Data

Welcome to Georgia’s Division of Family & Children Services data page. This page seeks to be transparent and accountable about programs and services by disseminating Georgia’s child welfare and Office Family Independence (OFI) data.

DHS Data

Case managers in the Division’s 159 county offices provide a variety of social services to families, including child protective services, which includes the investigation of abuse and neglect reports; treatment and support services to families involved with the agency; recruitment of foster parents; placements and treatment services for children in foster care; and support and services to adoptive families who step up for children whose parents have terminated their rights.

The Office of Family Independence (OFI) refers to all eligibility programs, including Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Family Medicaid, and Aged Blind and Disabled Medicaid (ABD). All OFI programs have an income-eligibility component, as well as other eligibility criteria such as age requirements.

  1. Georgia Profiles
    1. https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/GA
    2. https://www.census.gov/library/stories/state-by-state/georgia-population-change-between-census-decade.html
    1. https://gafcp.org/georgia-profiles/
    2. https://datacenter.kidscount.org/data#GA/2/0/char/0
    1. OFI - Currently at https://dfcs.georgia.gov/dfcs-descriptive-data-reports-year
    2. OFI - Currently at https://dfcs.georgia.gov/family-independence-outcome-measures-report


    Federal Reporting – Child Welfare

      1. https://cwoutcomes.acf.hhs.gov/cwodatasite/pdf/georgia.html#footnote
      2. https://cwoutcomes.acf.hhs.gov/cwodatasite/methodology
      1. Child Maltreatment
      1. The NYTD collects information on youth receiving ILP (Independent Living Program) services, including sex, race, ethnicity, date of birth, and foster care status. It also collects information about the outcomes of those youth who have aged out of foster care. States began collecting data in 2010, and the first data set was submitted in May 2011.
      2. https://www.acf.hhs.gov/cb/resource/nytd-services-and-outcomes-reports
      1. The CFSP is a strategic plan that sets forth a state’s or tribe’s vision and goals to strengthen its child welfare system. It outlines initiatives and activities that the state or tribe will carry out over the next five years to administer and integrate programs and services to promote the safety, permanency, and well-being of children and families. The goals and objectives of the CFSP must address improved outcomes in the following areas:
        1. Permanency for children
        2. Well-being of children and their families
        3. The nature, scope, and adequacy of existing child and family and related social services
        1. APSR provides an annual update on the progress made by states or tribes toward the goals, objectives and strategies in their CFSPs and outlines the planned activities for the upcoming fiscal year.
        2. For more information on Federal CFSP/APSR, visit the Children’s Bureau website: https://www.acf.hhs.gov/cb/programs
        3. Links to previous year APSR (use attachments from current DFCS data website)

        DFCS Research Protocol

        1. Georgia law permits DFCS to release records and reports to any person engaged in bona fide research provided that no names or identifying information are made available. DFCS evaluates records and reports request for research projects that involve primary data collection with IRB approval and secondary data analyses. Requests are evaluated in the context of DFCS’ mission to serve Georgia’s vulnerable families and children.
        2. The IRB Review Committee (housed with Georgia Department of Public Health) is currently accepting new proposals. The committee’s website contains all applications (initial, amendment, and continuation) as well as human subjects manual: https://dph.georgia.gov/institutional-review-board


        Data Tools and Resources

        1. https://cwoutcomes.acf.hhs.gov/cwodatasite/population/index
        2. https://gafcp.org/indicator-explorer/
        3. https://gafcp.org/well-being-indicators/
        4. Georgia’s Cross-Agency Child Data System