2025 Washington DCYF Roadmap Report

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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