The State of Utah’s Children – What does the data tell us David Corwin, MD. 2010 Utah Court Improvement Summit Many Voices, One Vision: Coming Together for Utah’s Children
Dec 13, 2015
The State of Utah’s Children – What does the data tell us
David Corwin, MD.
2010 Utah Court Improvement SummitMany Voices, One Vision: Coming
Together for Utah’s Children
Acknowledgements
The following people from Child and Family Services helped prepare the data and information for this presentation:
Navina Forsythe, PhD, MPALinda S. Wininger, MSW
Vanessa AmburgeyLinda Prince
Reina Forsythe
Child and Family Team MeetingsPercent of cases open at least 45 days with a Child and Family Team Meeting in the last 6 months
Strengths and Successes
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 20100%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Timeliness of Investigations Initial face-to-face contact with the alleged child victim to assess safety within the timeframes remains high
Strengths and Successes
FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY100%
100%
82% 81% 79% 80% 82% 86% 87% 88% 89% 91%
Re-entry and Reunification in 12 months
0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
80.00%
90.00%
100.00%
FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10
Reunification in 12 months Not Re-entering
Strengths and Successes
Percent of In Home Child Clients Without a Subsequent Foster Care within 12 months
FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08 FY090.00%
25.00%
50.00%
75.00%
100.00% 94.8% 94.5% 94.7% 94.0% 93.2% 93.4% 94.1% 94.0% 93.8%
Strengths and Successes
FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY100.0%
25.0%
50.0%
75.0%
100.0%
Strengths and Successes
Percent of Children whose First Placement was with Kin
Adoption Successes
• We far exceed the national standard for youth who exit care to adoption doing so within 24 months of entering custody
• In Utah 84% of children are adopted within 12 months of becoming legally free, nationally the median is 45.8%
Strengths and Successes
FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10
1716
14
17
1516
1514
16
14
Median Months to Adoption closed cases
Strengths and Successes
Areas for Improvement
Foster care cases
Foster homes
The number of foster care cases has increased at a higher rate than the number of foster homes
Foster Care Cases
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
2017 2026 2024 2124 21862340
2613 2632 2697 2785
1114 1063 1145 1089 1113 1173 1186 1252 1279 1372
Foster Care Cases Number of Foster Homes
In Home Clients
Foster Care Clients
Areas for Improvement
Proportion of In Home and Foster Care Clients
Placement Stability
Areas for Improvement
Percent of children in care with two or fewer placements
FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY100.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
80.0%
90.0%
100.0%
Less than 12 months 12 to 24 months 24 or more months
Areas for Improvement
FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY100.0%
25.0%
50.0%
75.0%
100.0%
Chart Title
Youth 14 and older exiting to permanency prior to emancipation
FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY100
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
Median months to reunification
Median Months in custody and Median Months to Reunification
Areas for Improvement
Median months in custody