City of New York

Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor

Marc V. Shaw Peter Madonia

Deputy Mayor for Operations Chief of Staff to the Mayor

Susan L. Kupferman

Director, Mayor's Office of Operations

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Marc V. Shaw

Deputy Mayor for Operations

Peter Madonia

Chief of Staff to the Mayor

Susan L. Kupfernlan

Director, Mayor's Office of Operations

February 2005

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Critical Objectives

.Respond within 24 hours to every allegation of abuse and neglect and

perfonn thorough investigations of allegations.

.Increase access to quality, neighborhood-based services to prevent placement

or re-entry into foster care.

.Maximize placement of children in foster homes within their own

neighborhoods.

.Maximize placement of children in foster care with family members and

placement of children with their siblings as appropriate.

.Enhance family involvement in service planning for children in foster care.

.Provide a safe, stable foster care environment for children.

.Decrease the length of time children remain in foster care.

.Ensure availability and accessibility of child care services in communities.

Scope of Agency Operations

The Administration for Children's

Services (ACS) protects and ensures the

well-being of New York City's children

and families. ACS investigated child

abuse and neglect reports involving

approximately 79,000 children and

provided contract preventive services to a

daily average of 30,000 children. ACS

provides direct foster care and adoption

services, as well as contractual services

for approximately 20,000 children

through 46 foster care agencies citywide.

The Agency also administers 230 Head

Start sites and enrolls 60,000 children in

child care programs through contracted

providers or child care vouchers.

Preliminary Performance Highlights

.ACS continued to improve its performance in responding to abuse and/or

neglect reports within 24 hours. However, the proportion of children for

whom repeated allegations are received within one year rose.

.The number of children receiving contract preventive services decreased over

the previous year and ACS is looking into the reasons for the decrease. The

number of children receiving preventive services continues to exceed the

number of children in foster care.

.The foster care population continued its decline as ACS emphasizes in-home

services as an alternative to out-of-home care. As the needs of the children

who are placed into foster care and their families have become more complex,

the proportion of children in foster care returned to their parents in 12 months

has declined while the proportion of children in foster care who had two or

more transfers from one facility to another increased.

.ACS is working to lessen the trauma of foster care placement by increasing

the proportion of children placed within their own neighborhood, with

relatives, and with siblings in the same household.

.Fewer reports of abuse and/or neglect were received for children in foster care

and child care programs. The rate of substantiated reports was down for foster

care, but increased for child care settings.

.Fewer children were adopted during the reporting period as the foster care

population continues to decline, but ACS plans to meet its fiscal-year

adoption target. There was some improvement in average times needed to

complete adoptions.

.Utilization rates for ACS-funded child care programs and for Head Start

program slots continued to rise. Enrollment fell slightly for child care

programs but grew strongly in Head Start.

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John B. Mattingly, Commissioner

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.f Provide preventive and foster care services to meet the needs of childrl~n and families.

Act u a I September

2004MMR Updated

Pelformance Statistics FYO2 FYO3 FYO4 FYO5' FYO5' FYO6'

Children who re-enter foster care within a year of

9.3% 9.2% 8.6% 8.6% 8;6% 8.6%

Children placed in foster care;n their borough (%)

64.6% 74.9% 72.0%

Children placed in foster c;:are in their community district

18.2% 22.1% 23.0% 23.0% 23.0% 23.0%

Children entering foster care who are placed with

22.5% 19.2% 19.4%

Siblings placed simultaneously in the same foster home

84.1% 89.7% 87.3%

Separated siblings in foster care receiving biweekly

70.8% 71.3%

Parents or caregivers attending Post-Removal 72-Hour

66.9% 67.3% 70.7%

Children with parent(s) attending 6-month Service Plan

Reviews for children with goal of returning home (%)

(!:~~in~ryL_- -- 50.0% 50.7% 49.0% 60,0% 60.0% 60.0%

Children in foster care receiving biweekly visits from a

67% 65%

Children in foster care who had two or more transfers

36.7% 38.3% 41.2"/.

1,767 -~

Abuse and/or neglect reports for children in foster care

and child care

273 254

23.6% 20.3% 18.9%

...311 related Bold -indicates revisions from the September 2004 MMR ! Numeric Target "NA"- means NotAvailable in this report

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.f Ensure timely reunification or adoption services based on the needs of the child.

Act u a I September

2004 MMR Updated

Performance Statistics FYO2 FYO3 FYO4 FY05' FY05' FYO6'

Median length of stay for children entering foster care

6.9 6.8 7.6 5.5 "

5.5 5.5

Children returned fa parent(s) within 12 months (%)

48.4% 49.2% 49.2'/. 45.0'/. 45.0% 45.0%

Median length of stay in foster care before child is

62.2 64.3 61.5 500

~, 50.0 SO.O

Children adopted within 24 months from the time that

25.1% 24.1% 24.4%

'Numeric Target a311 related Bold -indicates revisions from the September 2004 MMR UNA U -means Not Available in this report

.; Ensure access to quality, safe child care and Head Start services in communities.

Act u a I September

2004 MMR Updated

Performance Statistics FYO2 FYO3 FYO4 FY051 FY051 FYOG'

'A" 311 related Bold -indicates revisions from the September 2004 MMR

'Numeric 

Target "NA" -means Not Available in this report

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Inquiries Received by 311 Citizen Service Center

The 311 Citizen Service Center received 43,117 ACS-related inquiries from July through

October 2004. Agency perfonnancemeasures related to the top inquiries in the table below are

noted with a "31 I-related" icon': a small telephone

Citizen Inquiries Received by 311 symbol -in the Perfonnance Statistics tables in this

chapter.

% of ACS

Top 5 ACS -related inquiries: Total Inquiries

Child Care Assis/ance 16,276 37.7%

Child Care Eligibility Appointment 13,362 31.0%

Child Care Recerlification or Change 3,954 9.2%

Become a Foster Parent 760 1.8%

Head Start 711 1.6'1.

Agency Resources

A c u a I September

2004MMR Updated

FYO2 FYO3 FY04 FYO5 FYO5' FYO6'

$2,375.1 $2,345.5 $2,257.3 $2,184.0

$27.3 $17.2 $4.4 $3.4 $3.4 $3.4

Expenditures ($ millions)'

Revenues ($ millions)i

"

~nel ~~,

.

Overlimeeamed($OOO) ., ! $28,555 $11,245 $11,680 ~

---"~, .~) $1,368.3 $1,323.7 $1,288.7 $1,185.6

'January 2005 Financial Plan Bold -revisions from the September 2004 MMR uNA" -NotAvailable in this report

'Expenditures include all funds. January Plan figures reflect modifications in Federal, State, and other non-City funding since the adoption of the

2005 budget.

Noteworthy Changes, Additions or Deletions

.ACS has updated and finalized July-October 2003 data previously published as preliminary for:

'Children in substantiated investigations with repeat substantiated investigations within a year (%)'

from 8.2 percent to 8.6 percent; 'All children entering foster care' from 2,015 to 2,194; 'New

children entering foster care' from 1,465 to 1,642; 'Children who re-enter foster care within a year of

discharge to a family (%)' from 9.1 percento 9.2 percent; 'Children placed in foster care in their

borough (%)' from 74.4 percento 71.2 percent; 'Children placed in foster care in their community

district (%)' from 24.0 percento 22.8 percent; 'Children entering foster care who are placed with

relatives (%)' from 19.3 percento 19.1 percent; 'Children returned to parent(s) within 12 months

(%)' from 52.3 percento 51.8 percent; and 'Children adopted within 24 months from the time that

adoption is decided as appropriate (%)' from 23.7 percento 23.5 percent.

.ACS has updated and finalized data previously published as preliminary for Fiscal 2004 for:

'Children in substantiated investigations with repeat substantiated investigations within a year (%)'

from 10.0 percent to 10.5 percent; 'All children entering foster care' from 6,227 to 6,299; 'New

children entering foster care' from 4,627 to 4,680; 'Children placed in foster care in their borough

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(%)' from 72.6 percent to 72.0 percent; 'Children placed in foster care in their community district

(%)' from 23.4 percent to 23.0 percent; 'Siblings placed simultaneously in the same foster home (%)'

from 87.1 percent to 87.3 percent; 'Children returned to parent(s) within 12 months (%)' from 49.3

percento 49.2 percent; and 'Children adopted within 24 months from the time that adoption is

decided as appropriate (%)' from 24.3 percento 24.4 percent.

Data previously published as preliminary is now considered final for: 'Children who re-enter foster

care within a year of discharge to family (%)' and 'Children entering foster care who are placed with

relatives (%)' for Fiscal 2004; 'Siblings placed simultaneously in the same foster home (%)' for JulyOctober 2003; and for both Fiscal 2004 and July-October 2003 for the indicators: 'Separated siblings

in foster care receiving biweekly visits from their other siblings (%),' 'Children with parent(s)

attending 6-month Service Plan Reviews for children with goal of returning home (%),' 'Children in

foster care receiving biweekly visits from a parent or guardian (%)'; and the indicator' Abuse and/or

neglect reports for children in foster care and child care that are substantiated (%)' and its two subindicators.

Data for the measure 'Children receiving contract preventive services' has been revised for JulyOctober 2003, from 29,081 to 28,906, and for Fiscal 2004, from 30,033 to 29,344. Data was reported

incorrectly due to errors in previous calculation.

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