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Child Welfare Outcomes 2000: Annual Report
Chapter IV - State Data

Context Data | Outcomes Data
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Idaho [ Context Data ]

A. Key Context Statistics

General Population	1998	1999	2000
Total children under 18 years	351,158	350,464	369,030
Race/ethnicity (%)¹
Alaska Native/American Indian	1.3	1.2	1.4
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.1	1.1	0.8
Black	0.4	0.4	0.4
Hispanic	10.5	11.0	11.6
White	86.7	86.2	83.4
Two or more races	N/A	N/A	2.2
Other	N/A	N/A	0.1
% Child population in poverty	22.5	21.9	21.0
% Child population living in metropolitan areas	33.6	37.3	39.0

Child Welfare	1998	1999	2000
Child maltreatment victims	7,936	2,928	3,171
Children in foster care on 9/30	963	959	1,034
Children adopted	14	107	140

1) The 2000 Census of the United States includes two new race catagories: (1) Persons of two or more races and (2) Other. Back

B. Child Maltreatment Data (NCANDS)

	Number			Rate
Maltreatment Information Overview	1998	1999	2000	1998	1998	2000
Children subject of an investigated report alleging child maltreatment	26,682	11,161	14,158	76.0 per 1,000	31.8 per 1,000	38.4 per 1,000
Child maltreatment victims²	7,936	2,928	3,171	22.6 per 1,000	8.4 per 1,000	8.6 per 1,000
Child fatalities	5	4	1	1.4 per 100,000	1.1 per 100,000	0.3 per 100,000

Age of Child Victims (%)	1998	1999	2000
Under 1 year	2.8	5.8	7.9
1-5 years	23.5	21.8	31.3
6-10 years	27.6	21.3	29.3
11-15 years	23.8	16.5	24.6
16+ years	11.8	4.5	5.7
Unknown	10.5	30.1	1.2
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	7,936	2,928	3,171

Race/Ethnicity of Child Victims (%)	1998	1999	2000
Alaska Native/American Indian	1.5	1.6	2.8
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.3	0.1	0.5
Black	0.2	0.4	0.8
Hispanic	9.2	7.0	9.0
White	78.5	55.7	81.9
Two or more races	N/A	N/A	-
Other/Unknown	19.5	42.2	5.0
Total %³	109.2	107.0	100.0
Number	7,936	2,928	3,171

Maltreatment Type of Child Victims (%)	1998	1999	2000
Emotional abuse	-	0.3	1.4
Medical neglect	-	2.6	11.2
Neglect	47.5	49.5	46.4
Physical abuse	31.1	29.0	21.9
Sexual abuse	16.3	13.1	10.9
Other	4.8	1.7	0.6
Unknown	0.2	3.9	7.6
Total %⁴	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	7,936	2,928	3,171

2) Children with more than one report of substantiated or indicated maltreatment may be counted more than once. Back
3) Percentages may total more than 100 percent because Hispanics may be counted both by Hispanic ethnicity and by race. Back
4) Percentages may total more than 100 percent because children could have been victims of more than one type of maltreatment. Back

C. Children in Foster Care
(AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database)

Number of Children	In Care on 10/1	Entered Care	Exited Care	In Care on 9/30	Total Served
FY1998 (10/1/97-9/30/98)	682	851	572	963	1,533
FY1999 (10/1/98-9/30/99)	757	999	806	959	1,756
FY2000 (10/1/99-9/30/00)	900	1,125	991	1,034	2,025
Median Length of Stay (Months)
FY1998 (10/1/97-9/30/98)	12.8	N/A	1.2	12.4	N/A
FY1999 (10/1/98-9/30/99)	12.6	N/A	2.1	12.5	N/A
FY2000 (10/1/99-9/30/00)	13.2	N/A	3.2	11.0	N/A

Age of Children in Foster Care (%)	In Care on 10/1/97	In Care on 10/1/98	In Care on 10/1/99	Entered Care During FY 1998	Entered Care During FY 1999	Entered Care During FY 2000	Exited Care During FY 1998	Exited Care During FY 1999	Exited Care During FY 2000	In Care on 9/30/98	In Care on 9/30/99	In Care on 9/30/00
Under 1 year	5.0	4.5	4.2	12.6	9.8	9.9	7.0	5.5	4.8	4.4	4.5	4.4
1-5 years	27.6	25.4	27.0	25.7	29.1	27.1	30.8	28.4	28.2	25.5	26.4	27.4
6-10 years	29.3	29.6	25.4	25.0	21.3	22.2	22.7	26.3	23.8	29.7	24.4	23.3
11-15 years	26.2	30.4	28.9	28.4	28.5	30.1	26.7	26.1	26.0	27.5	29.2	30.6
16-18 years	11.7	10.2	14.4	8.2	11.2	10.7	12.8	13.8	17.1	12.7	15.5	14.4
19+ years	0.1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1	0.1	-	-
Unknown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	682	757	900	851	999	1,125	572	806	991	963	959	1,034

Race/Ethnicity of Children in Foster Care (%)⁵	In Care on 10/1/97	In Care on 10/1/98	In Care on 10/1/99	Entered Care During FY 1998	Entered Care During FY 1999	Entered Care During FY 2000	Exited Care During FY 1998	Exited Care During FY 1999	Exited Care During FY 2000	In Care on 9/30/98	In Care on 9/30/99	In Care on 9/30/00
Alaska Native/American Indian	2.9	8.5	9.6	3.6	6.2	5.3	2.1	4.5	5.2	4.0	9.5	9.1
Asian/Pacific Islander	-	0.5	0.3	-	0.5	0.4	-	0.7	0.6	-	0.3	0.1
Black	1.9	2.5	1.9	1.2	1.6	1.8	0.7	2.1	1.6	2.0	1.9	2.0
Hispanic	7.3	11.4	13.4	10.8	12.5	10.4	12.9	10.9	13.6	7.1	12.8	10.0
White	87.2	76.6	72.2	83.3	73.4	72.9	83.0	77.4	71.4	86.3	72.7	73.7
Two or more races	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Unknown	0.6	0.5	2.6	1.1	5.8	9.2	1.2	4.3	7.5	0.6	2.8	5.1
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	682	757	900	851	999	1,125	572	806	991	963	959	1,034

5) In this and subsequent race/ethnicity tables, data for two or more races may be provided for 1998 and 1999 because of States' resubmissions. However, data for 1998 and 1999 may not capture all children of two or more races and therefore may not be comparable to the 2000 data pertaining to two or more races. Back

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D. Children Waiting to Be Adopted
(AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database)⁶

Overview	9/30/98	9/30/99	9/30/00
Children waiting to be adopted	149	86	208
Children whose parents' rights have been terminated (TPR)	97	13	207

Age of Waiting Children (%)	1998	1999	2000
Under 1 year	2.7	1.2	1.0
1-5 years	30.9	38.4	28.8
6-10 years	38.3	37.2	31.3
11-15 years	20.8	20.9	32.2
16+ years	6.0	2.3	96.3
Unknown	1.3	-	0.5
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	149	86	208

Race/Ethnicity of Waiting Children (%)	1998	1999	2000
Alaska Native/American Indian	1.3	7.0	12.0
Asian/Pacific Islander	-	-	0.5
Black	2.7	1.2	4.8
Hispanic	10.1	33.7	7.2
White	85.9	55.8	73.1
Two or more races	-	-	-
Unknown	-	2.3	2.4
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	149	86	208

6) Waiting children are children who have a goal of adoption and/or whose parents rights have been terminated. Children 16 years and older with TPR, but with a goal of emancipation, have been excluded from the waiting children and TPR populations. Back

E. Children Adopted
(AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database)

Age of Adopted Children (%)	1998	1999	2000
Under 1 year	14.3	0.9	7.9
1-5 years	28.6	52.3	47.9
6-10 years	50.0	39.3	30.7
11-15 years	7.1	6.5	12.1
16+ years	-	0.9	1.4
Unknown	-	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	14	107	140

Race/Ethnicity of Adopted Children (%)	1998	1999	2000
Alaska Native/American Indian	-	3.7	4.3
Asian/Pacific Islander	-	0.9	5.0
Black	-	12.1	2.9
Hispanic	-	6.5	23.6
White	85.7	73.8	60.7
Two or more races	-	-	-
Unknown	14.3	2.8	3.6
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	14	107	140

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Idaho [ Outcomes Data ]

1. Reduce Recurrence of Child Abuse and/or Neglect
(NCANDS)

1.1 Recurrence of Maltreatment Within 6 Months (%)	1998	1999	2000
Children without a recurrence	-	-	-
Children with one or more recurrences	-	-	-
Total %	-	-	-
Number	-	-	-

2. Reduce the Incidence of Child Abuse and/or Neglect in Foster Care
(NCANDS, AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database Jan —Sept)

2.1 Maltreatment in Foster Care (%)	1998	1999	2000
Children maltreated while in foster care	-	-	-
Children not maltreated while in foster care	-	-	-
Total %	-	-	-
Number	-	-	-

3. Increase Permanency for Children in Foster Care
(AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database)

3.1 Exits from Foster Care (%)	1998	1999	2000
Adoption	5.2	6.5	10.0
Guardianship	-	-	-
Reunification	82.2	84.7	81.0
Other	5.2	6.1	7.6
Missing data	7.3	2.7	1.4
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	572	806	991

Pie Charts describing data from Table 3.1 above.

3.2 Exits of Disabled Children (%)	1998	1999	2000
Adoption	9.8	13.7	40.0
Guardianship	-	-	-
Reunification	74.5	74.5	56.7
Other	3.9	9.8	3.3
Missing data	11.8	2.0	-
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	51	51	60

3.3 Exits of Children Over Age 12 at Entry (%)	1998	1999	2000
Adoption	-	-	0.3
Guardianship	-	-	-
Reunification	78.2	79.5	79.0
Other	13.2	15.6	19.7
Missing data	8.6	4.9	1.0
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	174	224	295

3.4 Exits to Emancipation (%)	1998	1999	2000
Children age 12 or younger at entry	10.5	21.9	20.9
Children older than 12 at entry	89.5	75.0	79.1
Missing data	-	3.1	-
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	19	32	43

3.5 Exits by Race/Ethnicity (%)	Alaska Native/A.I.			Asian/P.I.			Black			Hispanic
	1998	1999	2000	1998	1999	2000	1998	1999	2000	1998	1999	2000
Adoption	-	5.6	11.5	-	16.7	-	-	41.2	6.2	9.5	5.7	21.5
Guardianship	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Reunification	41.7	88.9	75.0	-	83.3	83.3	75.0	58.8	93.8	74.3	88.6	74.8
Other	8.3	2.8	11.5	-	-	16.7	-	-	-	6.8	4.5	3.7
Missing data	50.0	2.8	1.9	-	-	-	25.0	-	-	9.5	1.1	-
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	-	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	12	36	52	-	6	6	4	17	16	74	88	135
	White			Unable to Determine			Two or More Races			Missing Data
	1998	1999	2000	1998	1999	2000	1998	1999	2000	1998	1999	2000
Adoption	4.8	5.9	8.9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Guardianship	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Reunification	84.2	84.0	81.2	100.0	97.1	91.9	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other	5.1	7.1	8.2	-	-	6.8	-	-	-	-	-	-
Missing data	5.9	3.0	1.7	-	2.9	1.4	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	-	-	-	-	-	-
Number	475	624	708	7	35	74	-	-	-	-	-	-

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4. Reduce Time to Reunification Without Increasing Re-entry
(AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database)

4.1 Time to Reunification (%)	1998	1999	2000
Less than 12 mos.	89.4	83.2	82.1
At least 12 mos., but less than 24 mos.	6.6	10.2	11.7
At least 24 mos., but less than 36 mos.	1.9	2.3	4.2
At least 36 mos., but less than 48 mos.	0.9	0.9	1.2
48 or more mos.	0.4	1.0	0.6
Missing data	0.9	2.3	0.1
Total (%)	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	470	683	803

Bar chart describing reunification percentages data in Table 4.1 above.

4.2 Children Who Entered Foster Care (%)	1998	1999	2000
Children entering care for the first time	81.4	90.3	82.3
Children re-entering care within 12 mos. of a prior episode	6.8	5.4	10.1
Children re-entering care more than 12 mos. after a prior episode	4.5	1.5	5.7
Missing data	7.3	2.8	1.9
Total (%)	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	851	999	1,125

Bar chart describing re-entries into Foster Care within 12 months from data in Table 4.2 above.

5. Reduce Time in Foster Care to Adoption
(AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database)

5.1 Time to Adoption (%)	1998	1999	2000
Less than 12 mos.	6.7	3.8	-
At least 12 mos., but less than 24 mos.	10.0	15.4	18.2
At least 24 mos., but less than 36 mos.	36.7	38.5	31.3
At least 36 mos., but less than 48 mos.	10.0	13.5	18.2
48 or more mos.	36.7	28.8	32.3
Missing data	-	-	-
Total (%)	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	30	52	99

Bar Chart describing Percentage of Adoptions Occurring in Less Than 24 or greater than 48 Months of Entry data from Table 5.1 above

6. Increase Placement Stability
(AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database)

6.1 Number of Placements by Time in Care (%)	Year	Children With 2 or Fewer Placements	Children With 3 or More Placements	Missing Data	Total %	Number
Less than 12 mos.	1998 1999 2000	69.8 73.6 75.7	26.0 22.9 24.3	4.2 3.5 -	100.0 100.0 100.0	934 1,072 1,252
At least 12 mos., but <24 mos.	1998 1999 2000	46.4 53.0 40.4	52.9 46.0 59.6	0.8 1.0 -	100.0 100.0 100.0	261 300 337
At least 24 mos., but <36 mos.	1998 1999 2000	40.6 64.2 33.2	59.4 35.8 66.8	- - -	100.0 100.0 100.0	133 151 196
At least 36 mos., but <48 mos.	1998 1999 2000	31.7 45.8 29.7	59.8 54.2 70.3	8.5 - -	100.0 100.0 100.0	82 72 91
48 or more mos.	1998 1999 2000	25.0 62.8 48.0	69.2 37.2 52.0	5.8 - -	100.0 100.0 100.0	120 148 148
Missing data	1998 1999 2000	100.0 92.3 100.0	- 7.7 -	- - -	100.0 100.0 100.0	3 13 1

Bar chart describing foster care placements over time percentages data from Table 6.1 above.

7. Reduce Placements of Young Children in Group Homes or Institutions
(AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database)

7.1 Most Recent Placement Settings of Children Who Entered Care During the Fiscal Year and Were Age 12 or Younger at the Time of This Placement (%)	1998	1999	2000
Group homes	3.2	3.9	4.5
Institutions	4.4	1.8	2.1
Other settings	91.6	93.3	93.5
Missing data	0.9	1.0	-
Total (%)	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	571	674	780

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Child Welfare Outcomes 2000: Annual Report Chapter IV - State Data

Idaho [ Context Data ]

A. Key Context Statistics

B. Child Maltreatment Data (NCANDS)

C. Children in Foster Care (AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database)

D. Children Waiting to Be Adopted (AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database)6

E. Children Adopted (AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database)

Idaho [ Outcomes Data ]

1. Reduce Recurrence of Child Abuse and/or Neglect (NCANDS)

2. Reduce the Incidence of Child Abuse and/or Neglect in Foster Care (NCANDS, AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database Jan —Sept)

3. Increase Permanency for Children in Foster Care (AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database)

4. Reduce Time to Reunification Without Increasing Re-entry (AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database)

5. Reduce Time in Foster Care to Adoption (AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database)

6. Increase Placement Stability (AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database)

7. Reduce Placements of Young Children in Group Homes or Institutions (AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database)

Child Welfare Outcomes 2000: Annual Report
Chapter IV - State Data

C. Children in Foster Care
(AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database)

D. Children Waiting to Be Adopted
(AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database)⁶

E. Children Adopted
(AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database)

1. Reduce Recurrence of Child Abuse and/or Neglect
(NCANDS)

2. Reduce the Incidence of Child Abuse and/or Neglect in Foster Care
(NCANDS, AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database Jan —Sept)

3. Increase Permanency for Children in Foster Care
(AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database)

4. Reduce Time to Reunification Without Increasing Re-entry
(AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database)

5. Reduce Time in Foster Care to Adoption
(AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database)

6. Increase Placement Stability
(AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database)

7. Reduce Placements of Young Children in Group Homes or Institutions
(AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database)