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Table 4-7 Prior CPS Contact of Child Fatalities, 2005
Child Maltreatment 2005

State Fatalities Fatality Victims
Whose Families
Received
Preservation
Services in the
Past 5 Years
Fatality Victims
Who Had Been
Reunited with
Their Families
in the Past
5 Years
Alabama 24 14 3
Alaska 3 0 0
Arizona Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Arkansas 17 0 0
California Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Colorado Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Connecticut Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Delaware 0 0 0
District of Columbia 2 0 0
Florida 117 36 5
Georgia Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Hawaii 2 Blank Cell 0
Idaho 0 0 0
Illinois 68 0 0
Indiana 29 0 0
Iowa 9 0 0
Kansas 6 1 0
Kentucky 29 0 0
Louisiana 21 0 0
Maine 1 0 0
Maryland 28 13 0
Massachusetts 8 Blank Cell 0
Michigan Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Minnesota 15 2 0
Mississippi Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Missouri 42 2 1
Montana 2 0 0
Nebraska 6 0 0
Nevada 17 0 0
New Hampshire 2 0 0
New Jersey Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
New Mexico 12 1 0
New York Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
North Carolina Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
North Dakota Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Ohio 83 19 5
Oklahoma 41 3 0
Oregon 18 4 0
Pennsylvania Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Puerto Rico Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Rhode Island 5 0 0
South Carolina 23 0 0
South Dakota 4 1 0
Tennessee 34 0 0
Texas 197 13 9
Utah 10 0 0
Vermont 0 0 0
Virginia 26 0 0
Washington 9 0 2
West Virginia 16 Blank Cell 0
Wisconsin Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Wyoming 2 0 0
Total 928 109 25
Percent Blank Cell 11.7 2.7
Number Reporting 38 35 38

 

Prior CPS Contact of Child Fatalities, 2005

This table first lists each State. The second column lists the number of child victims who died as a result of maltreatment in States that reported prior contact with CPS. Among the 38 reporting States, this total was 928. The third column reports the numbers of child victims who died from maltreatment and whose families received family preservation services in the past 5 years. Among the 35 reporting States, this total was 109. The fourth column lists the number of child victims who died from maltreatment and had been reunited with their families in the past 5 years. Among the 38 reporting States, this total was 25 fatalities.

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