options; The state requires monthly face-to-face visitation with children in foster care. The Department has made concerted efforts to improve these contacts by tracking this in monthly Regional scorecards and weekly accountability calls with field managers and supervisors to monitor progress and identify problem solving opportunities in meeting this expectation. As a result, the Department has shown a significant improvement by achieving 95.8 percent of the children in foster care receiving their visitation during the last month of the reporting period. This demonstrates the Department’s continued commitment to children in foster care. There is a strong correlation between caseworker visits with children and positive outcomes for these children, such as achieving permanency and other indicators of child well-being. The Department continues to make efforts to sustain our rate of visitation. Permanency for Children A total of 2,823 children exited DCS custody to reunify with their parents or primary caretakers or to live with other relatives this reporting period compared to 3,415 during the same reporting period last year, which is a 17.3 percent decrease. This reduction compares to the decrease in OOH care over the same reporting period last year of 11.9 percent. Arizona is a national leader in the number of finalized adoptions. The Department remains committed to work toward achieving permanency for children placed in out-of-home care. This is demonstrated by the total number of children achieving permanency through adoption when it is in the best interest of the child(ren). This reporting period there were 2,110 adoptions compared to 2,195 in the previous reporting period; a decrease of 3.9 percent. The Department implemented several integrated initiatives to improve foster parent support, placement processes, supports to foster care providers and partnerships with paid placements. This involves emphasizing improvements in forecasting of specific, quantifiable needs by placement type including geographical needs. The placement process improvements involve documenting Page 8 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements standardized decision-making process for placements and the collection/dissemination of available placements including improved communication on placement options with providers. The Department is also developing a process and infrastructure to provide kinship and foster care providers with improved training, improved supports and connectivity to services. This includes replacement for PS-MAPP training with trauma informed care components. Finally, DCS is working to support a collaborative approach with HRSS providers to supporting and supervising foster homes. Efforts to increase the number of licensed foster parents who are able to meet the needs of children requiring out-of-home placement continue to be made. There were 1,071 new homes licensed the last reporting period and 850 new homes this period. Additionally, the overall total number of licensed foster homes decreased by 2.4 percent compared to the previous reporting period. There were 5000 licensed foster homes during the previous reporting period and 4,881 licensed foster homes this reporting period. Various plans are in development to provide support for existing foster parents and recruit new foster parents. It is notable that each month, the majority of foster home closures are due to finalization of adoption or guardianship. For example, in August 2017 83 out of 191 licenses close due to adoption or guardianship. The Department has been utilizing Targeted Permanency Staffings (TPS) to assist in identifying barriers to achieving permanency for children in out-of-home care. Once a case has been selected to participate in a TPS, a meeting is held and various aspects of the case are discussed. The team identifies barriers that may be alleviated to assist in achieving permanency. Follow-up tasks are assigned to alleviate the barriers and assist the cases in moving forward. Strategic Goals to Address Challenges The Department’s Strategic Plan represents the leadership’s commitment to refocus attention and resources on the safety, permanency, and well-being of children in Arizona. Below are the five strategic priorities that address several of the most pressing challenges faced by the Department: 1. 2. Improve objective decision-making in Investigations and Ongoing. Develop and retain a highly effective workforce that engages with child welfare partners to serve children and families. Reduce length of stay for children in out-of-home care. Provide a quality experience for children while in out-of-home care. Reduce recurrence of maltreatment by providing quality service. 3. 4. 5. In addition, strategic objectives were identified for FY 2018, which are aimed at being responsive to immediate needs while continuing to work towards building systems to ensure sustainability and success over the long term: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Improve timeliness to permanency. Increase the placement of children in a family like setting. Improve employee retention. Develop and implement the agency IT infrastructure. Develop implementation strategy for Behavioral Health services. Page 9 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements Each strategic objective has an executive sponsor and consists of initiatives and key actions that have been identified as moving the Department towards successful completion. Additionally, each strategic initiative has an assigned team lead and a project manager to guide the efforts and track timely delivery. Monthly reporting is required and allows the management team to address unforeseen barriers as well as make any necessary modifications to project plans as needed. As of September 2017, the Department filled 1,333 (95 percent) of its 1,406 budgeted positions for Child Safety Specialists, including staff at the Hotline and in training. The Department previously restructured the Child Safety Specialist, Case Aide and support staff pay structure to help employee retention. In addition, the Department has been working with Arizona State University and Northern Arizona University to improve accountability and completion of the Title IV-E stipend program. One of the Department's most significant efforts during this reporting period has been to resolve the long-standing issue of the 'backlog' or 'inactive' cases, which are those cases that had no case notes or service authorizations for 60 days or more. Prior to 2015, efforts to reduce or eliminate the backlog did not involve a methodical, focused approach. Current efforts ensure that an inactive case receives careful review and meaningful case management activities that address the safety, well-being and permanency needs of the children and families involved in the case. The Department utilized 'select assistance work teams' who were assigned to specific field offices to review cases, identify actions required to complete overdue investigations, complete field response activities and complete final quality assurance reviews. Regional action plans to address the backlog of inactive cases include continuing off-line time for case managers to complete actions on open cases while not being assigned new cases and identifying additional resources at the Regional level to support investigation and clinical reviews. Regional leadership established accountability for workload completion through data reporting which is monitored weekly and monthly. As a means of expanding capacity to complete investigations the Department, with grant support from Casey Family Programs, partnered with a qualified local service provider in Maricopa County to support field offices with response activities. Additionally, the Arizona Legislature dedicated funds in SFY 2017 to help provided for private contractors to assist the Department in reducing the backlog. Finally, Model Field Offices were established that adhere to a standard process to transfer cases from investigations to ongoing. This has been expanded to several other offices throughout the state. The case transfer occurs quickly after a child's removal so investigators are no longer case managing dependency cases and are free to focus on investigations. As a result of these exhaustive efforts, the Department has reduced the backlog of inactive cases from a peak of 16,104 in January 2015 to 212 at the end of September 2017. This represents a 99 percent sustainable decrease in the backlog. The Arizona Legislature established a requirement for DCS to reduce the backlog to no more than 1,000 cases by June 30, 2017. The Department was well below that benchmark in early March 2017 and has maintained the inactive cases under that benchmark. The Department continues to assess processes and program controls to identify ways to address these challenges. Solutions have included partnering with community and stakeholders to ensure that the safety and well-being of children is always paramount. The Department continues to work in Page 10 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements partnership with the federal government to meet the federal Child and Family Service Review (CFSR) standards to improve outcomes for the children and families it serves. Page 11 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements 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 Homes2 Number of Foster Home Spaces Available to DCS Number of New Foster Homes Number of Foster Homes Closed Number and Percentage of Foster Homes Receiving Visitation In the Last Qtr. Of Reporting Period4 Number and Percentage of Foster Homes not Receiving Visitation4 Number of Children Leaving DCS Custody Number of Children With a Case Plan Goal of Adoption Number of Children With a Finalized Adoption Apr 2013 through Sep 2013 Oct 2013 through Mar 2014 Apr 2014 through Sep 2014 Oct 2014 through Mar 2015 Apr 2015 through Sep 2015 Oct 2015 through Mar 2016 Apr 2016 through Sep 2016 Oct 2016 through Mar 2017 Apr 2017 through Sep 2017 22,032 22,956 25,076 25,508 26,455 24,537 24,787 23,579 24,257 2,704 3,190 3,456 3,535 3,836 3,199 3,042 3,022 497 12% 14% 14% 14% 15% 13% 13% 13% 2.1% 11,212 11,392 12,038 13,045 15,076 18,771 22,065 22,678 23,591 20,122 22,162 24,435 25,182 26,022 24,193 24,403 23,226 23,904 5,702 5,701 6,461 5,935 6,819 6,141 5,669 5,236 4,331 118 90 189 131 154 107 109 102 152 15,037 15,751 16,990 17,592 18,657 18,906 17,984 16,899 15,840 824 802 868 900 878 974 1,054 875 673 12,997 (86.4%) 13,818 (87.7%) 14,846 (87.4%) 15,323 (87.1%) 15,746 (84.4%) 16,985 (89.8%) 16,947 (94.2%) 16,169 (95.7%) 15,180 (95.8%) 2,040 (13.6%) 1,933 (12.3%) 2,144 (12.6%) 2,269 (12.9%) 2,911 (15.6%) 1,921 (10.2%) 1,037 (5.8%) 730 (4.3%) 660 (4.2%) 1,157 (52.4%) 1,344 (53.8%) 1,315 (52.0%) 1,372 (55.7%) 1,576 (50.9%) 2,570 (50.0%) 2,563 (48.6%) 2,905 (55.2%) 2,705 (56.5%) 3,900 4,329 4,397 4,497 4,551 4,681 4,596 5,000 4,881 8,573 9,049 9,061 9,079 9,114 10,337 10,786 11,405 11,092 717 1,050 756 821 774 882 985 1,071 853 715 787 822 785 767 871 994 963 1,059 3,491 (89.5%) 3,689 (85.2%) 3,949 (89.8%) 3,881 (86.3%) 3,925 (86.2%) 4,258 (91.0%) 4,365 (95.0%) 4,969 (99.4%) 4,250 (93.4%) 409 (10.5%) 640 (14.8%) 448 (10.2%) 616 (13.7%) 626 (13.8%) 423 (9.0%) 231 (5.0%) 31 (0.6%) 302 (6.6%) 4,805 4,786 5,042 5,063 5,555 5,668 6,377 6,153 5,874 3,311 3,417 3,377 3,449 3,878 4,224 4,623 4,790 4,677 1,215 1,518 1,552 1,629 1,576 1,727 1,936 2,195 2,110 1 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. 2 The number of available foster homes includes homes reported by the Department's Home Recruitment, Study and Supervision contractors along with foster homes utilized for appropriate children in coordination with the Division of Developmental Disabilities. 3 The report run date was December 09, 2017. 4 Data is provided by HRSS provider agencies. Page 12 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements Reports of Child 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, 2017 and September 30, 2017, there were 24,257 incoming communications to the Child Abuse Hotline that met the criteria for a report of abuse or neglect. Of these, 353 were within the jurisdiction of military or tribal governments and were referred to those jurisdictions. Compared to one year ago, there has been a 2.9 percent increase in reports received by the Child Abuse Hotline meeting 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 current and past reporting periods. The Department continues to examine current Child Abuse Hotline policies and procedures to improve objectivity within screening tools and improve inter-rater reliability. TABLE 1 REPORTS BY REPORTING PERIOD AND TYPE OF MALTREATMENT October 2012 – March 2013 14,916 67.2% Physical Abuse 6,263 28.3% April 2013 – September 2013 15,560 70.6% 5,607 25.5% 731 3.3% 134 0.6% 22,032 100.0% October 2013 – March 2014 15,766 68.7% 6,248 27.2% 772 3.4% 170 0.7% 22,956 100.0% April 2014 – September 2014 18,022 71.9% 6,074 24.2% 847 3.4% 133 0.5% 25,076 100.0% October 2014 – March 2015 18,338 71.9% 6,254 24.5% 787 3.1% 129 0.5% 25,508 100.0% April 2015 – September 2015 19,276 72.9% 6,086 23.0% 954 3.6% 139 0.5% 26,455 100.0% October 2015 – March 2016 17,493 71.3% 6,089 24.8% 788 3.2% 167 0.7% 24,537 100.0% April 2016 – September 2016 17,415 70.3% 6,206 25.0% 1,030 4.2% 136 0.5% 24,787 100.0% October 2016 – March 2017 16,295 69.1% 6,221 26.4% 950 4.0% 113 0.5% 23,579 100.0% April 2017 – September 2017 17,330 71.4% 5,767 23.8% 1,030 4.3% 130 0.5% 24,257 100.0% Neglect Page 13 of 74 Sexual Abuse 815 3.7% Emotional Abuse 167 0.8% 22,161 100.0% Total April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements Chart 1 illustrates that the number of reports received by the Centralized Intake Hotline has increased by 678 reports over the prior reporting period. CHART 1 REPORTS OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT BY REPORTING PERIOD 28,000 26,000 24,000 26,455 22,956 25,076 25,508 24,537 24,787 23,579 24,257 22,000 20,000 18,000 16,000 14,000 12,000 10,000 October 2013 – March 2014 April 2014 - October 2014 September – March 2015 2014 April 2015 September 2015 October 2015 - March 2016 Page 14 of 74 April 2016 September 2016 October 2016 - March 2017 April 2017 September 2017 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements The Centralized Intake Hotline received a total of 78,740 calls offered during the reporting period. 2,580 were abandoned before the Specialist answered. 24,257 calls met the statutory requirements for abuse and neglect. A random sample was selected from 51,903 communications to represent the types of calls that do not get classified as reports of abuse and neglect. This random sample is contained in the chart below. CHART 2 SAMPLE OF COMMUNICATIONS TO THE CENTRALIZED INTAKE HOTLINE THAT DO NOT MEET THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS OF A REPORT OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT 80 Number of Communications 70 60 56 62.2% 50 40 30 18 20.0% 20 2 2.2% 10 8 8.9% E F 0 0.0% 0 A 5 5.6% B C D Categories 1 1.1% G N=90 A B C D E F G = = = = = = = Concern Only/No Allegation of Child Abuse or Neglect Out of DCS Jurisdiction Call Appropriate for Law Enforcement Jurisdiction3 Non-Caretaker Neglect/Child No Longer at Risk Insufficient Information Truancy/Custody Issues Current Case Questions or Referrals The Department shall ensure accurate assessments and proper classification of communications containing concerns of abuse or neglect of a child which have been determined not to meet statutory criteria for a DCS report by performing weekly quality assurance reviews of these communications. 3 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. Page 15 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements Chart 3 below provides information on the number of reports that met each of the Centralized Intake Hotline priority classifications in the current and past reporting periods. In Table 2 and Table 3, data on total reports by priority is shown by county for the current and previous reporting periods. The priority determinations are made by personnel at the Child Abuse Hotline after the review of multiple factors, however, below is a high level summary of each response time criteria. PRIORITY 1: Death of a child, near fatality, abuse or neglect that threatens to immediately cause, or has caused, serious harm or death, Serious physical injuries to a child (including but not limited to fractures, burns, multiple plane injuries, acceleration/deceleration injuries [shaken baby syndrome], injury to internal organs, etc.), child is alone and is not capable of caring for self or other children, evidence or disclosure of sexual abuse toward a child and the perpetrator has access to the child or the perpetrator is unknown, Substance Exposed Newborn (SEN) who is expected to be discharged from the hospital within 24 hours; 1 PRIORITY 2: Abuse or neglect of a child age 0-3, Abuse or neglect of a vulnerable child, and the child or perpetrator has been the subject of a prior report (this includes the child as a victim in a prior report or the adult as a perpetrator in a prior report), All criminal conduct allegations not requiring a Priority 1 response; PRIORITY 3: Abuse or neglect of a child that occurred within the last 12 months and does not require a Priority 1 or 2 response; and PRIORITY 4: Private Dependency Petition, abuse or neglect that has occurred over one year ago and does not require a Priority 1, 2 or 3 response. CHART 3 NUMBER OF REPORTS RECEIVED BY PRIORITY 12,000 10,000 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000 0 October 2013 March 2014 April 2014 September 2014 PRIORITY 1 October 2014 March 2015 April 2015 September 2015 PRIORITY 2 October 2015 March 2016 April 2016 September 2016 PRIORITY 3 October 2016 March 2017 April 2017 September 2017 PRIORITY 4 As of February 1, 2016, the definition for each priority level changed. Data from this report and all future reports will use these new definitions. Page 16 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements TABLE 2 NUMBER OF REPORTS RECEIVED BY PRIORITY AND COUNTY FOR PERIOD OF APRIL 1, 2017 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 COUNTY PRIORITY PRIORITY PRIORITY PRIORITY TOTAL % OF 1 2 3 4 TOTAL APACHE 13 57 39 0 109 0.5% COCHISE 77 159 205 2 443 1.8% COCONINO 80 194 171 6 451 1.9% GILA 49 113 71 2 235 0.9% GRAHAM 42 72 61 1 176 0.7% GREENLEE 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% LA PAZ 15 28 20 0 63 0.3% MARICOPA 2,731 5,759 5,382 209 14,081 58.1% MOHAVE 162 371 282 0 815 3.4% NAVAJO 75 169 134 1 379 1.6% PIMA 627 1,941 1,869 43 4,480 18.5% PINAL 333 691 638 29 1,691 6.8% SANTA CRUZ 16 40 39 0 95 0.4% YAVAPAI 104 313 285 7 709 2.9% YUMA 133 216 178 3 530 2.2% STATEWIDE 4,457 10,123 9,374 303 24,257 100% % OF TOTAL 18.4% 41.7% 38.6% 1.3% 100% TABLE 3 NUMBER OF REPORTS RECEIVED BY PRIORITY AND COUNTY FOR PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2016 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2017 COUNTY PRIORITY PRIORITY PRIORITY PRIORITY TOTAL % OF 1 2 3 4 TOTAL APACHE 11 45 52 0 108 0.4% COCHISE 78 172 180 2 432 1.8% COCONINO 75 157 172 3 407 1.7% GILA 48 92 64 2 206 0.9% GRAHAM 34 73 86 1 194 0.8% GREENLEE 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% LA PAZ 14 28 24 0 66 0.3% MARICOPA 2,623 5,324 5,487 168 13,602 57.8% MOHAVE 155 273 263 5 696 2.9% NAVAJO 85 143 126 1 355 1.5% PIMA 675 1,930 1,847 45 4,497 19.1% PINAL 308 695 632 26 1,661 7.0% SANTA CRUZ 18 49 42 0 109 0.5% YAVAPAI 127 285 285 6 703 3.0% YUMA 126 228 189 0 543 2.3% STATEWIDE 4,377 9,494 9,449 259 23,579 100.0% % OF TOTAL 18.6% 40.3% 40.0% 1.1% 100.0% Page 17 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements The following chart and tables provide the number of reports categorized by type of maltreatment. The total number of reports received by type of maltreatment is displayed in Chart 4. In Table 4 and Table 5 data on the total reports by type of maltreatment are shown by county for the current and previous reporting periods. CHART 4 NUMBER OF REPORTS RECEIVED BY TYPE OF MALTREATMENT 20,000 18,000 16,000 14,000 12,000 10,000 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000 0 April 2014 – March 2014 April 2015 October 2015 October 2014 – April 2016 – October 2016 – April 2017 – September 2015 March 2016 March 2015 Septernber 2016 March 2017 Septernber 2017 EMOTIONAL ABUSE NEGLECT PHYSICAL ABUSE SEXUAL ABUSE TABLE 4 NUMBER OF REPORTS RECEIVED BY TYPE OF MALTREATMENT AND COUNTY FOR PERIOD OF APRIL 1, 2017 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 COUNTY EMOTIONAL NEGLECT PHYSICAL SEXUAL TOTAL % OF ABUSE ABUSE ABUSE TOTAL APACHE 0 81 24 4 109 0.4% COCHISE 3 320 104 16 443 1.8% COCONINO 4 340 94 13 451 1.9% GILA 0 179 42 14 235 0.9% GRAHAM 1 135 30 10 176 0.7% GREENLEE 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% LA PAZ 0 51 10 2 63 0.3% MARICOPA 76 9,912 3,474 619 14,081 58.0% MOHAVE 1 599 177 38 815 3.4% NAVAJO 1 286 77 15 379 1.6% PIMA 29 3,266 1,019 166 4,480 18.5% PINAL 6 1,186 412 87 1,691 7% SANTA CRUZ 2 62 29 2 95 0.4% YAVAPAI 2 534 154 19 709 2.9% YUMA 5 379 121 25 530 2.2% STATEWIDE 130 17,330 5,767 1,030 24,257 100.0% % OF TOTAL 0.5% 71.5% 23.8% 4.2% 100.0% Page 18 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements TABLE 5 NUMBER OF REPORTS RECEIVED BY TYPE OF MALTREATMENT AND COUNTY FOR PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2016 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2017 COUNTY EMOTIONAL NEGLECT PHYSICAL SEXUAL TOTAL % OF ABUSE ABUSE ABUSE TOTAL APACHE 2 76 23 7 108 0.5% COCHISE 1 305 108 18 432 1.8% COCONINO 1 285 107 14 407 1.7% GILA 2 157 36 11 206 0.9% GRAHAM 0 149 36 9 194 0.8% GREENLEE 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% LA PAZ 0 46 16 4 66 0.3% MARICOPA 61 9,184 3,818 539 13,602 57.6% MOHAVE 3 513 161 19 696 3.0% NAVAJO 2 268 74 11 355 1.5% PIMA 24 3,214 1,114 145 4,497 19.1% PINAL 13 1,139 412 97 1,661 7.0% SANTA CRUZ 0 72 32 5 109 0.5% YAVAPAI 2 507 153 41 703 3.0% YUMA 2 380 131 30 543 2.3% STATEWIDE 113 16,295 6,221 950 23,579 100.0% % OF TOTAL 0.5% 69.1% 26.4% 4.0% 100.0% ASSIGNMENT OF INVESTIGATIONS The following tables and charts in this section provide statewide and county level information for reports assigned to DCS (excluding those that fell within the jurisdiction of military or tribal governments). Of these, DCS completed 23,591 (97.3 percent) of their assigned investigations. Those not completed remain open when the investigation is still in process, when the 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 awaiting supervisory review and approval. CHART 5 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY PRIORITY AND REPORTING PERIOD 12,000 9,968 10,000 9,275 9,367 9,328 8,000 6,000 4,359 4,275 4,000 2,000 302 256 0 April 2017 -September 2017, N=23,904 PRIORITY 1 PRIORITY 2 Page 19 of 74 October 2016 - March 2017, N=23,226 PRIORITY 3 PRIORITY 4 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements TABLE 6 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY PRIORITY AND COUNTY FOR PERIOD OF APRIL 1, 2017 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 COUNTY PRIORITY PRIORITY PRIORITY PRIORITY TOTAL % OF 1 2 3 4 TOTAL APACHE 6 41 30 0 77 0.3% COCHISE 77 159 205 2 443 1.9% COCONINO 69 169 149 6 393 1.6% GILA 40 102 64 2 208 0.9% GRAHAM 41 67 61 1 170 0.7% GREENLEE 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% LA PAZ 11 23 15 0 49 0.2% MARICOPA 2,720 5,738 5,378 209 14,045 58.9% MOHAVE 158 365 277 0 800 3.3% NAVAJO 49 145 121 1 316 1.3% PIMA 617 1,918 1,850 42 4,427 18.5% PINAL 320 681 626 29 1,656 6.9% SANTA CRUZ 16 40 39 0 95 0.4% YAVAPAI 103 305 282 7 697 2.9% YUMA 132 215 178 3 528 2.2% STATEWIDE 4,359 9,968 9,275 302 23,904 100% % OF TOTAL 18.2% 41.7% 38.8% 1.3% 100% TABLE 7 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY PRIORITY AND COUNTY FOR PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2016 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2017 COUNTY PRIORITY PRIORITY PRIORITY PRIORITY TOTAL % OF TOTAL 1 2 3 4 APACHE 6 31 38 0 75 0.3% COCHISE 78 172 180 2 432 1.9% COCONINO 62 137 150 2 351 1.5% GILA 42 86 58 2 188 0.8% GRAHAM 29 70 79 1 179 0.8% GREENLEE 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% LA PAZ 11 24 17 0 52 0.2% MARICOPA 2,609 5,313 5,478 168 13,568 58.4% MOHAVE 146 267 263 4 680 2.9% NAVAJO 60 119 106 1 286 1.2% PIMA 667 1,909 1,831 44 4,451 19.2% PINAL 297 681 618 26 1,622 7.0% SANTA CRUZ 18 49 42 0 109 0.5% YAVAPAI 127 282 280 6 695 3.0% YUMA 123 227 188 0 538 2.3% STATEWIDE 4,275 9,367 9,328 256 23,226 100.0% % OF TOTAL 18.4% 40.3% 40.2% 1.1% 100.0% Page 20 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements CHART 6 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY TYPE OF MALTREATMENT AND REPORTING PERIOD 17,042 18000 16,025 16000 14000 12000 10000 8000 5,725 6,149 6000 4000 128 2000 1,009 112 940 0 April 2017 - September 2017, N=23,904 EMOTIONAL ABUSE NEGLECT Page 21 of 74 October 2016 - March 2017, N=23,226 PHYSICAL ABUSE SEXUAL ABUSE April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements TABLE 8 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY TYPE OF MALTREATMENT AND COUNTY FOR PERIOD OF APRIL 1, 2017 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 COUNTY EMOTIONAL NEGLECT PHYSICAL SEXUAL TOTAL % OF ABUSE ABUSE ABUSE TOTAL APACHE 0 56 19 2 77 0.3% COCHISE 3 320 104 16 443 1.9% COCONINO 4 292 88 9 393 1.6% GILA 0 158 37 13 208 0.9% GRAHAM 1 129 30 10 170 0.7% GREENLEE 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% LA PAZ 0 39 8 2 49 0.2% MARICOPA 76 9,884 3,466 619 14,045 58.9% MOHAVE 0 587 177 36 800 3.3% NAVAJO 0 230 74 12 316 1.3% PIMA 29 3,223 1,014 161 4,427 18.5% PINAL 6 1,158 408 84 1,656 6.9% SANTA CRUZ 2 62 29 2 95 0.4% YAVAPAI 2 526 151 18 697 2.9% YUMA 5 378 120 25 528 2.2% STATEWIDE 128 17,042 5,725 1,009 23,904 100.0% % OF TOTAL 0.5% 71.4% 23.9% 4.2% 100.0% TABLE 9 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY TYPE OF MALTREATMENT AND COUNTY FOR PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2016 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2017 COUNTY EMOTIONAL NEGLECT PHYSICAL SEXUAL TOTAL % OF ABUSE ABUSE ABUSE TOTAL APACHE 1 53 17 4 75 0.3% COCHISE 1 305 108 18 432 1.9% COCONINO 1 242 95 13 351 1.5% GILA 2 139 36 11 188 0.8% GRAHAM 0 137 34 8 179 0.8% GREENLEE 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% LA PAZ 0 38 11 3 52 0.2% MARICOPA 61 9,158 3,812 537 13,568 58.4% MOHAVE 3 497 161 19 680 2.9% NAVAJO 2 210 63 11 286 1.2% PIMA 24 3,185 1097 145 4451 19.2% PINAL 13 1,111 403 95 1622 7.0% SANTA CRUZ 0 72 32 5 109 0.5% YAVAPAI 2 501 151 41 695 3.0% YUMA 2 377 129 30 538 2.3% STATEWIDE 112 16,025 6,149 940 23,226 100.0% % OF TOTAL 0.5% 69.0% 26.5% 4.0% 100.0% Page 22 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements INVESTIGATIONS OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT TABLE 10 NUMBER OF REPORTS WITHOUT RESPONSE DATA BY PRIORITY AND COUNTY FOR PERIOD OF APRIL 1, 2017 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 COUNTY PRIORITY PRIORITY PRIORITY PRIORITY TOTAL % OF 1 2 3 4 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, DCS is required to provide the “number of reports not responded to, by priority, by county and statewide. The report shall include a description of some of these cases as chosen by random sample.” This sample is to describe why the Department did not respond to a report regardless of whether the response was mitigated, timely or aggravated. As all reports were responded to during this period, there is no data to be displayed in Table 10 or Chart 7. Chart 7 would have displayed the reports in brief descriptive categories. Page 23 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements All reports were responded to during this reporting period. Therefore, no data will be displayed in Chart 7 below. CHART 7 NUMBER OF REPORTS WITHOUT RESPONSE DATA BY CATEGORY FOR THE PERIOD OF APRIL 1, 2017 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 Number of Communications 125 100 75 50 25 0 A B C D E F Categories G H I N=0 A = Adolescent, Past Abuse, No Current Injuries B = Inadequate Housekeeping Standards C = Inappropriate Vehicle Operation D = No Specific Allegations E = Past Abuse no current injuries F = Adolescent, current minor injuries G = Non-adolescent, current minor injuries H = Poor parenting skills I = Left with inappropriate caregiver J = Law Enforcement Issue K = Out of Control Teenager Page 24 of 74 J K April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements CHART 8 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY PRIORITY AND REPORTING PERIOD FOR REPORTS OPEN FOR INVESTIGATION 1000 750 500 295 244 266 250 215 102 84 5 3 0 April 2017 - September 2017, N=666 PRIORITY 1 PRIORITY 2 October 2016 - March 2017, N=548 PRIORITY 3 PRIORITY 4 The Department has been working diligently to reduce the total number backlog cases and overdue investigations. This effort has led to a significant reduction in overall open reports as noted previously and thus has demonstrated a significant decrease in the number of reports assigned for investigation by priority for reports open for investigation compared to the prior reporting period. TABLE 11 NUMBER OF REPORTS BY PRIORITY AND COUNTY FOR REPORTS OPEN FOR INVESTIGATION FOR PERIOD OF APRIL 1, 2017 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 COUNTY PRIORITY PRIORITY PRIORITY PRIORITY TOTAL % OF 1 2 3 4 TOTAL APACHE 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% COCHISE 2 5 16 0 23 3.5% COCONINO 0 7 8 1 16 2.4% GILA 0 3 2 0 5 0.8% 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 80 166 179 0 425 63.8% MOHAVE 1 6 6 0 13 2.0% NAVAJO 0 0 1 0 1 0.1% PIMA 8 48 50 0 106 15.9% PINAL 10 18 28 2 58 8.7% SANTA CRUZ 0 5 2 0 7 1.0% YAVAPAI 0 7 1 0 8 1.2% YUMA 1 1 2 0 4 0.6% STATEWIDE 102 266 295 3 666 100.0% % OF TOTAL 15.3% 39.9% 44.3% 0.5% 100.0% Page 25 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements TABLE 12 NUMBER OF REPORTS BY PRIORITY AND COUNTY FOR REPORTS OPEN FOR INVESTIGATION FOR PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2016 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2017 COUNTY PRIORITY PRIORITY PRIORITY PRIORITY TOTAL % OF 1 2 3 4 TOTAL APACHE 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% COCHISE 1 1 0 0 2 0.4% COCONINO 3 3 8 0 14 2.6% 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 62 108 127 4 301 54.8% MOHAVE 2 7 7 1 17 3.1% NAVAJO 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% PIMA 4 45 50 0 99 18.1% PINAL 10 47 49 0 106 19.3% SANTA CRUZ 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% YAVAPAI 2 4 2 0 8 1.5% YUMA 0 0 1 0 1 0.2% STATEWIDE 84 215 244 5 548 100.0% % OF TOTAL 15.3% 39.2% 44.6% 0.9% 100.0% CHART 9 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY TYPE OF MALTREATMENT FOR REPORTS OPEN FOR INVESTIGATION 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 422 184 4 3 56 361 139 45 0 April 2017 - September 2017, N=666 EMOTIONAL ABUSE NEGLECT October 2016 - March 2017, N=548 PHYSICAL ABUSE SEXUAL ABUSE The number of reports assigned for investigation for reports open for investigation will change each reporting period as investigations are completed and closed by next reporting period. Page 26 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements TABLE 13 NUMBER OF REPORTS BY TYPE OF MALTREATMENT AND COUNTY FOR REPORTS OPEN FOR INVESTIGATION FOR PERIOD OF APRIL 1, 2017 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 COUNTY EMOTIONAL NEGLECT PHYSICAL SEXUAL TOTAL % OF ABUSE ABUSE ABUSE TOTAL APACHE 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% COCHISE 0 15 8 0 23 3.5% COCONINO 0 15 1 0 16 2.4% GILA 0 4 1 0 5 0.8% 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 3 265 118 39 425 63.8% MOHAVE 0 4 8 1 13 2.0% NAVAJO 0 1 0 0 1 0.1% PIMA 1 70 29 6 106 15.9% PINAL 0 35 13 10 58 8.7% SANTA CRUZ 0 3 4 0 7 1.0% YAVAPAI 0 7 1 0 8 1.2% YUMA 0 3 1 0 4 0.6% STATEWIDE 4 422 184 56 666 100.0% % OF TOTAL 0.6% 63.4% 27.6% 8.4% 100.0% TABLE 14 NUMBER OF REPORTS BY TYPE OF MALTREATMENT AND COUNTY FOR REPORTS OPEN FOR INVESTIGATION FOR PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2016 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2017 COUNTY EMOTIONAL NEGLECT PHYSICAL SEXUAL TOTAL % OF ABUSE ABUSE ABUSE TOTAL APACHE 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% COCHISE 0 1 0 1 2 0.4% COCONINO 0 8 5 1 14 2.6% 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 2 189 86 24 301 54.8% MOHAVE 0 13 4 0 17 3.1% NAVAJO 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% PIMA 1 68 21 9 99 18.1% PINAL 0 76 22 8 106 19.3% SANTA CRUZ 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% YAVAPAI 0 6 0 2 8 1.5% YUMA 0 0 1 0 1 0.2% STATEWIDE 3 361 139 45 548 100.0% % OF TOTAL 0.5% 65.9% 25.4% 8.2% 100.0% Page 27 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements CHART 10 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION WHERE A REMOVAL OCCURRED 8 APACHE COCHISE 36 COCONINO 35 GILA 23 GRAHAM 23 0 GREENLEE 5 LA PAZ MARICOPA 113 MOHAVE 1,568 23 NAVAJO 474 PIMA 202 PINAL 11 SANTA CRUZ 80 YAVAPAI YUMA 46 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1,000 1,100 1,200 April 1, 2017 - September 30, 2017, N=2,647 Page 28 of 74 1,300 1,400 1,500 1,600 1,700 1,800 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements TABLE 15 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY COUNTY WHERE A REMOVAL OCCURRED FOR THE PERIOD APRIL 1, 2017 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 COUNTY NUMBER OF NUMBER OF % OF REPORTS WHERE REPORTS REPORTS ASSIGNED A CHILD REMOVED ASSIGNED WITH A REMOVAL APACHE 77 8 10.4% COCHISE 443 36 8.1% COCONINO 393 35 8.9% GILA 208 23 11.1% GRAHAM 170 23 13.5% GREENLEE 0 0 0.0% LA PAZ 49 5 10.2% MARICOPA 14,045 1,568 11.2% MOHAVE 800 113 14.1% NAVAJO 316 23 7.3% PIMA 4,427 474 10.7% PINAL 1,656 202 12.2% SANTA CRUZ 95 11 11.6% YAVAPAI 697 80 11.5% YUMA 528 46 8.7% STATEWIDE 23,904 2,647 11.1% TABLE 16 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY COUNTY WHERE A REMOVAL OCCURRED FOR THE PERIOD OCTOBER 1, 2016 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2017 COUNTY NUMBER OF NUMBER OF % OF REPORTS WHERE REPORTS REPORTS ASSIGNED A CHILD WAS ASSIGNED WITH A REMOVAL REMOVED APACHE 75 5 6.7% COCHISE 432 39 9.0% COCONINO 351 38 10.8% GILA 188 20 10.6% GRAHAM 179 14 7.8% GREENLEE 0 0 0.0% LA PAZ 52 8 15.4% MARICOPA 13,568 1,527 11.3% MOHAVE 680 85 12.5% NAVAJO 286 24 8.4% PIMA 4,451 614 13.8% PINAL 1,622 198 12.2% SANTA CRUZ 109 10 9.2% YAVAPAI 695 78 11.2% YUMA 538 63 11.7% STATEWIDE 23,226 2,723 11.7% Page 29 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements COMPLETED INVESTIGATIONS A substantiated report occurs when the Department has determined that at least one of the allegations in the report of abuse and/or 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 reports that are substantiated for the current reporting period is 497. For the prior reporting period, the number of reports that were assigned for investigation that resulted in substantiated findings was revised from 511 to 3,022. This number will change each reporting period as a result of subsequent decisions based on parents’ rights to due process as well as the completion of investigations and findings. As noted previously, the number of removals this reporting have decreased but the preliminary number of reports that are substantiated may also be a result of the high volume of cases still requiring review by the Protective Services Review Team and cases awaiting trial in Juvenile Court. CHART 11 SUBSTANTIATION RATE BY REPORTING PERIOD 20% 18% 16% 14% 14% 14% 15% 13% 14% 13% 13% 12% 10% 8% 6% 4% 2% 2% 0% October 2013 April 2014 - March 2014 September 2014 October 2014 April 2015 - March 2015 September 2015 September 2015 - March 2016 Page 30 of 74 April 2016 - October 2016 April 2017 September - March 2017 September 2016 2017 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements Information on both proposed substantiations and finalized substantiations is provided in the charts and tables below: CHART 12 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY PRIORITY AND REPORTING PERIOD THAT RESULTED IN PROPOSED SUBSTANTIATION 1,394 1,400 1,300 1,221 1,200 1,100 1,000 900 800 700 532 600 496 500 390 400 300 180 200 91 100 35 0 April 2017 - September 2017, N=3,238 PRIORITY 1 PRIORITY 2 October 2016 - March 2017, N=1,101 PRIORITY 3 PRIORITY 4 TABLE 17 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY PRIORITY AND COUNTY THAT RESULTED IN PROPOSED SUBSTANTIATION FOR PERIOD OF APRIL 1, 2017 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 COUNTY PRIORITY PRIORITY PRIORITY 3 PRIORITY TOTAL % OF 1 2 4 TOTAL APACHE 2 2 0 0 4 0.1% COCHISE 15 23 9 0 47 1.5% COCONINO 17 22 5 0 44 1.4% GILA 17 14 5 0 36 1.1% GRAHAM 14 8 4 0 26 0.8% GREENLEE 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% LA PAZ 2 6 2 0 10 0.3% MARICOPA 830 836 311 75 2,052 63.4% MOHAVE 53 55 18 0 126 3.9% NAVAJO 12 15 5 0 32 0.9% PIMA 120 256 112 3 491 15.2% PINAL 67 93 39 12 211 6.5% SANTA CRUZ 5 5 2 0 12 0.4% YAVAPAI 26 44 17 1 88 2.7% YUMA 41 15 3 0 59 1.8% STATEWIDE 1,221 1,394 532 91 3,238 100.0% % OF TOTAL 37.7% 43.1% 16.4% 2.8% 100.0% Page 31 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements TABLE 18 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY PRIORITY AND COUNTY THAT RESULTED IN PROPOSED SUBSTANTIATION FOR PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2016 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2017 COUNTY PRIORITY PRIORITY PRIORITY PRIORITY TOTAL % OF 1 2 3 4 TOTAL APACHE 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% COCHISE 2 6 4 0 12 1.1% COCONINO 5 11 4 0 20 1.8% GILA 3 4 1 0 8 0.7% GRAHAM 0 3 0 0 3 0.3% GREENLEE 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% LA PAZ 3 1 1 0 5 0.5% MARICOPA 259 272 114 25 670 61.0% MOHAVE 13 16 4 0 33 2.9% NAVAJO 1 2 1 0 4 0.3% PIMA 52 92 25 2 171 15.5% PINAL 33 65 19 7 124 11.3% SANTA CRUZ 0 3 0 0 3 0.2% YAVAPAI 6 12 3 1 22 2.0% YUMA 13 9 4 0 26 2.4% STATEWIDE 390 496 180 35 1,101 100.0% % OF TOTAL 35.4% 45.1% 16.3% 3.2% 100.0% CHART 13 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY TYPE OF MALTREATMENT THAT RESULTED IN PROPOSED SUBSTANTIATION 3,000 2,800 2,600 2,400 2,200 2,000 1,800 1,600 1,400 1,200 1,000 800 600 400 200 0 2,820 924 336 141 79 36 3 0 April 2017 - September 2017, N=3,238 October 2016 - March 2017, N=1,101 EMOTIONAL ABUSE NEGLECT PHYSICAL ABUSE Page 32 of 74 SEXUAL ABUSE April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements TABLE 19 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY TYPE OF MALTREATMENT BY COUNTY THAT RESULTED IN PROPOSED SUBSTANTIATION FOR PERIOD OF APRIL 1, 2017 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 COUNTY EMOTIONAL NEGLECT PHYSICAL SEXUAL TOTAL % OF TOTAL ABUSE ABUSE ABUSE APACHE 0 4 0 0 4 0.1% COCHISE 0 43 4 0 47 1.5% COCONINO 0 37 6 1 44 1.4% GILA 0 34 2 0 36 1.1% GRAHAM 0 25 1 0 26 0.8% GREENLEE 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% LA PAZ 0 10 0 0 10 0.3% MARICOPA 2 1,781 209 60 2,052 63.4% MOHAVE 0 106 16 4 126 3.9% NAVAJO 0 31 1 0 32 0.9% PIMA 1 428 56 6 491 15.2% PINAL 0 179 27 5 211 6.5% SANTA CRUZ 0 11 0 1 12 0.4% YAVAPAI 0 80 8 0 88 2.7% YUMA 0 51 6 2 59 1.8% STATEWIDE 3 2,820 336 79 3,238 100.0% % OF TOTAL 0.1% 87.1% 10.4% 2.4% 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, 2016 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2017 COUNTY EMOTIONAL NEGLECT PHYSICAL SEXUAL TOTAL % OF ABUSE ABUSE ABUSE TOTAL APACHE 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% COCHISE 0 10 2 0 12 1.1% COCONINO 0 20 0 0 20 1.8% GILA 0 6 2 0 8 0.7% GRAHAM 0 3 0 0 3 0.3% GREENLEE 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% LA PAZ 0 4 1 0 5 0.5% MARICOPA 0 560 91 19 670 60.9% MOHAVE 0 30 2 1 33 2.9% NAVAJO 0 3 0 1 4 0.4% PIMA 0 144 18 9 171 15.5% PINAL 0 100 18 6 124 11.3% SANTA CRUZ 0 3 0 0 3 0.3% YAVAPAI 0 17 5 0 22 1.9% YUMA 0 24 2 0 26 2.4% STATEWIDE 0 924 141 36 1,101 100.0% % OF TOTAL 0.0% 83.9% 12.8% 3.3% 100.0% Page 33 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements CHART 14 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY PRIORITY AND REPORTING PERIOD THAT RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIATION 1600 1,368 1400 1,156 1200 1000 800 600 456 400 200 197 225 69 6 42 0 April 2017 - September 2017, N=497 PRIORITY 1 PRIORITY 2 October 2016 - March 2017, N=3,022 PRIORITY 3 Page 34 of 74 PRIORITY 4 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements TABLE 21 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY PRIORITY AND COUNTY THAT RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIATION FOR PERIOD OF APRIL 1, 2017 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 COUNTY PRIORITY PRIORITY PRIORITY PRIORITY TOTAL % OF TOTAL 1 2 3 4 APACHE 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% COCHISE 3 1 0 0 4 0.8% COCONINO 3 1 0 0 4 0.8% GILA 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% GRAHAM 1 0 0 0 1 0.2% GREENLEE 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% LA PAZ 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% MARICOPA 98 114 35 5 252 50.8% MOHAVE 18 14 5 0 37 7.4% NAVAJO 2 0 0 0 2 0.4% PIMA 52 85 25 1 163 32.8% PINAL 8 3 2 0 13 2.6% SANTA CRUZ 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% YAVAPAI 5 3 2 0 10 2.0% YUMA 7 4 0 0 11 2.2% STATEWIDE 197 225 69 6 497 100.0% % OF TOTAL 39.6% 45.3% 13.9% 1.2% 100.0% TABLE 22 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY PRIORITY AND COUNTY THAT RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIATION FOR PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2016 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2017 COUNTY PRIORITY PRIORITY PRIORITY PRIORITY TOTAL % OF 1 2 3 4 TOTAL APACHE 1 1 2 0 4 0.1% COCHISE 22 25 11 0 58 1.9% COCONINO 20 20 7 0 47 1.6% GILA 11 14 5 0 30 1.0% GRAHAM 8 9 3 0 20 0.7% GREENLEE 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% LA PAZ 1 6 2 0 9 0.3% MARICOPA 723 707 270 35 1,735 57.4% MOHAVE 58 57 17 0 132 4.4% NAVAJO 18 8 4 0 30 1.0% PIMA 182 404 102 5 693 22.9% PINAL 39 43 14 1 97 3.2% SANTA CRUZ 8 9 2 0 19 0.6% YAVAPAI 39 42 10 1 92 3.0% YUMA 26 23 7 0 56 1.9% STATEWIDE 1,156 1,368 456 42 3,022 100.0% % OF TOTAL 38.2% 45.4% 15.1% 1.3% 100.0% Page 35 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements CHART 15 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY TYPE OF MALTREATMENT THAT RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIATION 2,800 2,488 2,600 2,400 2,200 2,000 1,800 1,600 1,400 1,200 1,000 800 418 600 400 200 437 74 0 5 97 0 0 April 2017 - September 2017, N=497 EMOTIONAL ABUSE NEGLECT October 2016 - March 2017, N=3,022 PHYSICAL ABUSE Page 36 of 74 SEXUAL ABUSE April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements TABLE 23 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY TYPE OF MALTREATMENT BY COUNTY THAT RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIATION FOR PERIOD OF APRIL 1, 2017 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 COUNTY EMOTIONAL NEGLECT PHYSICAL SEXUAL TOTAL % OF TOTAL ABUSE ABUSE ABUSE APACHE 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% COCHISE 0 3 1 0 4 0.8% COCONINO 0 4 0 0 4 0.8% GILA 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% GRAHAM 0 1 0 0 1 0.2% GREENLEE 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% LA PAZ 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% MARICOPA 0 210 40 2 252 50.8% MOHAVE 0 34 2 1 37 7.4% NAVAJO 0 2 0 0 2 0.4% PIMA 0 137 24 2 163 32.8% PINAL 0 10 3 0 13 2.6% SANTA CRUZ 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% YAVAPAI 0 7 3 0 10 2.0% YUMA 0 10 1 0 11 2.2% STATEWIDE 0 418 74 5 497 100.0% % OF TOTAL 0.0% 84.1% 14.9% 1.0% 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, 2016 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2017 COUNTY EMOTIONAL NEGLECT PHYSICAL SEXUAL TOTAL % OF ABUSE ABUSE ABUSE TOTAL APACHE 0 3 1 0 4 0.1% COCHISE 0 45 11 2 58 1.9% COCONINO 0 39 8 0 47 1.6% GILA 0 24 5 1 30 1.0% GRAHAM 0 17 2 1 20 0.7% GREENLEE 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% LA PAZ 0 6 3 0 9 0.3% MARICOPA 0 1,425 252 58 1,735 57.4% MOHAVE 0 108 20 4 132 4.4% NAVAJO 0 25 3 2 30 1.0% PIMA 0 581 96 16 693 22.9% PINAL 0 79 12 6 97 3.2% SANTA CRUZ 0 17 1 1 19 0.6% YAVAPAI 0 78 13 1 92 3.0% YUMA 0 41 10 5 56 1.9% STATEWIDE 0 2,488 437 97 3,022 100.0% % OF TOTAL 0.0% 82.3% 14.5% 3.2% 100.0% Page 37 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements CHART 16 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY PRIORITY AND REPORTING PERIOD THAT RESULTED IN UNSUBSTANTIATION 8,427 9,000 7,770 8,000 8,138 7,220 7,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,690 2,826 2,000 1,000 199 176 0 April 2017 - September 2017, N=18,933 PRIORITY 1 PRIORITY 2 Page 38 of 74 October 2016 - March 2017, N=18,513 PRIORITY 3 PRIORITY 4 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements TABLE 25 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY PRIORITY AND COUNTY THAT RESULTED IN UNSUBSTANTIATION FOR PERIOD OF APRIL 1, 2017 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 COUNTY PRIORITY PRIORITY PRIORITY PRIORITY TOTAL % OF TOTAL 1 2 3 4 APACHE 4 37 27 0 68 0.4% COCHISE 58 131 177 2 368 1.9% COCONINO 47 128 131 5 311 1.6% GILA 22 82 55 2 161 0.9% GRAHAM 26 58 56 1 141 0.7% GREENLEE 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% LA PAZ 9 16 13 0 38 0.2% MARICOPA 1,709 4,418 4,687 128 10,942 57.9% MOHAVE 85 269 238 0 592 3.1% NAVAJO 34 124 109 1 268 1.4% PIMA 432 1,490 1,639 37 3,598 19.1% PINAL 236 554 548 15 1353 7.1% SANTA CRUZ 11 32 35 0 78 0.4% YAVAPAI 70 243 253 6 572 3.0% YUMA 83 188 170 2 443 2.3% STATEWIDE 2,826 7,770 8,138 199 18,933 100.0% % OF TOTAL 14.9% 41.0% 43.0% 1.1% 100.0% TABLE 26 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY PRIORITY AND COUNTY THAT RESULTED IN UNSUBSTANTIATION FOR PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2016 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2017 COUNTY PRIORITY PRIORITY PRIORITY PRIORITY TOTAL % OF TOTAL 1 2 3 4 APACHE 5 30 36 0 71 0.4% COCHISE 52 141 164 2 359 1.9% COCONINO 36 104 132 2 274 1.5% GILA 28 66 51 2 147 0.8% GRAHAM 20 54 74 1 149 0.8% GREENLEE 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% LA PAZ 7 17 14 0 38 0.2% MARICOPA 1,608 4,138 4,923 105 10,774 58.2% MOHAVE 69 187 228 4 488 2.6% NAVAJO 40 106 101 1 248 1.3% PIMA 429 1,387 1,658 37 3,511 19.0% PINAL 218 542 572 18 1,350 7.3% SANTA CRUZ 8 37 39 0 84 0.5% YAVAPAI 86 218 261 4 569 3.1% YUMA 84 193 174 0 451 2.4% STATEWIDE 2,690 7,220 8,427 176 18,513 100.0% % OF TOTAL 14.7% 39.7% 44.7% 0.9% 100.0% Page 39 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements CHART 17 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY TYPE OF MALTREATMENT THAT RESULTED IN UNSUBSTANTIATION BY REPORTING PERIOD 14,000 12,890 12,137 12,000 10,000 8,000 5,488 5,076 6,000 4,000 776 2,000 118 849 112 0 April 2017 - September 2017, N=18,933 EMOTIONAL ABUSE NEGLECT October 2016 - March 2017, N=18,513 PHYSICAL ABUSE Page 40 of 74 SEXUAL ABUSE April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements TABLE 27 NUMBER OF REPORTS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION BY TYPE OF MALTREATMENT BY COUNTY THAT RESULTED IN UNSUBSTANTIATION FOR PERIOD OF APRIL 1, 2017 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 COUNTY EMOTIONAL NEGLECT PHYSICAL SEXUAL TOTAL % OF TOTAL ABUSE ABUSE ABUSE APACHE 0 48 18 2 68 0.4% COCHISE 3 259 91 15 368 1.9% COCONINO 4 222 77 8 311 1.6% GILA 0 116 33 12 161 0.9% GRAHAM 1 102 28 10 141 0.7% GREENLEE 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% LA PAZ 0 28 8 2 38 0.2% MARICOPA 68 7,309 3,060 505 10,942 57.9% MOHAVE 0 417 145 30 592 3.1% NAVAJO 0 186 71 11 268 1.4% PIMA 27 2,524 905 142 3,598 19.1% PINAL 6 910 366 71 1,353 7.1% SANTA CRUZ 2 48 27 1 78 0.4% YAVAPAI 2 416 136 18 572 3.0% YUMA 5 305 111 22 443 2.3% STATEWIDE 118 12,890 5,076 849 18,933 100.0% % OF TOTAL 0.6% 68.1% 26.8% 4.5% 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, 2016 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2017 COUNTY EMOTIONAL NEGLECT PHYSICAL SEXUAL TOTAL % OF TOTAL ABUSE ABUSE ABUSE APACHE 1 50 16 4 71 0.4% COCHISE 1 249 94 15 359 1.9% COCONINO 1 178 82 13 274 1.5% GILA 2 107 28 10 147 0.8% GRAHAM 0 111 32 6 149 0.8% GREENLEE 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% LA PAZ 0 28 7 3 38 0.2% MARICOPA 61 6,856 3,416 441 10,774 58.2% MOHAVE 3 335 137 13 488 2.6% NAVAJO 2 178 60 8 248 1.3% PIMA 24 2,394 974 119 3,511 19.0% PINAL 13 896 364 77 1,350 7.3% SANTA CRUZ 0 49 31 4 84 0.5% YAVAPAI 2 398 131 38 569 3.1% YUMA 2 308 116 25 451 2.4% STATEWIDE 112 12,137 5,488 776 18,513 100.0% % OF TOTAL 0.6% 65.6% 29.6% 4.2% 100.0% Page 41 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements SAFE HAVEN INFANTS Communications from providers indicate that there was one newborn infants delivered to Safe Haven providers during the October 2016 – March 2017 reporting period. This compares to one newborn infant being delivered to Safe Haven providers during the prior reporting period. CHILDREN ENTERING OUT-OF-HOME CARE During the current reporting period, 4,331 children entered care, which represents a 17.3 percent decrease in children entering care over the prior reporting period and a 23.6 percent decrease over the same reporting period last year. The number of children exiting care is now outpacing the number of children entering care (see Table 35 for children exiting care). CHART 18 TOTAL CHILDREN ENTERING OUT-OF-HOME CARE BY REPORTING PERIOD 7,000 Number of Children 6,500 6,461 5,500 6,819 5,935 6,000 5,701 6,141 5,669 5,000 5,236 4,500 4,331 4,000 3,500 3,000 October 2013 April 2014 - October 2014 April 2015 - October 2015 April 2016 - October 2016 April 2017 - March 2014 September - March 2015 September - March 2016 September - March 2017 September 2014 2015 2016 2017 Page 42 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements CHILDREN ENTERING OUT-OF-HOME CARE – VOLUNTARY SERVICES 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 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.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 unless a dependency petition is pending. 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, 2017 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 COUNTY NUMBER OF % OF NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENTERING % OF CHILDREN CHILDREN TOTAL OUT-OF-HOME CARE UNDER THE ENTERING OUT-OFREMOVED REMOVALS AGE OF EIGHTEEN WHO ARE HOME CARE WHO VOLUNTARY PLACEMENTS ARE VOLUNTARY PLACEMENTS APACHE 6 0.1% 0 0.0% COCHISE 73 1.7% 0 0.0% COCONINO 37 0.9% 0 0.0% GILA 33 0.7% 0 0.0% GRAHAM 34 0.8% 0 0.0% GREENLEE 0 0% 0 0.0% LA PAZ 15 0.3% 0 0.0% MARICOPA 2,498 57.7% 15 0.6% MOHAVE 149 3.4% 0 0.0% NAVAJO 24 0.6% 0 0.0% PIMA 952 22% 19 2.0% PINAL 269 6.2% 1 0.4% SANTA CRUZ 10 0.2% 0 0.0% YAVAPAI 137 3.2% 0 0.0% YUMA 94 2.2% 2 2.1% STATEWIDE 4,331 100% 37 0.9% Page 43 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements 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, 2016 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2017 COUNTY NUMBER OF % OF NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENTERING % OF CHILDREN CHILDREN TOTAL OUT-OF-HOME CARE UNDER THE ENTERING OUT-OFREMOVED REMOVALS AGE OF EIGHTEEN WHO ARE HOME CARE WHO VOLUNTARY PLACEMENTS ARE VOLUNTARY PLACEMENTS APACHE 6 0.1% 1 16.7% COCHISE 84 1.6% 0 0.0% COCONINO 57 1.1% 1 1.8% GILA 32 0.6% 0 0.0% GRAHAM 37 0.7% 0 0.0% GREENLEE 0 0.0% 0 0.0% LA PAZ 20 0.4% 0 0.0% MARICOPA 2,969 56.7% 44 1.5% MOHAVE 179 3.4% 1 0.6% NAVAJO 40 0.8% 2 5.0% PIMA 1,179 22.5% 46 3.9% PINAL 341 6.5% 2 0.6% SANTA CRUZ 22 0.4% 0 0.0% YAVAPAI 150 2.9% 1 0.7% YUMA 120 2.3% 4 3.3% STATEWIDE 5,236 100.0% 102 1.9% Page 44 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENTERING OUT-OF-HOME CARE The total number of children entering out-of-home care (of which voluntary placements are a subset) in the current reporting period was 4,331, which represents a decrease of 17.3 percent in the total number of children entering out-of-home care from the prior reporting period. Chart 19 displays the number of removed children, and then further differentiates new removals by providing the number with a prior removal in the past 12 months and the past 12 to 24 months. TABLE 31 NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENTERING OUT-OF-HOME CARE BY COUNTY FOR THE PERIOD OF APRIL 1, 2017 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 COUNTY NUMBER OF CHILDREN REMOVED % OF TOTAL REMOVALS NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH A PRIOR REMOVAL IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS APACHE COCHISE COCONINO GILA GRAHAM GREENLEE LA PAZ MARICOPA MOHAVE NAVAJO PIMA PINAL SANTA CRUZ YAVAPAI YUMA STATEWIDE 6 73 37 33 34 0 15 2,498 149 24 952 269 10 137 94 4,331 0.1% 1.7% 0.9% 0.8% 0.8% 0.0% 0.1% 57.8% 3.4% 0.6% 22.0% 6.2% 0.2% 3.2% 2.2% 100% 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 216 10 3 94 20 2 10 5 366 Page 45 of 74 % OF CHILDREN WITH A PRIOR REMOVAL IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH A REMOVAL IN THE PRIOR 12 TO 24 MONTHS % OF CHILDREN WITH A REMOVAL IN THE PRIOR 12 TO 24 MONTHS 0.0% 2.7% 5.4% 0.0% 5.9% 0.0% 0.0% 8.6% 6.7% 12.5% 9.8% 7.4% 20.0% 7.2% 5.3% 8.5% 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 82 2 0 35 4 0 2 5 139 16.7% 5.5% 8.1% 3.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3.3% 1.3% 0.0% 3.7% 1.5% 0.0% 1.5% 5.3% 3.2% April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements TABLE 32 NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENTERING OUT-OF-HOME CARE BY COUNTY FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2016 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2017 COUNTY NUMBER OF CHILDREN REMOVED % OF TOTAL REMOVALS NUMBER CHILDREN WITH PRIOR REMOVAL IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS APACHE COCHISE COCONINO GILA GRAHAM GREENLEE LA PAZ MARICOPA MOHAVE NAVAJO PIMA PINAL SANTA CRUZ YAVAPAI YUMA STATEWIDE 6 84 57 32 37 0 20 2,969 179 40 1,179 341 22 150 120 5,236 0.1% 1.6% 1.1% 0.6% 0.7% 0.0% 0.4% 56.7% 3.4% 0.8% 22.5% 6.5% 0.4% 2.9% 2.3% 100 .0% 0 3 4 0 2 0 0 270 11 3 127 23 2 11 6 462 % OF CHILDREN WITH A PRIOR REMOVAL IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH A REMOVAL IN THE PRIOR 12 TO 24 MONTHS % OF CHILDREN WITH A REMOVAL IN THE PRIOR 12 TO 24 MONTHS 0.0% 3.6% 7.0% 0.0% 5.4% 0.0% 0.0% 9.1% 6.1% 7.5% 10.8% 6.7% 9.1% 7.3% 5.0% 8.8% 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 93 7 0 39 7 0 3 7 164 16.7% 3.6% 5.3% 3.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3.1% 3.9% 0.0% 3.3% 2.1% 0.0% 2.0% 5.8% 3.1% CHART 19 NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENTERING OUT-OF-HOME CARE BY REPORTING PERIOD 6,000 5,236 5,000 4,331 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 366 462 139 0 April 2017 - September 2017 October 2016 - March 2017 Number of Children Removed Number of Children with a Prior Removal in the Last 12 Months Number of Children with a Prior Removal in the Prior 12 to 24 Months Page 46 of 74 164 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME CARE Chart 20 below shows the number of children in out-of-home care on the last day of the current and past reporting periods 12,512 (79.2 percent) children were placed in family settings either with relatives or in foster homes. CHART 20 NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME CARE ON THE LAST DAY OF THE REPORTING PERIOD BY REPORTING PERIOD 20,000 19,000 17,592 Number of Children 18,657 16,990 18,000 18,906 17,000 16,899 17,984 16,000 15,000 15,840 15,751 14,000 13,000 12,000 11,000 10,000 October 2013 April 2014 - October 2014 April 2015 - October 2015 April 2016 - October 2016 April 2017 - March 2014 September - March 2015 September - March 2016 September - March 2017 September 2014 2015 2016 2017 CHART 21 THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME CARE BY AGE 8,000 7,000 Number of Children 6,000 4,807 30.5% 5,000 5,482 32.5% 3,554 22.4% 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,935 12.2% 2,508 14.8% 2,207 13.9% 2,735 17.2% 3,726 22.0% 2,971 17.6% 1,363 8.1% 602 3.8% 1,000 849 5.0% 0 Under 1 1-5 6-8 9-12 13-17 Ages of Children September 30, 2017, N=15,840 Page 47 of 74 March 31, 2017, N=16,899 18 and Over April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements CHART 22 THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME CARE BY ETHNICITY 8000 7000 5,864 5,508 34.7% 34.8% Number of Children 6000 5,460 34.5% 5,898 34.9% 5000 4000 2,430 15.3% 3000 2,597 15.4% 1,234 7.8% 2000 1,018 6.4% 1,329 7.9% 190 1.2% 1000 1,021 6.0% 190 1.1% 0 Caucasian Hispanic African Am Am Indian Asian Other Ages of Children September 30, 2017, N=15,840 March 31, 2017, N=16,899 CHART 23 THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME CARE BY CASE PLAN GOAL 12,000 11,000 Number of Children 10,000 9,584 8,687 56.8% 54.8% 9,000 8,000 7,000 4,677 4,790 29.5% 28.3% 6,000 5,000 4,000 1,558 1,555 9.8% 9.2% 3,000 184 1.2% 2,000 1,000 147 0.9% 1 0.1% 0 Return to Family Live With Other Relatives Adoption 18 0.1% Long Term Independent Foster Care Living Case Plan Goals September 30, 2017, N=15,840 Page 48 of 74 24 32 0.2% 0.1% 701 4.4% 781 4.6% Guardianship Case Plan Goal Being Developed March 31, 2017, N=16,899 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements CHART 24 THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME CARE BY PLACEMENT TYPE4 10,000 9,000 Number of Children 8,000 6,868 43.4% 7,558 44.6% 7,000 5,644 5,842 35.6% 34.6% 6,000 5,000 4,000 1,817 1,855 11.5% 11.0% 3,000 570 688 3.6% 4.1% 2,000 1,000 494 516 3.1% 3.1% 292 329 1.8% 1.9% 12 33 0.2% 0.1% 122 99 0.8% 0.6% Runaway Trial Home Visit No Identified Placement 0 Relative Family Foster Group Home Home Residential Treatment Independent Living Out-of-Home Placement Types September 30, 2017, N=15,840 4 March 31, 2017, N=16,899 When children do not have a placement identified in the CHILDS database, this is most often attributable to a lag in data entry or data errors. This data is updated on an ongoing basis through a continuous quality assurance process. Page 49 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements TABLE 33 THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME CARE BY PLACEMENT TYPE AND AGE FAMILY FOSTER GROUP HOME RESIDENTIA L TREATMENT 572 671 587 553 463 424 404 385 354 388 367 310 285 235 240 230 210 155 646 629 500 430 415 367 308 293 294 266 250 238 199 136 160 136 147 137 3 1 7 9 11 19 19 39 60 90 85 123 129 153 160 224 231 300 4 1 2 4 2 3 3 6 7 6 8 13 29 29 61 89 106 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 TOTAL 38 6,871 90 5,641 154 1,817 58 570 % OF TOTAL 43.4% 35.6% 11.5% 3.6% RELATIVE TRIAL HOME VISIT NO IDENTIFIED PLACEMENT TOTAL % OF TOTAL 6 2 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 2 12 21 39 68 121 2 0 1 1 3 0 3 2 0 1 2 0 4 1 1 3 3 5 4 7 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 3 9 4 4 6 5 11 11 17 1,237 1,311 1,102 1,005 900 819 742 730 719 757 723 691 652 572 648 732 776 879 7.8% 8.3% 7.0% 6.3% 5.7% 5.2% 4.7% 4.6% 4.5% 4.8% 4.6% 4.4% 4.1% 3.6% 4.1% 4.6% 4.9% 5.5% 489 494 2 292 1 33 13 122 845 15,840 5.3% 100.0% 3.1% 1.8% 0.2% 0.8% 100.0% INDEPENDEN T LIVING RUNAWAY / ABSCONDED 6 5 UNDER 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 AND OLDER 5 This category includes shelter, detention, and hospital placement types. 6 This category includes children whose parents absconded with the child(ren) during this reporting period. Page 50 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements CHART 25 NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN IN SHELTER OR RECEIVING HOMES FOR MORE THAN 21 CONSECUTIVE DAYS BY AGE OF CHILD7 600 498 56.9% 425 63.1% Number of Children 500 400 300 200 100 11 1.3% 4 0.6% 53 7.9% 115 13.1% 85 9.7% 54 8.0% 106 15.8% 126 14.4% 31 4.6% 40 4.6% 0 Under 1 year 1-5 6-8 9-12 13-17 18 and over Ages of Children April 1, 2017 - September 30, 2017, N = 673 October 1, 2016 - March 31, 2017, N = 875 CHART 26 THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME CARE BY LENGTH OF TIME IN CARE 10,000 9,000 6,714 42.4% Number of Children 8,000 7,315 43.3% 7,000 6,000 4,686 29.5% 5,000 5,123 30.3% 3,716 23.5% 3,673 21.7% 4,000 3,000 2,000 724 4.6% 788 4.7% 1,000 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, 2017, N=15,840 7 March 31, 2017, N=16,899 The chart displays children who spent more than 21 days in a shelter during the period. This number differs from the other outof-home charts as they display children in out-of-home care on the last day of the reporting period. Page 51 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements TABLE 34 PLACEMENT INFORMATION FOR CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME CARE ON September 30, 2017 Placements 2.6 Average 2.0 Median 1 Range Minimum 598 Range Maximum Chart 27 demonstrates that the vast majority of children in out-of-home care fall into one of three legal statuses – adjudicated dependent, legally free for adoption, and children in the Department’s temporary custody. CHART 27 CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME CARE BY LEGAL STATUS 10,000 9,000 6,938 7,422 43.8% 43.9% Number of Children 8,000 7,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 5,232 4,778 31.0% 30.1% 3,810 24.0% 3,584 21.2% 3,000 2,000 551 66 50 172 3.2% 73 0 4 0 3 56 0.4% 0.3% 1.1% 0.5% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% < 0.1%<0.1% 1,000 0 Adjudicated Legally Free Dependent for Adoption Only Temporary Partially Free Voluntary Custody for Adoption Placement Under 18 Voluntary Placement Over 18 Dually Adjudicated Other Legal Status September 30, 2017 N = 15,840 8 March 31, 2017, N=16,899 .Some children are so impacted 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. Page 52 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements CHART 28 THE NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN WHO RECEIVED THE REQUIRED VISITATION 20,000 15,180 95.8% 18,000 16,169 95.7% Number of Homes 16,000 14,000 12,000 10,000 8,000 6,000 4,000 730 4.3% 660 4.2% 2,000 0 Number Visited Number Not Visited April 1, 2017 - September 30, 2017, N=15,840 October 1, 2016 - March 31, 2017, N=16,899 Department policy requires specialists to have face-to-face 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. During the current reporting period, there were 4,792 parents who had a child with the case plan goal of reunification. Of those parents requiring visitation, 2,705 (56.5 percent) received the required visitation. This number does not reflect attempted visitation where contact with the parent(s) did not take place. CHART 29 NUMBER OF CHILDREN RECEIVING AND NOT RECEIVING VISITATION BY REPORTING PERIOD 14,846 16,000 15,323 15,746 16,951 13,818 16,947 16,169 15,180 Number of Children 14,000 12,000 10,000 8,000 6,000 4,000 1,933 2,144 2,269 2,911 1,037 2,000 1,051 0 730 660 October April 2014 - October April 2015 - October April 2016 - October April 2017 2013 September 2014 September 2015 September 2016 September March 2014 2014 March 2015 2015 March 2016 2016 March 2017 2017 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 Page 53 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements FOSTER HOME LICENSING, CLOSURES, & VISITATION As of September 30, 2017 there were 4,8819 foster homes licensed for a total capacity of 11,092 spaces. Of these spaces, 3,069 are reported by contractors to be unavailable for placements. Reasons for this include, but are not limited to, beds held for respite, readiness assessment by the contractor, specific high needs of a child currently placed in the home, foster parents' need for temporary reprieve from placements and investigations or corrective action plans. As mentioned previously, the Department has been working to improve processes to identify bed capacity and availability. The Bed Management Unit examined ‘bed hold’ definitions, restricted beds and bed status. Additionally, this unit is working to gain a better understanding of the needs of the Department when addressing the consistency and accuracy of how we collect information on the usable contracted beds. Licensed foster homes include family foster homes, professional family foster homes (HCTC homes), respite foster homes, receiving foster homes, and developmentally disabled homes with DCS 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. During the current reporting period, 850 new homes were licensed to provide foster care and 1,059 homes left the system. This compares to 1,071 new homes being licensed and 963 homes leaving the system during the prior reporting period. The following chart gives the reasons for foster home closures for the current reporting period. 9 The number of homes cited in this report differs from the number cited by the Office of Licensing, Certification & Regulation (OLCR) due to the fact that the DCS utilizes both foster homes managed through HRSS contracts as well as homes that are licensed for developmental disabilities, licensed by the tribes, etc. Page 54 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements CHART 30 REASON FOR FOSTER HOME CLOSURE FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2016 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2017 450 434 Number of Foster Homes 400 350 300 250 172 200 108 150 100 7 50 30 8 37 1 9 0 21 5 48 7 2 66 32 30 29 13 N=1,059 CHART 31 THE NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF FOSTER HOMES WHO RECEIVED THE REQUIRED VISITATION* 5,500 4,250 93.4% 4,969 99.4% Number of Homes 4,500 3,500 2,500 1,500 302 6.6% 500 -500 Number Visited 31 0.6% Number Not Visited April 2017 - September 2017, N=4,552 October 2016 - March 2017, N=5,000 *Required visitations to foster homes, for license monitoring purposes, are performed by licensing agency specialist. Page 55 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements CHILDREN EXITING OUT-OF HOME CARE Table 35 shows the history of the number of children who left the custody of the Department. TABLE 35 CHILDREN EXITING OUT-OF-HOME CARE BY PERIOD NUMBER OF % CHANGE REPORTING PERIOD CHILDREN OVER PRIOR DISCHARGED PERIOD APRIL 2013 – SEPTEMBER 2013 4,805 +2.9% OCTOBER 2013 – MARCH 2014 4,786 -0.4% APRIL 2014 – SEPTEMBER 2014 5,042 +5.3% OCTOBER 2014 – MARCH 2015 5,063 +0.4% APRIL 2015 – SEPTEMBER 2015 5,555 +9.7% OCTOBER 2015 – MARCH 2016 5,668 +2.0% APRIL 2016 – SEPTEMBER 2016 6,377 +12.5% OCTOBER 2016 – MARCH 2017 6,153 -3.5% APRIL 2017 – SEPTEMBER 2017 5,874 -4.5% CHART 32 CHILDREN ENTERING AND EXITING OUT-OF-HOME CARE BY REPORTING PERIOD 7000 Number of Children 6500 6000 5500 5000 4500 4000 3500 3000 Oct 2013 Mar 2014 Apr 2014Sep 2014 Oct 2014 Mar 2015 Apr 2015Sep 2015 Oct 2015 Mar 2016 Number of New Removals Page 56 of 74 Apr 2016Sep 2016 Oct 2016 Mar 2017 Number of Exiting Foster Care Apr 2017 Sep 2017 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements TABLE 36 TOTAL NUMBER OF CHILDREN EXITING DCS CUSTODY FOR THE END OF THE REPORTING PERIOD ENDING ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 By Age Under 1 Ages 1 to 5 Ages 6 to 8 Ages 9 to 12 Ages 13 to 17 18 and Over Total Number Percentage 283 2,095 923 1,034 1,059 480 5,874 4.8% 35.7% 15.7% 17.6% 18.0% 8.2% 100.0% Ethnicity Caucasian Hispanic African American American Indian Asian Other Total Number Percentage 2,016 2,093 907 435 70 353 5,874 34.3% 35.7% 15.4% 7.4% 1.2% 6.0% 100.0% By Number of Placements One Two Three Four Five More than Five Total Number Percentage 2,872 1,369 725 360 195 353 5,874 49.0% 23.3% 12.3% 6.1% 3.3% 6.0% 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 Percentage 656 1,566 1,998 1,654 5,874 11.2% 26.6% 34.0% 28.2% 100.0% By Age By Number of Placements By Months of Time in Care Average Median 8.62 2.28 18.38 7.83 2.00 16.31 Page 57 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements TABLE 37 NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN EXITING DCS CUSTODY FOR REASON OF “REUNIFICATION WITH PARENTS OR PRIMARY CARETAKER” FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 By Age Under 1 Ages 1 to 5 Ages 6 to 8 Ages 9 to 12 Ages 13 to 17 18 and Over Total Number Percentage 201 942 511 534 604 4 2,796 7.2% 33.7% 18.3% 19.1% 21.6% 0.1% 100.0% Ethnicity Caucasian Hispanic African American American Indian Asian Other Total Number Percentage 932 1,012 480 155 39 178 2,796 33.3% 36.3% 17.1% 5.5% 1.4% 6.4% 100.0% By Number of Placements One Two Three Four Five More than Five Total Number Percentage 1,536 714 289 132 55 70 2,796 55.0% 25.5% 10.3% 4.7% 2.0% 2.5% 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 Percentage 574 1,230 737 255 2,796 20.5% 44.0% 26.4% 9.1% 100.0% By Age By Number of Placements By Months of Time in Care Average Median 8.02 1.86 10.43 7.58 1.00 8.65 Page 58 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements TABLE 38 NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN EXITING DCS CUSTODY FOR REASON OF “LIVING WITH OTHER RELATIVES” FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 By Age Under 1 Ages 1 to 5 Ages 6 to 8 Ages 9 to 12 Ages 13 to 17 18 and Over Total Number Percentage 1 4 4 5 13 0 27 3.7% 14.8% 14.8% 18.5% 48.2% 0.0% 100.0% Ethnicity Caucasian Hispanic African American American Indian Asian Other Total Number Percentage 2 13 5 4 1 2 27 7.4% 48.2% 18.5% 14.8% 3.7% 7.4% 100.0% By Number of Placements One Two Three Four Five More than Five Total Number Percentage 23 4 0 0 0 0 27 85.2% 14.8% 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 Percentage 11 12 4 0 27 40.7% 44.5% 14.8% 0.0% 100.0% By Age By Number of Placements By Months of Time in Care Average Median 11.10 1.14 5.86 12.75 1.00 3.61 Page 59 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements TABLE 39 NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN EXITING DCS CUSTODY FOR REASON OF “ADOPTION” FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 By Age Under 1 Ages 1 to 5 Ages 6 to 8 Ages 9 to 12 Ages 13 to 17 18 and Over Total Number Percentage 62 1,062 358 396 231 1 2,110 2.9% 50.3% 17.0% 18.9% 10.9% 0.0% 100.0% Ethnicity Caucasian Hispanic African American American Indian Asian Other Total Number Percentage 783 734 286 162 19 126 2,110 37.1% 34.7% 13.6% 7.7% 0.9% 6.0% 100.0% By Number of Placements One Two Three Four Five More than Five Total Number Percentage 941 518 323 149 84 95 2,110 44.6% 24.5% 15.3% 7.1% 4.0% 4.5% 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 Percentage 0.0% 117 964 1,029 2,110 5.5% 45.7% 48.8% 100.0% By Age By Number of Placements By Months of Time in Care Average Median 6.53 2.20 25.59 5.53 2.00 23.84 Page 60 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements TABLE 40 NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN EXITING DCS CUSTODY FOR REASON OF “GUARDIANSHIP” FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 By Age Under 1 Ages 1 to 5 Ages 6 to 8 Ages 9 to 12 Ages 13 to 17 18 and Over Total Number Percentage 5 57 43 93 158 0 356 1.4% 16.0% 12.1% 26.1% 44.4% 0.0% 100.0% Ethnicity Caucasian Hispanic African American American Indian Asian Other Total Number Percentage 119 137 27 54 3 16 356 33.4% 38.5% 7.6% 15.2% .8% 4.5% 100.0% By Number of Placements One Two Three Four Five More than Five Total Number Percentage 224 57 37 16 11 11 356 62.9% 16.0% 10.4% 4.5% 3.1% 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 Percentage 27 90 175 64 7.6% 25.3% 49.1% 18.0% 356 100.0% By Age By Number of Placements By Months of Time in Care Average Median 11.29 1.81 16.45 12.24 1.00 16.00 Page 61 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements TABLE 41 NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN EXITING DCS CUSTODY FOR REASONS OF “REACHING AGE OF MAJORITY” FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 By Age Under 1 Ages 1 to 5 Ages 6 to 8 Ages 9 to 12 Ages 13 to 17 18 and Over Total Number 0 0 0 0 Percentage 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 5 471 476 1.1% 98.9% 100.0% Ethnicity Caucasian Hispanic African American American Indian Asian Other Total Number Percentage 158 164 92 37 6 19 476 33.2% 34.4% 19.3% 7.8% 1.3% 4.0% 100.0% By Number of Placements One Two Three Four Five More than Five Total Number Percentage 76 61 69 59 43 168 476 16.0% 12.8% 14.5% 12.4% 9.0% 35.3% 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 Percentage 4 80 101 291 476 0.8% 16.8% 21.2% 61.2% 100.0% By Age By Number of Placements By Months of Time in Care Average Median 18.97 5.56 37.02 18.35 4.00 31.41 Page 62 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements TABLE 42 NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN EXITING DCS CUSTODY FOR REASON OF “TRANSFER TO ANOTHER AGENCY” FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 By Age Under 1 Ages 1 to 5 Ages 6 to 8 Ages 9 to 12 Ages 13 to 17 18 and Over Total Number Percentage 11 28 6 6 19 0 70 15.7% 40.0% 8.6% 8.6% 27.1% 0.0% 100.0% Ethnicity Caucasian Hispanic African American American Indian Asian Other Total Number Percentage 10 16 12 21 14.3% 22.9% 17.1% 30.0% 0 0.0% 11 15.7% 70 100.0% By Number of Placements One Two Three Four Five More than Five Total Number Percentage 51 12 3 2 1 1 70 72.9% 17.1% 4.3% 2.9% 1.4% 1.4% 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 Percentage 30 27 8 5 70 42.9% 38.6% 11.4% 7.1% 100.0% By Age By Number of Placements By Months of Time in Care Average Median 7.32 1.48 5.99 5.23 1.00 1.57 Page 63 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements TABLE 43 NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN EXITING DCS CUSTODY FOR REASON OF “RUNAWAY” FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 By Age Under 1 Ages 1 to 5 Ages 6 to 8 Ages 9 to 12 Ages 13 to 17 18 and Over Total Number Percentage 0 0 0 0 28 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 93.3% 6.7% 30 100.0% Ethnicity Caucasian Hispanic African American American Indian Asian Other Total Number Percentage 10 14 4 1 0 1 30 33.3% 46.8% 13.3% 3.3% 0.0% 3.3% 100.0% By Number of Placements One Two Three Four Five More than Five Total Number Percentage 15 3 4 2 1 5 50.0% 10.0% 13.3% 6.7% 3.3% 16.7% 30 100.0% 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 Percentage 8 8 8 6 26.7% 26.7% 26.7% 19.9% 30 100.0% By Age By Number of Placements By Months of Time in Care Average Median 16.69 2.96 16.33 16.96 1.00 11.33 Page 64 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements TABLE 44 NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN EXITING DCS CUSTODY FOR REASON OF “DEATH OF CHILD” FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 By Age Under 1 Ages 1 to 5 Ages 6 to 8 Ages 9 to 12 Ages 13 to 17 18 and Over Total Number Percentage 3 2 1 0 2 0 37.5% 25.0% 12.5% 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 8 100.0% Ethnicity Caucasian Hispanic African American American Indian Asian Other Total Number Percentage 1 3 1 1 1 1 8 12.5% 37.5% 12.5% 12.5% 12.5% 12.5% 100.0% By Number of Placements One Two Three Four Five More than Five Total Number Percentage 5 0 0 0 0 3 8 62.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 37.5% 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 Percentage 2 2 0 4 8 25.0% 25.0% 0.0% 50.0% 25.0% *18 and over are not included as they are not in the legal custody of the Department. By Age By Number of Placements By Months of Time in Care Average Median 5.4 4.13 23.61 2.5 1.00 14.00 Page 65 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements 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 PENDING MEDICAL EXAMINER REPORT UNLICENSED NON-RELATIVE MARICOPA PENDING MEDICAL EXAMINER REPORT GROUP HOME MARICOPA AUTO ACCIDENT LICENSED FOSTER HOME MARICOPA ENVIRONMENTAL HEAT EXPOSURE UNLICENSED NON-RELATIVE MARICOPA CARDIAC ARREST FAMILY FOSTER CARE MARICOPA PENDING MEDICAL EXAMINER REPORT LICENSED FOSTER HOME MARICOPA PENDING MEDICAL EXAMINER REPORT HOSPITAL PIMA COMPLICATIONS FROM GASTRIC RUPTURE LICENSED FOSTER HOME *18 and over are not included as they are not in the legal custody of the Department. *Three children listed in Table 45 exited care for reason of death in the prior reporting period but due to data lag in CHILDS were not identified in the prior report. Therefore, they are included in this report. TABLE 46 NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN AN OPEN OR ACTIVE CHILD SAFETY SERVICES CASE WHO DIED AS A RESULT OF ABUSE AS CATEGORIZED BY THE CUSTODIAL RELATIONSHIP AND COUNTY FOR THE PERIOD APRIL 1, 2017 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 COUNTY BIOLOGICAL PARENT(S) APACHE COCHISE COCONINO GILA GRAHAM GREENLEE LA PAZ MARICOPA MOHAVE NAVAJO PIMA PINAL SANTA CRUZ YAVAPAI YUMA STATEWIDE % OF TOTAL 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 71.4% OTHER FAMILY MEMBER 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 14.3% ADOPTIVE FOSTER CARE OTHER OUT-OFPARENT(S) PARENT(S) HOME CARE PROVIDER 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 14.30% 0.0% TOTAL % OF TOTAL 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 7 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 14.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 42.8% 0.0% 0.0% 14.3% 14.3% 0.0% 14.3% 0.0% 100% The number of child maltreatment deaths presented in the Semi-Annual Report is not comparable to child maltreatment deaths reported on the website by the Arizona Department of Child Safety (ADCS).  DCS posts information in accordance with A.R.S. § 8-807 on child fatalities due to abuse or neglect by the child’s parent, custodian or caregiver at: https://dcs.az.gov/news/child-fatalities-near-fatalities-information-releases.  This information is posted when the information comes to DCS's attention and a final determination of the fatality due to abuse or neglect has been made by either a substantiated finding or specific criminal charges filed against a parent, guardian or caregiver for causing the fatality.  The information that comes to DCS's attention and the determination of the fatality due to abuse or neglect may occur sometime after the actual incident for a number of reasons including a determination by a medical professional, a medical examiner, or a criminal child abuse arrest and charge of the perpetrator. Page 66 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements CHILDREN WITH CASE PLAN GOALS OF ADOPTION Of the 15,840 children in out-of-home care on September 30, 2017, there were 4,677 or 29.5 percent who had a case plan goal of adoption. The age and ethnicity of the children with a case plan goal of adoption are displayed in Chart 36 and Chart 37. CHART 33 THE PLACEMENT AND NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH A CASE PLAN GOAL OF ADOPTION BY AGE 1,400 1,244 44.8% Number of Children 1,200 1,000 717 37.8% 800 461 16.5% 600 400 141 5.0% 200 561 20.2% 442 23.3% 324 17.0% 371 313 13.4% 16.5% 100 5.3% 2 1 0.1% 0.1% 0 Under 1 1-5 6-8 9-12 13-17 18 and Over Ages of Children Placed: N = 2,779 Not Placed: N = 1,898 CHART 34 THE PLACEMENT AND NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH A CASE PLAN GOAL OF ADOPTION BY.ETHNICITY 1100 1,006 36.2% 942 33.9% 1000 900 Number of Children 800 700 647 34.1% 636 33.5% 445 16.0% 600 500 337 17.8% 400 162 5.8% 300 202 7.3% 183 9.6% 22 0.8% 200 100 19 1.0% 76 4.0% 0 Caucasian Hispanic African Am. Am. Indian Asian Ethnicity Placed: N = 2,779 Page 67 of 74 Not Placed: N = 1,898 Other April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements TABLE 47 NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH A PETITION FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS BY COUNTY FOR THE PERIOD APRIL 1, 2017 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 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 19 0 0 0 19 0.6% COCHISE 93 0 0 0 93 3.0% COCONINO 52 0 0 0 52 1.7% GILA 40 0 0 0 40 1.3% GRAHAM 14 0 0 0 14 0.5% GREENLEE 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% LA PAZ 20 0 0 0 20 0.6% MARICOPA 1,556 1 0 0 1,557 50.2% MOHAVE 197 0 0 0 197 6.4% NAVAJO 35 0 0 0 35 1.1% PIMA 701 1 0 0 702 22.7% PINAL 165 0 0 0 165 5.3% SANTA CRUZ 15 0 0 0 15 0.5% YAVAPAI 96 0 0 0 96 3.1% YUMA 92 0 0 0 92 3.0% STATEWIDE 3,095 2 0 0 3,097 100.0% % OF TOTAL 99.9% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 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 and 105 days. Information on the number of placements in terms of the average, median, and range for children with a case plan goal of adoption is shown below in Table 48. TABLE 48 PLACEMENT INFORMATION FOR CHILDREN WITH A CASE PLAN GOAL OF ADOPTION Placements 2.88 Average 2 Median 1 Range Minimum 42 Range Maximum Page 68 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements CHART 35 THE PLACEMENT AND NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH A CASE PLAN GOAL OF ADOPTION BY LEGAL STATUS 2,600 2,400 2,200 2,203 79.3% 1,216 64.0% Number of Children 2,000 1,800 1,600 656 34.6% 1,400 1,200 1,000 542 19.5% 800 600 400 34 1.2% 200 0 Partially Free* Not Free Legally Free 26 1.4% Legal Status Not Placed: N = 1,898 Placed: N = 2,779 *Partially free refers to a situation where only one of the parent’s rights has been severed. Number of Children CHART 36 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 2800 2600 2400 2200 2000 1800 1600 1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 0 2,555 92.5% 38 1.3% Less than 1 month** 1 to 3 months 46 1.7% 55 2.0% 34 1.2% 3 to 6 months 6 to 12 months 1 to 2 years Length of Time Placed, N=2,762 Page 69 of 74 24 0.9% 10 0.4% 2 to 3 years 3 or more years April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements CHART 37 THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH A CASE PLAN GOAL OF ADOPTION WHO WERE IN AN ADOPTIVE PLACEMENT BY THE MARITAL STATUS OF THE ADOPTIVE PARENT 1,485 53.8% 1,600 1,432 52.6% Number of Children 1,212 44.5% 1,194 43.2% 1,400 1,200 1,000 800 600 400 200 68 2.5% 70 2.5% 10 0.4% 15 0.5% 0 Divorced Married Single Widowed Length of Time April 1, 2017 - September 30, 2017, N= 2,762 October 1, 2016 - March 31, 2017, N=2,724 CHART 38 THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH A CASE PLAN GOAL OF ADOPTION WHO WERE IN AN ADOPTIVE PLACEMENT BY THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE ADOPTIVE PARENT 1,573 57.8% 1,600 Number of Children 1,400 1,339 48.5% 1,037 37.5% 1,200 1,058 38.8% 1,000 800 386 14.0% 600 400 93 3.4% 200 0 Relative Non-Relative Foster Parent Length of Time April 1, 2017 - September 30, 2017, N=2,762 Page 70 of 74 October 1, 2016 - March 31, 2017, N=2,724 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements DISRUPTIONS TABLE 49 THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH A CASE PLAN GOAL OF ADOPTION WHO WERE IN AN ADOPTIVE PLACEMENT AND DISRUPTED BY AGE AND ETHNICITY By Age Under 1 Ages 1 – 5 Ages 6 – 8 Ages 9 – 12 Ages 13 – 17 18 and Over Total Ethnicity Caucasian Hispanic African American American Indian Asian Other Total Number 0 1 3 3 2 0 9 Percentage 0.0% 11.1% 33.3% 33.3% 22.3% 0.0% 100.0% Number 4 1 3 1 0 0 9 Percentage 44.5% 11.1% 33.3% 11.1% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% CHART 39 THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH A CASE PLAN GOAL OF ADOPTION WHO WERE IN AN ADOPTIVE PLACEMENT AND DISRUPTED BY THE MARITAL STATUS OF THE ADOPTIVE PARENT 10 Number of Children 8 6 66.7% 8 53.3% 7 46.7% 6 3 33.3% 4 2 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 Divorced Married Single Widowed Length of Time April 1, 2017 - September 30, 2017, N = 9 Page 71 of 74 October 1, 2016 - March 31, 2017, N=15 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements CHART 40 THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH A CASE PLAN GOAL OF ADOPTION WHO WERE IN AN ADOPTIVE PLACEMENT AND DISRUPTED BY THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE ADOPTIVE PARENT 10 66.7% 10 Number of Children 8 6 4 44.4% 4 2 13.3% 1 11.2% 2 3 20.0% 4 44.4% 0 Relative Non-Relative / Non-Foster Parent April 1, 2017 - September 30, 2017, N = 9 Foster Parent October 1, 2016 - March 31, 2017, N=15 ADOPTIVE SERVICES CHART 41 THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH A FINALIZED ADOPTION 2,200 2,195 2,000 Number of Children 1,936 2,110 1,800 1,600 1,400 1,186 1,518 1,552 1,726 1,576 1,200 1,000 October April 2014October April 2015October April 2016October April 2017 2013 - March September 2014 - March September 2015 - March September 2016 - March September 2014 2014 2015 2015 2016 2016 2017 2017 Page 72 of 74 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements CHART 42 THE NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN WITH A FINALIZED ADOPTION BY AVERAGE LENGTH OF TIME IN OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT BEFORE ADOPTIVE PLACEMENT 1,600 1,476 70.0% 1,381 62.9% Number of Children 1,400 1,200 1,000 526 24.0% 800 452 21.4% 600 400 132 6.2% 200 223 10.1% 50 2.4% 65 3.0% 0 Less than 1 year 1 to 2 years 2 to 3 years More than 3 years Length of Time April 2017 - September 2017, N 2,110 October 2016 - March 2017, N=2,195 CHART 43 THE NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN WITH A FINALIZED ADOPTION BY AVERAGE LENGTH OF TIME IN ADOPTIVE PLACEMENT BEFORE THE FINAL ORDER OF ADOPTION 1,200 Number of Children 1,000 800 686 32.5% 871 39.7% 961 45.5% 913 41.6% 600 390 18.5% 327 14.9% 400 73 3.5% 200 84 3.8% 0 Less than 1 year 1 to 2 years 2 to 3 years More than 3 years Length of Time April 2017 - September 2017, N = 2,110 Page 73 of 74 October 2016 - March 2017, N = 2,195 April 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2017 Child Welfare Reporting Requirements CHART 44 THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH A FINALIZED ADOPTION BY THE MARITAL STATUS OF THE ADOPTIVE PARENT 1,400 1,195 56.6% Number of Children 1,200 1,284 58.5% 862 40.9% 1,000 882 40.2% 800 600 400 200 49 2.3% 23 1.0% 4 0.2% 6 0.3% 0 Divorced Married Single April 2017 - September 2017, N = 2,110 Widowed October 2016 - March 2017, N = 2,195 CHART 45 THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH A FINALIZED ADOPTION BY THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE ADOPTIVE PARENT TO THE CHILD 1,400 Number of Children 1,000 1,171 55.5% 1,056 48.1% 1,200 1,080 49.2% 828 39.2% 800 600 400 111 5.3% 200 59 2.7% 0 Relative Non-Relative / Non-Foster Parent April 2017 - September 2017, N= 2,110 Page 74 of 74 Foster Parent October 2016 - March 2017, N=2,195