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

Context Data | Outcomes Data | State Comment
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Maryland [ Context Data ]

A. Key Context Statistics

General Population	1998	1999	2000
Total children under 18 years	1,287,190	1,309,432	1,356,172
Race/ethnicity (%)¹
Alaska Native/American Indian	0.3	0.3	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islander	4.3	4.4	3.7
Black	31.3	31.6	31.9
Hispanic	4.5	4.7	5.3
White	59.6	58.9	55.9
Two or more races	N/A	N/A	2.7
Other	N/A	N/A	0.3
% Child population in poverty	14.4	6.6	8.5
% Child population living in metropolitan areas	86.7	89.2	93.1

Child Welfare	1998	1999	2000
Child maltreatment victims	14,234	-	-
Children in foster care on 9/30	12,890	13,455	13,113
Children adopted	477	592	537

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	55,964	-	-	43.5 per 1,000	- per 1,000	- per 1,000
Child maltreatment victims²	14,234	-	-	11.1 per 1,000	- per 1,000	- per 1,000
Child fatalities	24	-	-	1.9 per 100,000	- per 100,000	- per 100,000

Age of Child Victims (%)	1998	1999	2000
Under 1 year	-	-	-
1-5 years	-	-	-
6-10 years	-	-	-
11-15 years	-	-	-
16+ years	-	-	-
Unknown	-	-	-
Total %	-	-	-
Number	-	-	-

Race/Ethnicity of Child Victims (%)	1998	1999	2000
Alaska Native/American Indian	-	-	-
Asian/Pacific Islander	-	-	-
Black	-	-	-
Hispanic	-	-	-
White	-	-	-
Two or more races	N/A	N/A	-
Other/Unknown	-	-	-
Total %³	-	-	-
Number	-	-	-

Maltreatment Type of Child Victims (%)	1998	1999	2000
Emotional abuse	-	-	-
Medical neglect	-	-	-
Neglect	-	-	-
Physical abuse	-	-	-
Sexual abuse	-	-	-
Other	-	-	-
Unknown	-	-	-
Total %⁴	-	-	-
Number	-	-	-

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)	11,719	4,467	3,296	12,890	16,186
FY1999 (10/1/98-9/30/99)	12,452	3,936	2,933	13,455	16,388
FY2000 (10/1/99-9/30/00)	12,295	3,928	3,110	13,113	16,223
Median Length of Stay (Months)
FY1998 (10/1/97-9/30/98)	25.6	N/A	14.0	26.2	N/A
FY1999 (10/1/98-9/30/99)	28.8	N/A	16.7	31.9	N/A
FY2000 (10/1/99-9/30/00)	31.7	N/A	17.5	33.6	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	2.6	2.8	3.0	14.2	16.9	17.5	4.7	5.0	5.8	2.9	3.0	3.0
1-5 years	25.1	21.8	20.1	26.6	26.4	26.0	27.4	27.3	24.8	22.6	20.2	20.3
6-10 years	30.5	30.1	28.5	26.3	24.4	24.3	25.9	28.8	27.1	30.4	28.3	26.1
11-15 years	27.2	29.2	30.3	26.1	26.2	25.8	23.4	21.8	23.0	27.8	29.3	30.2
16-18 years	12.9	14.0	15.9	6.8	6.0	6.3	15.7	13.7	16.0	13.2	15.4	16.1
19+ years	1.7	2.1	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.1	2.8	3.3	3.3	3.0	3.7	4.3
Unknown	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	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	11,719	12,452	12,295	4,467	3,936	3,928	3,296	2,933	3,110	12,890	13,455	13,113

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	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.3
Black	79.2	79.4	78.6	70.4	68.7	68.7	67.5	70.8	68.2	79.2	78.1	78.1
Hispanic	0.9	0.9	1.1	1.4	1.8	2.3	2.0	2.0	1.7	0.8	0.9	1.3
White	18.7	18.2	18.7	25.2	26.4	26.2	28.7	24.2	27.7	18.4	19.3	18.8
Two or more races	-	-	0.5	-	-	1.2	-	-	0.7	-	-	0.6
Unknown	0.7	1.0	0.8	2.6	2.6	1.1	1.5	2.4	1.1	1.2	1.2	0.8
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	11,719	12,452	12,295	4,467	3,936	3,928	3,296	2,933	3,110	12,890	13,455	13,113

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	2,211	2,806	3,076
Children whose parents' rights have been terminated (TPR)	972	1,304	1,693

Age of Waiting Children (%)	1998	1999	2000
Under 1 year	1.0	1.1	1.5
1-5 years	31.3	27.8	27.6
6-10 years	43.0	41.1	37.5
11-15 years	21.8	26.1	28.7
16+ years	2.4	3.5	3.8
Unknown	0.5	0.5	1.0
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	2,211	2,806	3,076

Race/Ethnicity of Waiting Children (%)	1998	1999	2000
Alaska Native/American Indian	0.1	0.1	-
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.0	0.1	-
Black	77.6	79.2	79.7
Hispanic	0.6	0.5	0.8
White	20.2	19.1	18.1
Two or more races	-	-	0.7
Unknown	1.4	1.0	0.7
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	2,211	2,806	3,076

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	2.3	1.0	1.7
1-5 years	44.7	41.4	37.1
6-10 years	41.5	41.2	45.3
11-15 years	10.7	15.5	14.7
16+ years	0.8	0.8	1.3
Unknown	-	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	477	592	537

Race/Ethnicity of Adopted Children (%)	1998	1999	2000
Alaska Native/American Indian	-	0.3	-
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.6	0.3	0.6
Black	65.2	71.8	67.2
Hispanic	2.5	0.2	2.4
White	30.8	26.7	27.4
Two or more races	-	0.5	2.4
Unknown	0.8	0.2	-
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	477	592	537

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Maryland [ 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	7.2	10.8	15.5
Guardianship	1.9	4.7	4.6
Reunification	41.7	62.2	60.4
Other	6.9	8.2	10.0
Missing data	42.2	14.1	9.5
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	3,296	2,933	3,110

Pie Charts describing data from Table 3.1 above.

3.2 Exits of Disabled Children (%)	1998	1999	2000
Adoption	9.2	13.5	13.7
Guardianship	1.1	2.4	2.2
Reunification	38.1	55.7	59.0
Other	14.2	16.5	16.0
Missing data	37.5	12.0	9.2
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	544	460	556

3.3 Exits of Children Over Age 12 at Entry (%)	1998	1999	2000
Adoption	0.3	1.0	1.3
Guardianship	1.3	3.0	2.9
Reunification	39.4	53.2	56.0
Other	18.1	24.8	27.6
Missing data	41.0	18.0	12.2
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	757	596	682

3.4 Exits to Emancipation (%)	1998	1999	2000
Children age 12 or younger at entry	32.2	32.5	33.9
Children older than 12 at entry	67.8	67.5	66.1
Missing data	-	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	143	166	230

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	-	25.0	50.0	12.5	-	31.3	6.3	10.3	16.8	7.7	5.0	9.6
Guardianship	-	-	-	-	12.5	6.3	2.3	5.7	6.0	4.6	-	-
Reunification	16.7	62.5	50.0	62.5	50.0	43.8	40.3	63.3	59.4	44.6	63.3	67.3
Other	-	12.5	-	12.5	12.5	6.3	6.3	7.1	8.9	3.1	10.0	17.3
Missing data	83.3	-	-	12.5	25.0	12.5	44.6	13.6	8.9	40.0	21.7	5.8
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	6	8	4	8	8	16	2,224	2,077	2,122	65	60	52
	White			Unable to Determine			Two or More Races			Missing Data
	1998	1999	2000	1998	1999	2000	1998	1999	2000	1998	1999	2000
Adoption	9.2	13.0	11.7	-	-	20.6	-	-	18.2	8.3	10.0	-
Guardianship	0.7	2.3	1.5	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1	2.9	-
Reunification	44.9	58.3	63.1	-	-	58.8	-	-	54.5	41.7	67.1	-
Other	8.9	11.5	12.4	-	-	11.8	-	-	9.1	2.1	5.7	-
Missing data	36.3	14.9	11.2	-	-	8.8	-	-	18.2	45.8	14.3	-
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	-	-	100.0	-	-	100.0	100.0	100.0	-
Number	945	710	860	-	-	34	-	-	22	48	70	-

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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.	58.9	48.4	55.3
At least 12 mos., but less than 24 mos.	17.9	19.0	17.2
At least 24 mos., but less than 36 mos.	8.7	16.3	11.9
At least 36 mos., but less than 48 mos.	8.1	6.3	6.3
48 or more mos.	6.1	9.9	9.3
Missing data	0.3	-	-
Total (%)	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	1,376	1,823	1,879

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	74.4	80.6	79.5
Children re-entering care within 12 mos. of a prior episode	13.5	8.9	9.0
Children re-entering care more than 12 mos. after a prior episode	11.1	9.8	11.0
Missing data	1.0	0.7	0.4
Total (%)	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	4,467	3,936	3,928

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.	6.3	10.7	6.7
At least 12 mos., but less than 24 mos.	16.0	13.2	7.3
At least 24 mos., but less than 36 mos.	25.6	15.5	16.4
At least 36 mos., but less than 48 mos.	22.7	18.3	15.0
48 or more mos.	29.0	42.3	54.7
Missing data	0.4	-	-
Total (%)	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	238	317	481

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	95.4 95.4 95.4	4.6 4.6 4.6	- - -	100.0 100.0 100.0	4,909 4,252 4,246
At least 12 mos., but <24 mos.	1998 1999 2000	88.2 82.2 81.9	11.8 17.8 18.1	- - -	100.0 100.0 100.0	3,221 2,900 2,733
At least 24 mos., but <36 mos.	1998 1999 2000	82.8 69.7 70.3	17.2 30.3 29.7	- - -	100.0 100.0 100.0	2,136 2,361 2,122
At least 36 mos., but <48 mos.	1998 1999 2000	78.5 60.8 57.8	21.5 39.2 42.2	- - -	100.0 100.0 100.0	1,752 1,678 1,666
48 or more mos.	1998 1999 2000	71.9 54.5 49.2	28.1 45.5 50.8	- - -	100.0 100.0 100.0	4,109 5,184 5,450
Missing data	1998 1999 2000	100.0 100.0 100.0	- - -	- - -	100.0 100.0 100.0	59 13 6

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	4.7	6.4	4.2
Institutions	1.3	3.9	4.1
Other settings	93.0	87.5	90.1
Missing data	1.0	2.2	1.6
Total (%)	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	3,258	3,042	3,029

Maryland [ State Comment ]

Linda E. Mouzon, Executive Director
Social Services Administration
Maryland Department of Human Resources
800-332-6347

Maryland does not have data available for Section B or outcome measures 1.1 and 2.1 because until 1998 Maryland could not by law maintain a centralized database containing the names of alleged child maltreatment victims or perpetrators. Maryland could only track incidents or households in which presumed maltreatment occurred. Since then the database has been upgraded and department staff are using victim and perpetrator identifiers; however, for calendar year 2000 data, records of many child protective service investigations still lack these identifiers.

In previous years, the NCANDS contractor created child counts for Maryland by multiplying Maryland?s household count by a national average number of children per household. Maryland prefers blanks in these charts to the use of a child multiplier until better data can be submitted.

Counts of children in foster care in sections C and E and outcome measures 3 through 7 include children in kinship care as well as foster care. For technical reasons, the number of exits from foster care shown for three years in section C is an undercount. The undercount inflates the number of children in care each year in the 9/30 column of section C. The number of children in care shown in the 10/1 column and the number of entries for each year are correct.

The difference between the adoption counts in section E and exits to adoption in outcome measures 3.1 and 5.1 is due to the fact that the former is a manual count and the latter is derived from DHR?s Client Information System (CIS). The former is used for AFCARS adoption reporting (section E) while the latter is used to count exits to adoption (measures 3.1 and 5.1) when reporting AFCARS foster care data.

The manual count is more accurate than the CIS count because tracking adoptions on CIS is difficult. To maintain confidentiality, children drop out of the data system when they assume new identities in the process of adoption. This leads to an undercount of exits to adoption. The count of 537 children is likely to increase slightly when adoptions finalized in FFY 2000 are picked up from Maryland?s FFY 2001 AFCARS adoption report.

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

Maryland [ 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)

Maryland [ 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)

Maryland [ State Comment ]

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)