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North Dakota [ Context Data ]

A. Key Context Statistics

General Population	1998	1999	2000	2001
Total children under 18 years	162,611	160,092	160,849	151,223
Race/ethnicity (%)¹
Alaska Native/American Indian	8.3	8.5	7.8	8.0
Asian	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.7
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.2	1.2	0.6	N/A
Black	0.7	0.8	0.8	1.0
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.1
Hispanic	1.7	1.8	2.0	2.0
White	88.1	87.7	86.6	86.4
Two or more races	N/A	N/A	2.1	1.8
Other	N/A	N/A	0.1	N/A
% Child population in poverty	20.1	19.2	15.3	19.5
% Child population living in metropolitan areas	38.0	37.8	42.6	37.8

Child Welfare	1998	1999	2000	2001
Child maltreatment victims	-	1,284	-	1,359
Children in foster care on 9/30	1,170	1,143	1,129	1,167
Children adopted	111	139	105	145

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	2001	1998	1999	2000	2001
Children subject of an investigated report alleging child maltreatment	7,098	6,926	6,985	6,926	43.7 per 1,000	43.3 per 1,000	43.4 per 1,000	43.8 per 1,000
Child maltreatment victims²	-	1,284	-	1,383	- per 1,000	8.0 per 1,000	- per 1,000	8.5 per 1,000
Child fatalities	0	0	0	1	- per 100,000	- per 100,000	- per 100,000	0.6 per 100,000

Age of Child Victims (%)	1998	1999	2000	2001
Under 1 year	-	6.9	-	6.0
1-5 years	-	26.3	-	28.8
6-10 years	-	33.6	-	30.8
11-15 years	-	28.0	-	26.7
16+ years	-	5.3	-	7.7
Unknown	-	-	-	-
Total %	-	100.0	-	100.0
Number	-	1,284	-	1,359

Race/Ethnicity of Child Victims (%)	1998	1999	2000	2001
Alaska Native/American Indian	-	26.2	-	21.2
Asian/Pacific Islander	-	0.2	-	0.3
Black	-	3.5	-	3.8
Hispanic	-	3.3	-	1.8
White	-	68.8	-	72.0
Two or more races	N/A	N/A	-	-
Other/Unknown	-	1.2	-	1.0
Total %³	-	103.3	-	100.0
Number	-	1,284	-	1,359

Maltreatment Type of Child Victims (%)	1998	1999	2000	2001
Emotional abuse	-	48.3	-	52.5
Medical neglect	-	4.3	-	1.7
Neglect	-	64.0	-	58.3
Physical abuse	-	12.5	-	18.4
Sexual abuse	-	7.2	-	8.2
Other	-	136.3	-	-
Unknown	-	-	-	3.2
Total %⁴	-	272.6	-	142.4
Number	-	1,284	-	1,359

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)	785	1,056	671	1,170	1,841
FY1999 (10/1/98-9/30/99)	1,005	965	827	1,143	1,970
FY2000 (10/1/99-9/30/00)	974	1,006	851	1,129	1,980
FY2000 (10/1/99-9/30/00)	982	1,013	828	1,167	1,995
Median Length of Stay (Months)
FY1998 (10/1/97-9/30/98)	12.8	N/A	7.0	10.8	N/A
FY1999 (10/1/98-9/30/99)	11.1	N/A	8.0	10.8	N/A
FY2000 (10/1/99-9/30/00)	10.9	N/A	6.4	10.8	N/A
FY2001 (10/1/00-9/30/01)	11.0	N/A	7.1	10.2	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	In Care on 10/1/00	Entered Care During FY 1998	Entered Care During FY 1999	Entered Care During FY 2000	Entered Care During FY 2001	Exited Care During FY 1998	Exited Care During FY 1999	Exited Care During FY 2000	Exited Care During FY 2001	In Care on 9/30/98	In Care on 9/30/99	In Care on 9/30/00	In Care on 9/30/01
Under 1 year	5.2	5.9	5.4	4.2	12.1	13.5	12.0	8.8	3.4	2.5	4.7	3.0	8.5	8.9	6.8	5.4
1-5 years	21.3	13.4	14.4	15.7	11.9	16.4	14.0	16.3	18.3	16.1	14.9	16.8	15.2	16.3	16.3	16.9
6-10 years	22.5	20.6	19.9	17.9	14.4	15.3	15.6	15.8	17.9	15.6	15.2	13.0	18.2	19.2	17.4	17.7
11-15 years	33.1	33.5	34.7	35.9	37.7	35.1	36.7	36.4	25.0	26.7	29.1	26.8	33.4	32.6	34.9	35.0
16-18 years	17.5	25.8	24.8	25.3	23.8	19.7	21.7	22.6	34.9	38.1	35.4	39.4	23.9	22.2	23.6	24.5
19+ years	0.3	0.8	0.7	0.9	-	-	-	-	0.3	1.0	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.8	0.4
Unknown	0.1	-	-	0.1	0.1	-	-	0.1	0.1	-	-	0.1	-	0.1	0.1	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	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	785	1,005	974	982	1,056	965	1,006	1,013	671	827	851	828	1,170	1,143	1,129	1,167

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	In Care on 10/1/00	Entered Care During FY 1998	Entered Care During FY 1999	Entered Care During FY 2000	Entered Care During FY 2001	Exited Care During FY 1998	Exited Care During FY 1999	Exited Care During FY 2000	Exited Care During FY 2001	In Care on 9/30/98	In Care on 9/30/99	In Care on 9/30/00	In Care on 9/30/01
Alaska Native/American Indian	36.7	34.2	33.1	32.8	25.9	27.5	28.2	27.1	27.7	30.6	29.7	27.7	32.1	31.1	31.3	31.5
Asian	-	-	0.8	0.4	-	-	0.5	0.7	-	-	0.2	-	0.2	0.7	-	-
Asian/Pacific Islander	-	0.2	-	-	0.5	0.8	-	-	0.5	0.2	-	-	0.2	0.7	-	-
Black	1.9	1.8	2.4	1.6	2.7	2.5	1.8	3.5	2.2	1.6	2.2	2.2	2.4	2.5	1.9	2.8
Hawaiian Native/Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2	-	-	-	0.1	-	-	-	0.1
Hispanic	1.8	3.1	2.5	3.1	5.2	5.0	4.2	2.7	4.3	5.3	3.9	3.0	3.4	3.1	2.9	2.7
White	59.1	59.6	60.3	60.2	65.0	63.6	62.1	63.0	65.0	61.8	61.8	64.7	61.0	61.4	60.8	59.4
Two or more races	0.4	1.0	0.9	1.8	0.8	0.6	3.2	2.9	0.1	0.5	2.1	2.3	0.9	1.0	2.0	2.4
Unknown	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	-	-	-	0.2	-	-	-	0.1	0.1	0.1	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	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	785	1,005	974	982	1,056	965	1,006	1,013	671	827	851	828	1,170	1,143	1,129	1,167

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

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

Overview	9/30/98	9/30/99	9/30/00	9/30/01
Children waiting to be adopted	370	387	343	322
Children whose parents' rights have been terminated (TPR)	323	332	262	191

Age of Waiting Children (%)	1998	1999	2000	2001
Under 1 year	23.5	22.2	14.9	13.7
1-5 years	33.0	29.7	32.1	28.3
6-10 years	26.5	26.4	22.4	24.5
11-15 years	15.7	19.6	25.9	27.0
16+ years	0.8	1.0	4.4	5.9
Unknown	0.5	1.0	0.3	0.6
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	370	387	343	322

Race/Ethnicity of Waiting Children (%)	1998	1999	2000	2001
Alaska Native/American Indian	29.2	25.1	26.2	31.4
Asian	-	-	2.6	1.6
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.5	2.1	-	-
Black	4.9	4.7	2.9	3.1
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
Hispanic	3.0	3.4	3.8	2.5
White	61.1	63.6	62.4	59.3
Two or more races	1.4	1.3	2.0	2.2
Unknown	-	-	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	370	387	343	322

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	2001
Under 1 year	45.9	48.2	41.9	27.6
1-5 years	36.9	31.7	34.3	32.4
6-10 years	9.0	14.4	18.1	21.4
11-15 years	7.2	4.3	4.8	13.1
16+ years	0.9	1.4	1.0	5.5
Unknown	-	-	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	111	139	105	145

Race/Ethnicity of Adopted Children (%)	1998	1999	2000	2001
Alaska Native/American Indian	4.5	14.4	9.5	23.4
Asian	-	-	-	-
Asian/Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
Black	4.5	5.0	3.8	4.8
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
Hispanic	3.6	7.2	4.8	4.1
White	87.4	73.4	79.0	66.2
Two or more races	-	-	2.9	1.4
Unknown	-	-	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	111	139	105	145

North Dakota [ Outcomes Data ]

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

1.1 Recurrence of Maltreatment Within 6 Months (%)	1998	1999	2000	2001
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	2001
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	2001
Adoption	6.4	6.0	5.2	10.6
Guardianship	0.3	0.2	0.5	0.2
Reunification	70.3	68.4	70.9	60.5
Other	17.1	18.9	18.4	24.5
Missing data	5.8	6.4	5.1	4.1
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	671	827	851	828

Pie Charts describing data from Table 3.1 above.

3.2 Exits of Disabled Children (%)	1998	1999	2000	2001
Adoption	89.7	90.9	85.4	72.8
Guardianship	-	-	-	-
Reunification	6.9	-	9.8	16.5
Other	3.4	4.5	-	9.7
Missing data	-	4.5	4.9	1.0
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	29	44	41	103

3.3 Exits of Children Over Age 12 at Entry (%)	1998	1999	2000	2001
Adoption	-	0.4	-	0.9
Guardianship	0.3	0.4	0.9	0.4
Reunification	64.4	65.8	67.0	60.3
Other	26.5	25.2	25.1	35.8
Missing data	8.8	8.0	7.1	2.6
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	351	448	463	464

3.4 Exits to Emancipation (%)	1998	1999	2000	2001
Children age 12 or younger at entry	-	-	-	10.9
Children older than 12 at entry	100.0	100.0	100.0	89.1
Missing data	-	-	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	37	42	43	46

3.5 Exits by Race/Ethnicity (%)	Alaska Native/A.I.				Asian				Asian/Pacific Islander				Black				Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander
	1998	1999	2000	2001	1998	1999	2000	2001	1998	1999	2000	2001	1998	1999	2000	2001	1998	1999	2000	2001
Adoption	1.6	5.1	4.0	9.2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16.7	-	-	-	-
Guardianship	0.5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Reunification	75.3	64.0	63.2	52.4	-	-	100.0	-	100.0	100.0	-	-	86.7	76.9	63.2	72.2	-	-	-	100.0
Other	17.7	25.3	22.9	32.8	-	-	-	-	-	40.0	-	-	6.7	15.4	31.6	11.1	-	-	-	-
Missing data	4.8	5.5	9.9	5.7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6.7	7.7	5.3	-	-	-	-	-
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	186	253	253	229	-	-	2	-	3	2	-	-	15	13	19	18	-	-	-	1
	Hispanic				White				Unable to Determine				Two or More Races				Missing Data
	1998	1999	2000	2001	1998	1999	2000	2001	1998	1999	2000	2001	1998	1999	2000	2001	1998	1999	2000	2001
Adoption	-	6.8	-	16.0	9.2	6.7	6.1	11.2	-	-	-	-	-	-	11.1	-	-	-	-	-
Guardianship	-	-	-	-	0.2	0.4	0.8	0.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Reunification	86.2	75.0	81.8	60.0	66.5	69.5	73.4	63.4	100.0	-	-	-	-	100.0	88.9	63.2	-	-	-	-
Other	13.8	15.9	9.1	16.0	17.4	16.2	17.1	22.2	-	-	-	-	100.0	-	-	15.8	-	-	-	-
Missing data	-	2.3	9.1	8.0	6.7	7.2	2.7	2.8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21.1	-	-	-	-
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	100.0	-	-	-	-
Number	29	44	33	25	436	511	526	536	1	-	-	-	1	4	18	19	-	-	-	-

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

4.1 Time to Reunification (%)	1998	1999	2000	2001
Less than 12 mos.	74.8	72.8	81.4	80.8
At least 12 mos., but less than 24 mos.	19.3	21.0	13.9	15.4
At least 24 mos., but less than 36 mos.	4.9	3.9	2.7	3.0
At least 36 mos., but less than 48 mos.	0.4	2.1	1.3	0.2
48 or more mos.	-	-	0.7	0.4
Missing data	0.6	0.2	-	0.2
Total (%)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	472	566	603	501

Bar chart describing reunification percentages data in Table 4.1 above.

4.2 Children Who Entered Foster Care (%)	1998	1999	2000	2001
Children entering care for the first time	65.1	70.7	71.3	66.2
Children re-entering care within 12 mos. of a prior episode	15.8	16.4	19.4	19.0
Children re-entering care more than 12 mos. after a prior episode	7.1	9.1	7.0	10.2
Missing data	12.0	3.8	2.4	4.6
Total (%)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	1,056	965	1,006	1,013

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	2001
Less than 12 mos.	18.6	22.0	11.4	11.4
At least 12 mos., but less than 24 mos.	27.9	22.0	15.9	25.0
At least 24 mos., but less than 36 mos.	46.5	14.0	36.4	20.5
At least 36 mos., but less than 48 mos.	7.0	42.0	15.9	22.7
48 or more mos.	-	-	20.5	20.5
Missing data	-	-	-	-
Total (%)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	43	50	44	88

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 2001	87.2 86.0 87.1 81.2	8.2 10.9 12.6 14.4	4.6 3.0 0.3 4.3	100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0	1,157 1,151 1,210 1,220
At least 12 mos., but <24 mos.	1998 1999 2000 2001	75.1 68.8 63.5 59.7	22.7 30.3 36.2 40.3	2.3 0.9 0.3 -	100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0	309 426 359 352
At least 24 mos., but <36 mos.	1998 1999 2000 2001	67.4 65.9 54.5 49.0	30.8 33.3 45.5 51.1	1.8 0.7 - -	100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0	227 138 167 143
At least 36 mos., but <48 mos.	1998 1999 2000 2001	69.8 61.3 61.0 49.0	27.1 36.0 39.0 51.0	3.1 2.7 - -	100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0	129 150 77 102
48 or more mos.	1998 1999 2000 2001	66.7 67.3 58.3 52.0	- 30.7 40.5 46.9	33.3 2.0 1.2 1.1	100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0	12 101 163 175
Missing data	1998 1999 2000 2001	85.7 50.0 50.0 -	- - --	14.3 50.0 50.0 100.0	100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0	7 4 4 3

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	2001
Group homes	1.1	1.4	1.0	1.7
Institutions	4.9	4.7	8.8	5.7
Other settings	94.0	93.6	90.2	92.4
Missing data	-	0.2	-	0.2
Total (%)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	452	487	489	459

North Dakota [ Federal Comment ]

The following discussion focuses on North Dakota?s performance with regard to each of the outcomes assessed in the Child Welfare Outcomes Annual Reports to Congress. The North Dakota Child and Family Services Review (CFSR) was completed in fiscal year (FY) 2001, and compliance with the national standards was based on data from 1999. The final report for that review is available from Reports and Results of the Child and Family Service Reviews (CFSRs) . A discussion of the implications of CFSR findings for North Dakota?s performance on the Report to Congress Outcomes is provided in Child Welfare Outcomes 2000.

The State?s performance is assessed by examining the percent change in the data for each outcome measure from 1999 to 2001. The percent change was calculated using data carried out to the second decimal point. However, with the exception of outcome measure 2.1, the data presented in the Report to Congress are rounded to one decimal for ease of reading the tables (measure 2.1 must be presented as two decimals because the national standard is less than one percent).

Outcome 1. Reduce recurrence of child abuse and/or neglect
North Dakota?s performance on outcome 1 cannot be assessed as part of the Federal Comment section because the State does not provide data to the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) for calculating this outcome. To ensure data consistency across States, only data submitted through NCANDS are presented for this outcome in the Report to Congress. However, the State provided data submitted for this outcome for its CFSR using an alternative source. These data are presented in North Dakota?s CFSR Final Report.

Outcome 2. Reduce incidence of maltreatment in foster care
North Dakota?s attainment of outcome 2 cannot be evaluated in the Federal Comment section because the State does not provide data to NCANDS for calculating this outcome. In order to ensure data consistency across States, only data submitted through the NCANDS are presented for this outcome in the Report to Congress. However, the State provided data for this outcome for its CFSR using an alternative source. These data are presented in North Dakota?s CFSR Final Report.

Outcome 3. Increase permanency for children in foster care
In FY 2001, 71.3 percent of children exiting foster care were discharged to permanent homes (which is lower than the national median of 85.3 percent), and only 61.6 percent of children exiting foster care who were older than age 12 at the time of entry into foster care were discharged to permanent homes (which is lower than the national median of 72.3 percent). However, in FY 2001, 89.3 percent of children with a diagnosed disability who exited foster care were discharged to permanent homes (which is higher than the national median of 78.4), and 10.9 percent of children exiting foster care through emancipation were age 12 or younger at the time of entry (which is lower than the national median of 28.0 percent). These data suggest that although the State is not consistently effective in achieving permanency for children in foster care, particularly children who enter foster care when they are older than age 12, they are successful in ensuring that children who enter foster care at relatively young ages do not “grow up” in the system. North Dakota?s performance relative to permanency for children who enter foster care when they are older than age 12 declined from FY 1999 to FY 2001 (-7.6 percent change).

Outcome 4. Reduce time to reunification without increasing re-entry
In FY 2001, the percentage of all reunifications occurring within 12 months of children?s entry into foster care was 80.8, which is higher than both the national standard of 76.2 percent or more and the national median of 69.2 percent. North Dakota?s performance on this measure improved from FY 1999 to FY 2001 (+11.1 percent change).

North Dakota?s effectiveness with regard to reunification within 12 months must be balanced by the finding that in FY 2001, the percentage of children re-entering foster care within 12 months of discharge from a prior foster care episode was 19.0. This percentage exceeds both the national standard of 8.6 percent or less and the national median of 10.4 percent. However, this performance represents an improvement from FY 1999 to FY 2001 (+15.8 percent change).

Outcome 5. Reduce time in foster care to adoption
In FY 2001, the percentage of all finalized adoptions occurring within 24 months of a child?s entry into foster care was 36.4, which is higher than the national standard of 32.0 percent or more and the national median of 21.0 percent. However, the number of children reported as exiting to adoption to the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) Foster Care Database (88) is less than the number of finalized adoptions reported to the AFCARS Adoption Database (145). This discrepancy prevents a meaningful interpretation of the State?s performance on this outcome measure.

Outcome 6. Increase placement stability
In FY 2001, the percentage of children in foster care for less than 12 months who experienced no more than 2 placements was 81.2, which is lower than the national median of 83.3 percent and the national standard of 86.7 percent or more. North Dakota?s performance on this measure declined from FY 1999 to FY 2001 (-5.6 percent change).

Outcome 7. Reduce placements of young children in group homes and institutions
In FY 2001, the percentage of children age 12 or younger placed in a group home or institution was 7.4, which is lower than the national median of 8.7 percent. However, North Dakota?s performance on this measure declined from FY 1999 to FY 2001 (+20.2 percent change).

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North Dakota

North Dakota [ 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)

North Dakota [ 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)