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The purpose of the second national incidence study was to assess the current national incidence of child abuse and neglect, and to determine how the severity, frequency, and character of child maltreatment changed since…
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Eighty-eight percent of the agencies (n = 2,270) that received mail surveys responded. Seventeen percent of the agencies (n = 383) that responded reported 1,723 arrests. Interviews were conducted on all eligible cases…
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Child Welfare Policies and Demographic Characteristics: A Compilation of State-Level Data is a suite of datasets gathered from various sources. All datasets in this suite contain information about states. It is intended…
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Request for Public Comment and Consultation Meetings on AFCARS (PDF) - This is a Federal Register notice titled "Request for Public Comment and Consultation Meetings on the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and…
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ACF Agency Wide resource Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset below.
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This report includes documentation from Alabama’s Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) assessment review for fiscal year 2011. Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open…
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It is estimated that over a million young people run away or become homeless each year. These youth face increasingly complex issues, including substance abuse, physical and sexual abuse, and AIDS. The serious issues…
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This study examines the incidence of substantiated maltreatment among children with cognitive, physical, emotional or learning disabilities, with specific attention given to the relationship between maltreatment and…
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In October 2009, the U.S. Children’s Bureau named the University of Michigan Law School the National Quality Improvement Center on the Representation of Children in the Child Welfare System (QIC-ChildRep). With funding…
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This letter to child welfare leaders announces an updated postponement of the Title IV-E Foster Care Eligibility Reviews and National Youth in Transition Database Reviews due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This letter…
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A panel with representatives from the Children’s Bureau, as well as Delaware, Oklahoma, and Utah states, discuss lessons learned and provide recommendations for improving data quality plans. Descriptive Audio Version…
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The Children’s Bureau in the Administration for Children and Families contracted with the Urban Institute and its partners—the Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago and the National Opinion…
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Two complementary research components--structured interviews with and ethnographic studies of parents--will address the two primary issues of this study. The factors being examined are (1) the ways in which neighborhood…
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This report describes the results of the primary review of North Carolina's Title IV-E foster care program. Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset below.
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This note-taking template is intended for use during interviews to collect information from community partners that describes the state’s National Youth in Transition Database (NTYD) implementation and ongoing efforts…
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This short, 8-minute technical training video is created by The Children's Bureau Data Analytics and Reporting Team and gives a brief demonstration which shows agencies how to validate their XML files against the XSD.…
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This report provides state-specific data from fiscal year 2000 about the prior relationships of the adoptive parents to the children who were adopted through public agencies. Metadata-only record linking to the original…
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This document is supplementary material to the subsequent primary review of Illinois' Title IV-E foster care program. Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset below.
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In 2008, the Children’s Bureau (CB) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services funded 17 cooperative agreements (subcontractors) to support the…
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This document is a letter from the Children's Bureau to Utah about the state's successful completion of its Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) improvement plan. Metadata-only record linking…
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