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Child Maltreatment 2002
Table 3-12     Children in Foster Care Maltreated by Foster Care Provider, 2000-2002

State	Percent 2000	Percent 2001	Percent 2002
Alabama	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Alaska	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Arizona	0.34	0.17	0.25
Arkansas	0.17	0.26	0.26
California	Blank Cell	0.34	0.33
Colorado	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	0.29
Connecticut	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Delaware	Blank Cell	0.11	0.12
District of Columbia	Blank Cell	0.33	0.39
Florida	0.14	0.32	0.52
Georgia	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Hawaii	1.54	0.96	1.03
Idaho	Blank Cell	0.36	0.30
Illinois	0.72	0.60	0.64
Indiana	0.44	0.56	0.73
Iowa	0.79	0.89	0.38
Kansas	0.49	0.50	0.61
Kentucky	0.47	0.61	0.37
Louisiana	0.73	0.58	0.74
Maine	0.08	0.48	0.30
Maryland	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Massachusetts	1.03	1.13	1.02
Michigan	0.33	0.34	0.25
Minnesota	0.18	0.24	0.29
Mississippi	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	0.59
Missouri	0.52	0.60	0.66
Montana	0.19	0.19	0.63
Nebraska	0.04	0.08	0.09
Nevada	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
New Hampshire	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
New Jersey	1.30	0.59	0.69
New Mexico	Blank Cell	0.06	1.53
New York	0.77	0.98	0.87
North Carolina	1.52	1.11	0.95
North Dakota	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Ohio	Blank Cell	0.13	0.15
Oklahoma	1.27	1.40	1.62
Oregon	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Pennsylvania	0.25	0.24	0.35
Rhode Island	1.66	1.62	1.10
South Carolina	Blank Cell	0.51	0.46
South Dakota	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Tennessee	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Texas	0.30	0.30	0.19
Utah	0.54	0.55	0.08
Vermont	0.59	0.34	0.05
Virginia	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	0.29
Washington	0.97	0.79	0.24
West Virginia	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Wisconsin	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Wyoming	0.43	0.74	0.33
Number Reporting	28	35	38
Number Met Standard*	16	21	23
Number Reporting	57.14	60.00	60.53

Data Source: Child File and SDC

* Standard: 0.57% or less. back

This table displays the percentage of children in foster care who were maltreated by a foster parent of residential facility staff. The first column lists each State and the next three columns lists the percentage of victims by year. The Children's Bureau has established a national standard of incidence of child abuse or neglect in foster care as 0.57% or less. The number of reporting States in compliance of this standard has increased from 16 State in 2000 to 23 States in 2002.

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