| Appendix
B: Summary Data Component Data Collection Form Section 5 |
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SECTION 5. CHILD FATALITIES Note: Describe the source of data on child fatalities and any limitations of these data in the comments section at the end of the form. |
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| 5.1 Child Victims Who Died as a Result
of Maltreatment. Enter the number of child victims who died as a result of child abuse or neglect. |
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| 5.2 Child Victims Who Died as a
Result of Maltreatment While in Foster Care Enter the number of child victims whose death was caused by maltreatment that occurred while in foster care and was attributed to the foster care provider. Foster care is 24-hour substitute care for all children placed away from their parents or guardians and for whom the State agency has placement and care responsibility. This includes, but is not limited to, family foster homes, foster homes of relatives, group homes, emergency shelters, residential facilities, child care institutions, and pre-adoptive homes regardless of whether the foster care facility is licensed and whether payments are made by the State or local agency for the care of the child or whether there is Federal matching of any payments that are made. |
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| 5.3 Child Victims Who Died as a
Result of Maltreatment and Whose Families Had Received Family
Preservation Services in the Previous Five Years
Enter the number of child victims whose death was caused by maltreatment and whose families had received Family Preservation Services during the five (5) years preceding the report(s) of child abuse or neglect received in this reporting period. Family Preservation Services are services designed to protect children from harm and to assist families at risk or in crisis, including services to prevent placement, to support the reunification of children with their families, or to support the continued placement of children in adoptive homes or other permanent living arrangements. |
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| 5.4 Child Victims Who Died as a
Result of Maltreatment and Had Been Reunited with Their Families in
the Previous Five Years
Enter the number of child victims whose death was caused by the parents or principal caretakers with whom they had been reunited during the previous five years. |
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