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Table 3-15     Children in Foster Care Maltreated by Foster Care Provider, 2000-2003
Child Maltreatment 2003

State Percent
2000		 Percent
2001		 Percent
2002		 Percent
2003
Alabama Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Alaska Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Arizona 0.34 0.17 0.25 0.10
Arkansas 0.17 0.26 0.26 0.25
California Blank Cell 0.34 0.33 Blank Cell
Colorado Blank Cell Blank Cell 0.29 0.45
Connecticut Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Delaware Blank Cell 0.11 0.12 0.85
District of Columbia Blank Cell 0.33 0.39 0.44
Florida 0.14 0.32 0.52 0.41
Georgia Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Hawaii 1.54 0.96 1.03 1.31
Idaho Blank Cell 0.36 0.30 0.13
Illinois 0.72 0.60 0.64 0.53
Indiana 0.44 0.56 0.73 0.42
Iowa 0.79 0.89 0.38 0.55
Kansas 0.49 0.50 0.61 0.46
Kentucky 0.47 0.61 0.37 0.40
Louisiana 0.73 0.58 0.74 Blank Cell
Maine 0.08 0.48 0.30 0.08
Maryland Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 0.02
Massachusetts 1.07 1.19 1.11 1.07
Michigan 0.33 0.34 0.25 0.40
Minnesota 0.18 0.24 0.29 0.32
Mississippi Blank Cell Blank Cell 0.59 0.41
Missouri 0.52 0.60 0.66 0.38
Montana 0.19 0.19 0.63 0.19
Nebraska 0.04 0.08 0.09 0.14
Nevada Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 0.03
New Hampshire Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
New Jersey 1.30 0.59 0.69 0.70
New Mexico Blank Cell 0.06 1.53 Blank Cell
New York 0.77 0.98 0.87 0.67
North Carolina 1.52 1.11 0.95 0.82
North Dakota Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Ohio Blank Cell 0.13 0.15 0.31
Oklahoma 1.27 1.40 1.62 1.88
Oregon Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Pennsylvania 0.25 0.24 0.35 0.16
Rhode Island 1.66 1.62 1.10 1.58
South Carolina Blank Cell 0.51 0.46 0.33
South Dakota Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 0.68
Tennessee Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Texas 0.30 0.30 0.19 0.25
Utah 0.54 0.55 0.08 0.43
Vermont 0.58 0.33 0.05 0.05
Virginia Blank Cell Blank Cell 0.29 0.23
Washington 0.97 0.79 0.24 0.21
West Virginia Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Wisconsin Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Wyoming 0.43 0.74 0.33 0.06
Number Reporting 28 35 38 38
Number Met Standard* 16 21 23 29
Percent Met Standard* 57.14 60.00 60.53 76.32
National Average Percent 0.46 0.50 0.49 0.44

Date source: Child File.

*Standard: 0.57% or less.

Children in Foster Care Maltreated by Foster Care Provider, 2000-2003

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 States in 2000 to 29 States in 2003.



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