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DHS Board Meeting DFCS Subcommittee Report Performance Highlights July 21, 2010

DHS Board Meeting DFCS Subcommittee Report Performance Highlights July 21, 2010. DFCS Child Welfare. Program Performance Recurrence of Substantiated Child Maltreatment: 1.99% in May, the lowest we have ever recorded and far below the national standard of 5.40%.

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DHS Board Meeting DFCS Subcommittee Report Performance Highlights July 21, 2010

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  1. DHS Board MeetingDFCS Subcommittee ReportPerformance HighlightsJuly 21, 2010

  2. DFCS Child Welfare • Program Performance • Recurrence of Substantiated Child Maltreatment: 1.99% in May, the lowest we have ever recorded and far below the national standard of 5.40%. • Continued safe reduction of children in foster care • 11% reduction, from 9,316 in July 2009 to 8,284 by June 2010. • 3.03% of cases receiving family support services have returned as substantiated protective service cases over the past year.

  3. DFCS Child Welfare • Safety, Permanency & Wellbeing • For the month ending June, here is a sampling of key performance indicators in safety, permanency and wellbeing: • Timely Response to Reports of Abuse/Neglect 97.3% • Timeliness of Investigations 98.3% • Every Child Every Month (Oct. 2009-May 2010) 97.3% • Federal goal is 85% for the current year. • Every Parent Every Month - Foster Care 80.0% • Every Parent Every Month - Family Preservation 84.0% • Family Team Meetings – Foster Care 56.0% • Family Team Meetings – Family Preservation 78.0% • These last 4 measures are not federal measures, but do impact the CFSR.

  4. DFCS Child Welfare • Education 2010 Update • Number of students assessed : 678 • Number of students being tutored: 650 • Number of tutors working: 150 • Number of children/youth identified based on need: 1,552

  5. DFCS Family Independence • Performance Highlights: • Medicaid Program Performance • Medicaid SOP for May is 98.3%. • Food Stamp Performance • Through Feb. 2010, the error rate for the current federal fiscal year is 1.31%. (98.69% accuracy rate).

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