EXHIBIT: BASELINE MEASURES (continued) WA DCYF-PROPOSED LAG AND LEAD MEASURES Lag Measure 2 Description In-care rate
The rate of children and youth in foster care on the last day of the reporting period (per 1,000)
Associated Lead Measures Fluctuations in number and percentage of foster care entry Fatality and near fatality under age three
The child count and percentage of children entering care by age group post Keeping Families Together The count of children who experienced a near fatality or fatal incident under the age of three, with an associated factor of being Fetanyl exposed
Lag Measure 3 Reunifications
Description
The percentage of children exiting care who are reunified with their family of origin
Associated Lead Measures Service utilization
Home-visiting service utilization: number of slots available, number filled and wait list by county, OR penetration rate
Lag Measure 4
Description
The percentage of all children involved in a substantiated incident of maltreatment who experience a second substantiated incident within 12 months
Repeat maltreatment rate
Associated Lead Measures Recidivism
The percentage of high-moderate/high risk families returning for services following case closure Survey/Asset Inventory of investigators regarding service array and referral process
Staff capacity
Lag Measure 5
Description
The rate of cases involved in substantiated investigations from all investigations assigned
Substantiation rate
Associated Lead Measures Reporting sources
Report source to disposition substantiation rate
Screened in intakes
Percentage of screened-in reports by school district
Lag Measure 6
Description
Disproportionality rate in care
The percentage that a specific group makes up in the general population divided by the percentage that the same group makes up of a specific case point (e.g., screened-in, foster care entry, etc.).
Associated Lead Measures Disparities
Race and ethnicity variations across the child welfare continuum Children receiving services in an ongoing case by age and race
Services by age/race
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