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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 . The State of Utah’s Children – What does the data tell us David Corwin, MD. Acknowledgements.

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The State of Utah’s Children – What does the data tell us David Corwin, MD.

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  1. 2010 Utah Court Improvement Summit Many Voices, One Vision: Coming Together for Utah’s Children The State of Utah’s Children – What does the data tell us David Corwin, MD.

  2. Acknowledgements The following people from Child and Family Services helped prepare the data and information for this presentation: Navina Forsythe, PhD, MPA Linda S. Wininger, MSW Vanessa Amburgey Linda Prince Reina Forsythe

  3. Strengths and Successes

  4. Child and Family Team Meetings Strengths and Successes Percent of cases open at least 45 days with a Child and Family Team Meeting in the last 6 months

  5. Initial face-to-face contact with the alleged child victim to assess safety within the timeframes remains high Timeliness of Investigations Strengths and Successes

  6. Strengths and Successes Re-entry and Reunification in 12 months

  7. Strengths and Successes Percent of In Home Child Clients Without a Subsequent Foster Care within 12 months

  8. Strengths and Successes Percent of Children whose First Placement was with Kin

  9. Adoption Successes Strengths and 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%

  10. Strengths and Successes Median Months to Adoption closed cases

  11. Areas Needing Improvement

  12. Foster Care Cases Areas for Improvement The number of foster care cases has increased at a higher rate than the number of foster homes Foster care cases Foster homes

  13. Proportion of In Home and Foster Care Clients Areas for Improvement In Home Clients Foster Care Clients

  14. Placement Stability Areas for Improvement Percent of children in care with two or fewer placements

  15. Areas for Improvement Youth 14 and older exiting to permanency prior to emancipation

  16. Areas for Improvement Median Months in custody and Median Months to Reunification Median months in custody

  17. Conclusions

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