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Prevalence of Maltreatment in Out-of-Home Care
Find sources of data on the abuse of children in foster care and other out-of-home placements, such as residential or institutional facilities.
Absence of Maltreatment in Foster Care, 2004-2007
Children's Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2009)
In Child Maltreatment 2007
Table that displays the percentage of children in foster care who were not maltreated by a foster parent or residential facility staff member.
Child Maltreatment in Foster Care: Understanding the Data: Overview of Survey Findings (PDF - 137 KB)
Child Welfare League of America (2002)
Discusses the difficulties with comparing data across States. Presents findings from a survey that revealed reliability and accuracy issues with the Federal outcome measure.
Child Maltreatment in Out of Home Care: What Do We Know Now? (PDF - 143 KB)
Children and Family Research Center, School of Social Work, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2001)
Retrospective reporting involving incidents prior to a child's placement in foster care, plus often ambiguous and confusing information, resulted in significant overestimates of incidents of child abuse and neglect in out-of-home care.
Child Welfare Outcomes 2002-2005 : Report to Congress
Mandated by the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997, this annual report analyzes the performance of state child welfare agencies on seven child welfare outcomes including the recurrence of child abuse and neglect, permanency planning, placement stability, and the safety of children in foster care. See a list of all Child Welfare Outcomes Reports. Data were obtained from state reports provided to the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting Systems (AFCARS) and the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) for the years 2004 and 2005. After completion of the first round of the CFSRs in ...
How Safe Are Out-of-Home Placements?
Poertner, Bussey, & Fluke
Children and Youth Services Review, 21(7), 1999
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Study of the rate of abuse and neglect in substitute care for a large State public child welfare agency, using the existing management information system.
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