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(5) if the department determines additional funding is necessary to meet the standards, the amount and purpose of the additional funding; and (6) the effects on a child and the child's family of the department's inability to meet the standards. (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the department is immune from suit under this section if the department was unable to meet the workload standards and adjusted workload standards because of a lack of sufficient appropriations or because the department's efforts to recruit or retain employees did not result in an adequate number of qualified applicants to meet the workload standards, as outlined in the staffing report. (d) The division of the department with responsibility over the custody of children shall prepare and make available to the legislature an annual report on employee recruitment and retention, including a five-year plan, for the division. Not later than November 15 of each year, the department shall deliver the report to the senate secretary and the chief clerk of the house of representatives and notify the legislature that the report is available. The report prepared under this subsection is separate from the annual report to the legislature required under AS 18.05.020 and must include, for the previous 12 months, (1) the number of frontline social workers employed by the division, the annual average turnover rate of the workers, and the average caseload of the workers on January 1 and July 1 of that year; (2) the number of children removed from their homes; (3) the achievement of success measured by the following: (A) rate of family reunification; (B) average length of time children spent in custody of the department; (C) rate of placement with an adult family member or family friend; (D) number of children placed in a permanent living arrangement with a guardian or biological or adoptive parent; (E) number of children released from the custody of the department; (4) if the department has met or exceeded the caseload standards under this chapter and, if the standards were exceeded, the number of caseworker positions in the division that could be eliminated and the amount of funding that could be reduced while continuing to meet but not routinely exceed the caseload standards; (5) the performance of the department on federal benchmarks focused on the safety, well- being, and permanent placements of foster children compared with the previous five years. Sec. 47.14.115. Training of foster parents. (a) If the department has placed a child in a foster home, the department shall, no less often than once quarterly, make available training that will assist the foster parent or parents in providing care that will meet the needs of the child placed in the home and the requirements established by the department in regulation.