This document has been prepared for the Children's Bureau,
Administration on Children, Youth and Families, by Walter R.
McDonald & Associates, Inc., in collaboration with the American
Humane Association, under contract ACF-105-99-9801. Members of the
technical team who have contributed to this report are Ying-Ying T.
Yuan, Ph.D., Project Director; Linda Ingram; Jeffrey Johnson,
M.P.H.; Jim Pope; and Latrice Norris, M.S., M.S.W. Other members of
the Technical Team-John Fluke, Ph.D.; John Hedderson, Ph.D.; Larry
Shannon, M.S.; Myles Edwards, Ph.D.; Marian Bussey, Ph.D.; and Bill
Henry, Ph.D.-also have participated in the collection and analysis
of data. The report has been designed and formatted by Janin/Cliff
Design, Inc. and has been edited by Old Goat Communications under
purchase order ACF-01-0023.
The information presented in this report has been collected from
the States through the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System
(NCANDS). In conjunction with these data collection efforts, an
NCANDS Technical Assistance Program helps States to improve their
child protective services information systems, to address technical
and programmatic issues of submitting data to the NCANDS, and to
enhance the analytical capability of their agencies. For further
information on technical assistance, contact the NCANDS Federal
Project Officer at the following address:
Mr. John A. Gaudiosi
Mathematical Statistician
Children's Bureau
Switzer Building
330 C Street SW, Room 2425
Washington, DC 20447
202-205-8625
jgaudiosi@acf.hhs.gov
Additional copies of this document and other information on child maltreatment can be obtained by contacting the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information by phone at 800-FYI-3366 or on the Internet at http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov.
Researchers interested in using data from the NCANDS should contact the National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect at the following address:
National Data Archive on Child Abuse
and Neglect
Family Life Development Center
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853-4401
607-255-7794
DataCAN@cornell.edu
http://www.ndacan.cornell.edu
Material contained in this publication is in the public domain and may be reproduced, fully or partially, without permission of the Federal Government. The courtesy of attribution, crediting the source of the material, is requested. The recommended citation follows:
U.S. Department of Heath and Human Services, Administration on Children, Youth and Families. Child Maltreatment 1999 (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2001).
