Don’t worry about memorizing this data. You’ll be able to return to this data as you go through the questions.

Imagine that you are a CIP director reviewing outcome data to assess the quality of representation of youth in your jurisdiction. As you review this data, think about inferences that can be made and the data limitations.

Outcome Indicator This Year Last Year Difference
Youth attendance in court 64% 47% + 17%
Youth speaks in court 22% 18% + 4%
Average placement changes over 12 months 2.5/youth 4/youth - 1.5
Average length of time for case with reunification goal 26 months 19 months + 7
Reentry of youth previously involved in the dependency system 7% 13% - 6%