SummitCounty Children Services

SOCIAL SERVICES

Annual Report

Averages and Trends

2007

Performance Evaluation & Training Department

January 2008

Annual Report

Averages and Trends –January through December 2007

INTAKE CALLS (all agency)

2004 / 2005 / 2006 / 2007 / 1st Qtr 2007 Monthly Avg / 2nd Qtr 2007 Monthly Avg / 3rd Qtr 2007 Monthly Avg / 4th Qtr 2007 Monthly Avg /
Difference
2006 / 2007 / Trend
Total / 938 / 774 / 832 / 723 / 745 / 730 / 697 / 719 / 109 (-13%) / ↓

INTAKE CALLS (assigned to Intake Department)

2004
Mo. Avg / 2005 Mo. Avg / 2006 Mo. Avg / 2007 Mo. Avg / 1st Qtr 2007 Monthly Avg / 2nd Qtr 2007 Monthly Avg / 3rd Qtr 2007 Mo. Avg / 4th Qtr 2007 Monthly Avg /
Difference
2006 / 2007 / Trend
Total / 729 / 665 / 734 / 656 / 697 / 621 / 621 / 685 / -78 (-11%) / ↓
Category I: Mandated**
Abuse Neglect
Dependency / N/A** / 480 / 555 / 380 / 462 / 368 / 305 / 385 / -175 (-32%) / ↓
Abuse
Physical Abuse / 100 / 132 / 138 / 110 / 124 / 104 / 81 / 132 / -28 (-20%) / ↓
Sexual Abuse / 55 / 53 / 53 / 44 / 48 / 45 / 38 / 46 / -9 (-17%) / ↓
Child Death-Abuse** / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 (0%) / —
Mental Injury / 12 / 22 / 27 / 23 / 22 / 18 / 18 / 32 / -4 (-15%) / ↓
Neglect / 118 / 205 / 252 / 157 / 206 / 160 / 134 / 128 / -95
(-38%) / ↓
Child Death-Neglect** / N/A** / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 (0%) / —
Dependency / 49 / 68 / 80 / 47 / 63 / 41 / 35 / 47 / -33
(-41%) / ↓
Category II:
Legal Requests for Service** / N/A** / 7 / 43 / 52 / 60 / 51 / 50 / 46 / 9 (21%) / 
Category III:
Approved Non-Mandated Services** / N/A** / 37 / 25 / 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 1 / -24
(-96%) / ↓
Category IV:
General Request for Services** / N/A** / 138 / 110 / 233 / 191 / 202 / 286 / 252 / 123 (112%) / 
Mandated Intakes Assigned** Outside of Intake Dept. / 52 / 21 / 132 / 31 / 22 / NA

*Due to agency work stoppage referrals were assigned throughout the agency.

**Allegation/category new to 2005 Social Service Report.

LEGAL STATUS OF ALL CHILDREN IN AGENCY CUSTODY**

2004 / 2005 / 2006 / 2007 / 1st Qtr 2007 Monthly Avg / 2nd Qtr 2007 Monthly Avg / 3rd Qtr 2007 Monthly Avg / 4th Qtr 2007 Monthly Avg /
Difference
2006 / 2007 / Trend

Custody

Temporary (TC)
(JR6, XETC, ETC, TC) / N/A** / 653 / 665 / 716 / 713 / 730 / 702 / 717 / 51 (8%) / —
Permanent Planned Living Arrangements (PPLA) / N/A** / 185 / 176 / 138 / 155 / 147 / 131 / 117 / -38 (-22%) / —

Permanent (PC)

/ N/A** / 266 / 208 / 203 / 207 / 210 / 201 / 193 / -5 (-2%) / ↓

Children Not In Custody

Protective Supervision

/ N/A** / 245 / 247 / 239 / 211 / 224 / 277 / 242 / -8 (-3%) / —

**Category new to 2005 Social Service Report. Reports from previous years reflected children in agency custody attached to case plans only.

PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN IN AGENCY CUSTODY**

2004 / 2005 / 2006 / 2007 / 1st Qtr 2007 Monthly Avg / 2nd Qtr 2007 Monthly Avg / 3rd Qtr 2007 Monthly Avg / 4th Qtr 2007 Monthly Avg /
Difference
2006 / 2007 / Trend
Kinship Home / N/A** / 348 / 335 / 360 / 337 / 391 / 343 / 368 / 25 (7%) / —
Agency Foster Home / N/A** / 368 / 307 / 340 / 333 / 341 / 343 / 344 / 33 (11%) / ↑
Total Purchased Placements / N/A** / 322 / 368 / 351 / 398 / 374 / 335 / 297 / -17 (-5%) / —
Purchased Foster Home / N/A** / 184 / 239 / 231 / 259 / 258 / 225 / 182 / -8 (-3%) / —
Purchased Group
Residential / N/A** / 138 / 129 / 108 / 118 / 119 / 99 / 95 / -21 (-16%) / ↓
Contracted Adoptive Home / N/A** / 57 / 31 / 14 / 15 / 11 / 11 / 19 / -17 (-55%) / ↓
Paid Placement: Other / NA / 15 / 6 / 4 / 7 / 6 / 2 / 2 / -2 (-33%) / ↓
Adoptive Home / NA / NA / NA / 15 / 21 / 11 / 7 / 20 / NA / NA
Free
Home / NA / NA / NA / 21 / 24 / 21 / 18 / 21 / NA / NA
Temporary Placement / NA / NA / NA / 17 / 25 / 27 / NA / 15 / NA / NA

**Category new to 2005 Social Service Report. Reports from previous years reflected children in agency custody attached to case plans only.

OPEN CASE PLANS

2004 / 2005 / 2006 / 2007 / 1st Qtr 2007 Monthly Avg / 2nd Qtr 2007 Monthly Avg / 3rd Qtr 2007 Monthly Avg / 4th Qtr 2007 Monthly Avg /
Difference
2006 / 2007 / Trend
Number of Open Case Plans / 1210 / 1111 / 1058 / 1053 / 1081 / 1122 / 1006 / 1002 /
-5 (<1%)
/ __

Children Attached to Case Plans

/ 1993 / 1790 / 1702 / 1640 / 1657 / 1706 / 1611 / 1586 / -62 (-4%) / —
Children In Custody
(on Open Case Plans) / 1153 / 1075 / 1030 / 1047 / 1068 / 1085 / 1008 / 1027 / 17 (2%) / —

Children Not In Custody (on Open Case Plans)

/ 841 / 715 / 672 / 592 / 588 / 616 / 603 / 560 / -80 (-12%) / ↓

FOSTER CARE / ADOPTIVE CARE**

2004 / 2005 / 2006 / 2007 / 1st Qtr 2007 Monthly Total / 2nd Qtr 2007 Monthly Total / 3rd Qtr 2007 Monthly Total / 4th Qtr 2007 Monthly Total /
Difference
2006 / 2007

Home Licensing

Total Inquires: Foster and Joint / 900 / 889 / 943 / 1025 / 185**** / 188**** / 334**** / 318 / 82 (9%)
New Homes Licensed*** / N/A*** / 45 / 84 / 40 / 8 / 11 / 12 / 9 / -44 (-52%)↓
Licensed Homes Closed*** / N/A*** / 55 / 79 / 74 / 10 / 21 / 24 / 19 / -5 (-6%)

Rule Violations: ***

Total Indicated/Substantiated / N/A*** / 31 / 37 / 30 / 15 / 7 / 7 / 1 / -7 (-19%)↓

Total Unsubstantiated***

/ N/A*** / 38 / 45 / 21 / 6 / 8 / 7 / 0 / -24 (-53%)↓

** Data obtained from Foster Care Department. ***Category new to 2005 Social Service Report. ****updated 4th 2007

SUBSTITUTE CARE HOMES

2004 / 2005 / 2006 / 2007 / 1st Qtr 2007 Monthly Avg / 2nd Qtr 2007 Monthly Avg / 3rd Qtr 2007 Monthly Avg / 4th Qtr 2007 Monthly Avg /
Difference
2006 / 2007 / Trend

Average Number of Licensed Homes***

/ N/A*** / 297 / 294 / 303 / 314 / 308 / 292 / 296 / 9 (3%) / —

Foster and Foster-to-Adopt Homes in use***(data obtained from Fiscal Department)

/ N/A*** / 218 / 191 / 196 / 197 / 205 / 194 / 189 / 5 (3%) / —

Kinship Homes in use***

/ N/A*** / 230 / 218 / 235 / 225 / 240 / 227 / 247 / 17 (8%) / —

Adoptive Homes in use***

/ N/A*** / 32 / 25 / 21 / 22 / 26 / 16 / 20 / -4 (-16%) / ↓

***Category new to 2005 Social Service Report.

PERMANENCY PLANNING**

2004 / 2005 / 2006 / 2007 / 1st Qtr 2007 Monthly Avg / 2nd Qtr 2007 Monthly Avg / 3rd Qtr 2007 Monthly Avg / 4th Qtr 2007 Monthly Avg /
Difference
2006 / 2007 / Trend

Adoptions Finalized

/ 84**** / 115 / 114 / 98 / 19 / 32 / 18 / 29 / -16 (-14%) / ↓
Average Number of Days Between Initial Custody and Adoption Finalization*** / N/A*** / Monthly Avg 1101 days / Monthly Avg 1143 days / Monthly Avg
1155
days / Monthly Avg
1322
days / Monthly Avg
1062
days / Monthly Avg
1327
days / Monthly Avg
907
days / -12 (1%) / —

** Data obtained from Adoption Department

***Category new to 2005 Social Service Report. ****79 was previously reported-however five

additional 2004 adoptions were finalized via

Journal Entries received in 2005.

RESPITE – VISTATION**

2004 / 2005 / 2006 / 2007 / 1st Qtr 2007 Monthly Avg / 2nd Qtr 2007 Monthly Avg / 3rd Qtr 2007 Monthly Avg / 4th Qtr 2007 Monthly Avg /
Difference
2006 / 2007 / Trend
Visits completed / 661 / 489 / 586 / 727 / 602 / 799 / 790 / 715 / 141 (24%) / ↑

**Data obtained from Respite and Visitation Departments.

HEALTH SERVICES - MEDICAL & DENTAL*

2004 / 2005 / 2006 / 2007 / 1st Qtr 2007 Monthly Avg / 2nd Qtr 2007 Monthly Avg / 3rd Qtr 2007 Monthly Avg / 4th Qtr 2007 Monthly Avg /
Difference
2006 / 2007 / Trend
Emergency
Room Visits / 32 / 37 / 25 / 14 / 23 / 14 / 10 / 9 / -11 (-44%) / ↓
Average Units of Medical Service Provided** (not representative of number of children served) / N/A** / 487 / 521 / 465 / 401 / 449 / 486 / 525 / -56 (-11%) / ↓
Average Number of Dental Exams
(initial, periodic, emergency) / 84 / 86 / 93 / 90 / 80 / 85 / 101 / 92 / -3 (-3%) / __

*Data obtained from Medical and Dental Clinics. ** Category new to 2005 Social Service Report.

CPOE STAGE 6 OUTCOME INDICATORS**

Outcome Indicator* / ODJFS Standard
(%) / 1st Qtr 2007
CPOE6
Summit
(%) / 2nd Qtr 2007
CPOE6
Summit
(%) / 3rd Qtr 2007**
CPOE6
Summit
(%) / Annual*** 2007
CPOE6
Summit
(%) / Outcome Indicator
2D. Recurrence of Substantiated/Indicated
CA/N within 6 Months / 6.10
or less / 9.7 / 9.8 / 9.7 / 8.8%
(1/07-6/07) / Out of compliance
4C. Child Abuse by Foster Parent / 0.57
or less / 0.27 / 0.0 / 0.0 / .9% / Out of compliance for year
6C. Stability of Substitute Placement / 86.70
or greater / 80.0 / 80 / 81.2 / 81.8% / Out of compliance for year
7B. Substitute Care Re-Entries / 8.60
or less / 14.8 / 14.4 / 14.8 / 9% / Out of compliance for year
13A. Reunifications within 1 Year / 76.20
or greater / 81.9 / 83 / 83.3 / 76.4% / In compliance for year
13B. Adoptions Finalized Within 24 Months / 32.00
or greater / 28.8 / 38.3 / 40.9 / 34.1% / In compliance for year
*Data obtained from Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services. ** through August 2007 ***Agency Data

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