Child Services Oversight Committee May 29, 2019 Sarah Sailors, MSW Deputy director, field operations
Child Abuse & Neglect Hotline • Reports to the hotline are stable: • 242,994 reports in 2018 (20% increase since 2015) Hotline reports by Calendar Year 300,000 250,000 244,493 242,994 225,152 200,000 202,493 150,000 100,000 50,000 0 2015 2016 2017 2018 Source: MaGIK Hotline data Indiana children will live in safe, healthy and supportive families and communities 2
Assessments Assigned Assessments assigned during the calendar year 140000 128,680 124,221 118,019 120000 100000 80000 60000 40000 20000 0 2016 2017 2018 # of Assessments Opened Indiana children will live in safe, healthy and supportive families and communities 3
Case Numbers • At the end of April 2019, DCS had: • 23,263 open cases • Of those 23,263 open cases: • 19,094 Child in Need of Service (CHINS) cases • 3,375 Informal Adjustments (IAs) • 794 Collaborative Care cases • 11,295 new assessments assigned in April 2019 Indiana children will live in safe, healthy and supportive families and communities 4
Case Numbers Open Cases 30,000 28,198 27,926 25,000 23,432 23,263 20,135 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 0 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 # as of 4/15 Indiana children will live in safe, healthy and supportive families and communities 5
CHINS Cases & Placement • 19,094 open CHINS cases at the end of April 2019 • 14,434 (76%) were placed in out-of-home care Out-of-home placement breakdown (by %) April 2019 April 2014 1.7 2.2 5.4 6.8 43.5 46.2 46.7 47.7 Relative Home Non‐relative Residential facility Other Source: MaGIK Monthly Data Indiana children will live in safe, healthy and supportive families and communities 6
Absence of repeat maltreatment Absence of repeat maltreatment within six months 100.00% 99.00% 98.00% 97.00% 96.00% 95.00% 93.73% 93.69% 93.49% 94.00% 93.35% 93.30% 93.00% 92.00% 91.00% 90.00% 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 % measured in April Source: MaGIK Monthly Data Indiana children will live in safe, healthy and supportive families and communities 7
Re ‐ entry into the DCS system Percentage of children who re‐entered foster care within 12 months of removal ending/case closure 10.00% 8.61% 9.00% 8.00% 7.15% 6.64% 7.00% 6.00% 5.00% 4.00% 3.00% 2.00% 1.00% 0.00% April 2016 April 2017 April 2018 • NOTE: This data is for cases that closed specifically with closure type of guardianship, permanent placement with relative or reunification. It is not all case closures. Source: MaGIK Monthly Data Indiana children will live in safe, healthy and supportive families and communities 8
Employee retention In the past year, the annual Family Case Manager turnover rate has shown a downward trend: • Calendar Year 2017 = 31.1% • Calendar Year 2018 = 25.3% Source: MaGIK Monthly Data Indiana children will live in safe, healthy and supportive families and communities 9
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