The Children’s Bureau of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families Presents

1. Key Findings from Child Maltreatment 2011 The Children’s Bureau of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families Presents

2. Catherine Nolan Director, Office on Child Abuse and Neglect Introductions and opening remarks from OCAN Bryan Samuels Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and FamiliesOpening remarks and welcome from ACYF Opening

3. This webinar is being recorded and the • audio recording • slides • audience questions and answers • will be posted on the National Resource Center for Child Protective Services (NRCCPS)website at www.nrccps.org. • Large audience • Questions will not be answered during the webinar • Answers will be provided on the NRCCPS website Logistics

4. Key Findings from Child Maltreatment 2011 Presenters: Madonna Aveni Lana Zikratova NCANDS Technical Team

5. We will discuss key highlights and findings from the Child Maltreatment 2011 report. • Child Maltreatment reports are located on the Children’s Bureau website at: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/research-data-technology/statistics-research/child-maltreatment • We will discuss some additional research topics after the presentation. Presentation Agenda

6. Child Maltreatment report series presents national data about child abuse and neglect known to child protective services (CPS) agencies in the United States. The District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the 50 States report data to the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) annually. NCANDS was created in response to a Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) amendment. Overview

7. NCANDS Data Usage

8. Released in December

9. Child File: case-level data Agency File: agency-level aggregate data If a State cannot submit case-level data then aggregate data are submitted via Summary Data Component (SDC): aggregate data States Voluntarily Submit Two Data Files

10. 52 States submitted data • 51 Child Files • 51 Agency Files • 1 SDC Data Submissions

11. Integrated small tables within the text to make data more accessible • 1-page graphic with key data highlights • Continued efforts to clarify text and analysis • Expended discussion of alternative response • Expanded discussion of fatalities • New analyses on • Referrals trend 2007–2011 • Demographics for only those States that reported alternative response • Crosstab analysis on victims by selected maltreatment type and age • Victims by race and ethnicity 2007–2011 New for This Year

12. Snapshot of key statistics located on the last page of the Summary section.

13. Snapshot of a page of text from the report with an embedded data table.

14. Report source CPS Agency Path from Referral to Response • Report Screened out Screened in Referral (allegation) • CPS • Response • -Investigation Response • -Alternative Response

15. 3.4 million referrals alleging maltreatment were submitted to CPS agencies • average of 1.82 children per referral • Referrals included estimated 6.2 million children • 61% referrals screened in • 39% referrals screened out Referrals

16. 2.0 million reports received a CPS response • Professionals submitted nearly 60% • Nonprofessionals submitted nearly 20% • Unclassified submitted nearly 25% Reports

17. Report Sources, 2007–2011 Percentage Percentage of Reports by Report Source Professional Unclassified Nonprofessional Professional = Child daycare & foster care providers, and personnel from education, legal & law enforcement, medical, mental health, and social services Nonprofessional = Alleged perpetrators, alleged victims, friends & neighbors, other relatives, parents Unclassified = Anonymous sources, “other,” unknown

18. 3.0 million unique children received a response • 681,000 unique victims • Includes estimated 1,570 child fatalities • 2.4 million unique nonvictims • 3.7 million duplicate children received a response Children

19. Duplicate count: Counting a child each time that he or she was a subject of a report. This count also is called a report-child pair. • For analyses where events and attributes of the victims were examined (e.g., disposition type and perpetrator relationship). • Unique count: Counting a child once, regardless of the number of reports concerning that child, that received a CPS response in the FFY. • For basic counts and demographic analyses (age, sex, and race) Counts

20. Children Who Received a CPS Response by Disposition, 2011 (duplicate count) N=3,712,034 52 States

21. NCANDS victim: a child for whom the State determined at least one maltreatment was substantiated or indicated and a disposition of substantiated, indicated, or alternative response victim was assigned. • Unique count FFY 2011: • 51 States reported • Rate 9.1 per 1,000 children • National estimate 681,000 unique count of victims Victim Definition

22. Child Victims, 2007–2011 (unique count) 49 50 50 51 51 States reporting

23. Victims by Age, 2011 (unique count) N=676,569 51 States

24. Victims by Age, 2011 (unique count) N=676,569 51 States Age

25. Victims by Sex, 2011 (unique count) N= 676,569 51 States Boys 48.6% Girls 51.1% Unknown 0.3%

26. Victims by Race and Ethnicity, 2007–2011(unique count) 14.3 11.4 10.1 2011 2011 2007 2011

27. Selected Maltreatment Types of Victims by Age, 2011 (unique count) N=51 States Percentage 34.6% of medical neglect victims were younger than 3 (N = 5,212) 26.3% of sexual abuse victims were 12-14 yrs (N = 16,178)

28. Fatalities • The determination that a death is due to child maltreatment involves the submission of an initial report of a child fatality to law enforcement or child protective services (CPS). • Some deaths may not come to the attention of CPS. Reasons for this include if there were no surviving siblings in the family or if the child had not been the recipient of child welfare services.

29. Child Fatalities, 2007–2011 (unique count) 50 51 51 51 51 States reporting

30. Child Fatalities by Age, 2011 (unique count) Age

31. Perpetrators by Relationship to Victims, 2011(duplicated count) N=873,397 49 States

32. Definition: Activities aimed at preventing child abuse and neglect. Such activities may be directed at specific populations identified as being at increased risk of becoming abusive and may be designed to increase the strength and stability of families, to increase parents’ confidence and competence in their parenting abilities, and to afford children a stable and supportive environment. • For 2011, 46 States reported approximately 3.3 million children received prevention services. Prevention Services

33. Definition: Activities provided or arranged by the child protective services agency, social services agency, or the child welfare agency for the child or family as a result of needs discovered during the course of a CPS response. Includes such services as family preservation, family support, and foster care. Postresponse services are delivered within the first 90 days after the disposition of the report. • More than 1 million (1,113,702) duplicate children received postresponse services from a CPS agency. Postresponse Services

34. Services • 366,000 duplicate victims received postresponse services • 134,000 received foster care services • 224,000 received in-home services • 747,000 duplicate nonvictims received postresponse services • 89,000 received foster care services • 645,000 received in-home services

35. Victims who Received Foster Care and In-Home Postresponse Services, 2011 (duplicate count) N=133,901 45 States N=224,163 45 States

36. Nonvictims who Received Foster Care and In-Home Postresponse Services, 2011 (duplicate count) N= 89,212 44 States N= 644,955 44 States

37. Chapter 7: contains summaries of reports, research, and capacity building activities related to child welfare. • Appendixes: • CAPTA • Glossary • Data Submissions • State Commentary The Report also Includes…

38. NCANDS Federal Project Officer Kurt Heisler ACF kurt.heisler@acf.hhs.gov • Child Maltreatment Report Manager Madonna Aveni maveni@wrma.com Send Ideas to

39. Document on Child Welfare Information Gateway titled Mandatory Reporters of Child Abuse and Neglect discusses State statutes related to mandatory reporters of child abuse and neglect. • Required: States require all individuals to report suspected child abuse and neglect (19 States). • Permissive: Any individual may report suspected child abuse and neglect, but not everyone is required to report maltreatment (33 States). • Available at http://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/laws_policies/statutes/manda.cfm Additional research

40. States with Required or Permissive statutes Screened-in and Screened-Out referrals, 2007-2011 Required: all individuals must report Permissive: only certain professionals must report Permissive Required States reporting: 2007 (49), 2008 & 2009 (50), 2010 & 2011 (51)

41. States with Required or Permissive statutes report Sources, 2011 % % Professional Professional % % % % Professional = Child daycare & foster care providers, and personnel from education, legal & law enforcement, medical, mental health, and social services Nonprofessional = Alleged perpetrators, alleged victims, friends & neighbors, other relatives, parents Unclassified = Anonymous sources, “other,” unknown

42. States with Required or permissive statutes Victimization and Disposition Rates, 2007-2011 Required: all individuals must report Permissive: only certain professionals must report Required Permissive

43. This webinar was recorded and the • audio recording • slides • audience questions and answers • will be posted on the National Resource Center for Child Protective Services (NRCCPS)website at www.nrccps.org. • Registrants will be informed when these items are posted. Reminder