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Oklahoma [ Context Data ]

A. Key Context Statistics

General Population	1998	1999	2000	2001
Total children under 18 years	879,367	882,062	892,360	878,154
Race/ethnicity (%)¹
Alaska Native/American Indian	10.1	9.7	10.6	10.3
Asian	N/A	N/A	N/A	1.4
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.4	1.5	1.3	N/A
Black	9.6	9.5	9.3	9.6
Hawaiian Native/Other Pacific Islander	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.1
Hispanic	6.0	6.2	7.9	7.9
White	72.9	73.1	64.6	65.2
Two or more races	N/A	N/A	6.2	5.5
Other	N/A	N/A	0.1	N/A
% Child population in poverty	19.8	16.7	24.1	21.4
% Child population living in metropolitan areas	61.5	61.7	61.5	61.5

Child Welfare	1998	1999	2000	2001
Child maltreatment victims	16,584	16,210	13,861	13,698
Children in foster care on 9/30	7,233	8,173	8,406	8,674
Children adopted	505	825	1,062	956

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	1998	2000	2001
Children subject of an investigated report alleging child maltreatment	60,340	60,955	59,955	63,520	68.6 per 1,000	69.1 per 1,000	67.2 per 1,000	71.1 per 1,000
Child maltreatment victims²	16,584	16,210	13,861	13,698	18.9 per 1,000	18.4 per 1,000	15.5 per 1,000	15.3 per 1,000
Child fatalities	45	47	45	28	5.1 per 100,000	5.3 per 100,000	5.0 per 100,000	3.1 per 100,000

Age of Child Victims (%)	1998	1999	2000	2001
Under 1 year	8.9	9.3	11.2	11.7
1-5 years	31.3	31.4	32.6	32.7
6-10 years	30.2	30.5	28.7	28.2
11-15 years	23.0	23.0	21.7	22.6
16+ years	4.9	4.4	4.5	4.6
Unknown	1.8	1.4	1.2	0.2
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	16,584	16,210	13,861	13,698

Race/Ethnicity of Child Victims (%)	1998	1999	2000	2001
Alaska Native/American Indian	13.6	14.4	12.7	13.6
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.8
Black	14.3	13.5	12.9	13.8
Hispanic	4.7	5.2	6.2	7.3
White	68.7	69.1	63.0	61.2
Two or more races	N/A	N/A	3.5	2.6
Other/Unknown	3.1	2.6	1.2	0.8
Total %³	104.7	105.2	100.0	100.0
Number	16,584	16,210	13,861	13,698

Maltreatment Type of Child Victims (%)	1998	1999	2000	2001
Emotional abuse	10.9	11.4	11.2	8.4
Medical neglect	3.3	3.1	3.3	3.3
Neglect	93.7	98.0	80.0	83.4
Physical abuse	24.9	24.9	19.9	20.0
Sexual abuse	8.5	8.0	7.8	7.6
Other	10.6	13.2	-	-
Unknown	-	-	1.4	0.1
Total %⁴	151.9	158.6	123.6	122.8
Number	16,584	16,210	13,861	13,698

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)	6,214	6,346	5,337	7,233	12,560
FY1999 (10/1/98-9/30/99)	6,432	6,484	4,746	8,173	12,916
FY2000 (10/1/99-9/30/00)	7,204	6,558	5,364	8,406	13,762
FY2001 (10/1/00-9/30/01)	8,051	6,487	5,864	8,674	14,538
Median Length of Stay (Months)
FY1998 (10/1/97-9/30/98)	13.2	N/A	4.2	12.9	N/A
FY1999 (10/1/98-9/30/99)	14.5	N/A	6.4	11.6	N/A
FY2000 (10/1/99-9/30/00)	13.4	N/A	7.6	11.9	N/A
FY2001 (10/1/00-9/30/01)	15.5	N/A	6.9	14.8	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	4.0	4.4	4.2	4.8	11.3	11.1	11.5	14.3	5.9	5.3	4.5	5.2	4.6	4.4	4.9	5.4
1-5 years	27.0	27.7	25.8	28.6	27.7	27.1	26.7	33.7	27.6	28.7	26.5	32.4	26.9	26.7	26.4	31.3
6-10 years	26.7	27.4	26.3	27.5	23.2	21.1	21.6	24.7	23.7	23.7	23.0	26.6	26.2	25.0	24.5	25.5
11-15 years	27.5	27.0	27.5	26.8	25.2	25.2	24.7	221.6	23.1	21.1	22.7	21.8	26.0	27.0	26.3	26.2
16-18 years	14.5	13.3	16.0	12.2	12.6	15.4	15.4	5.6	18.9	20.9	23.0	13.6	16.3	16.5	17.4	11.3
19+ years	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.5	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.2
Unknown	0.1	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
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	6,214	6,432	7,204	8,051	6,346	6,484	6,558	6,487	5,337	4,746	5,364	5,864	7,233	8,173	8,406	8,674

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	14.5	14.7	12.0	12.6	15.3	14.3	18.4	13.7	14.2	14.0	12.8	12.9	15.4	14.8	16.4	13.2
Asian	-	-	0.1	0.1	-	-	0.4	0.4	-	-	0.2	0.4	-	-	0.2	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.1	0.2	-	-	0.3	0.3	-	-	0.2	0.3	-	-	0.2	0.2	-	-
Black	25.7	24.8	21.6	20.4	20.0	19.5	17.3	15.5	20.6	20.7	19.7	16.7	24.5	23.0	19.5	19.3
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander	-	-	0.1	0.2	-	-	0.4	0.2	-	-	0.1	0.3	-	-	0.3	0.1
Hispanic	4.5	4.6	4.7	5.0	5.3	5.6	6.0	7.5	5.5	5.5	6.6	6.8	4.4	4.8	4.5	5.7
White	55.0	55.3	51.0	49.0	58.4	58.7	50.0	51.5	58.9	58.6	52.5	51.7	55.1	56.1	49.3	49.0
Two or more races	-	0.1	10.2	12.4	-	1.0	6.9	10.8	-	0.3	7.7	10.6	-	0.7	9.2	12.4
Unknown	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.4	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.3
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	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	6,214	6,432	7,204	8,051	6,346	6,484	6,558	6,487	5,337	4,746	5,364	5,864	7,233	8,173	8,406	8,674

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	1,422	1,832	1,767	2,390
Children whose parents' rights have been terminated (TPR)	11	25	18	-

Age of Waiting Children (%)	1998	1999	2000	2001
Under 1 year	3.1	2.6	2.5	3.0
1-5 years	32.9	29.9	29.3	31.9
6-10 years	36.1	33.1	33.1	31.3
11-15 years	24.8	30.2	31.2	29.0
16+ years	2.8	3.8	3.5	4.8
Unknown	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.0
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	1,422	1,832	1,767	2,390

Race/Ethnicity of Waiting Children (%)	1998	1999	2000	2001
Alaska Native/American Indian	13.6	13.9	11.4	10.8
Asian	-	-	-	-
Asian/Pacific Islander	-	0.3	-	-
Black	35.0	31.1	25.4	24.9
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
Hispanic	4.5	5.0	3.7	4.7
White	46.5	49.3	47.2	45.8
Two or more races	-	0.2	11.8	13.5
Unknown	0.4	0.3	0.5	0.4
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	1,422	1,832	1,767	2,390

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	2.0	2.1	1.4	1.3
1-5 years	45.1	39.4	40.9	39.6
6-10 years	34.1	37.0	35.4	37.0
11-15 years	16.4	19.0	18.6	19.9
16+ years	2.4	2.5	3.7	2.2
Unknown	-	-	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	505	825	1,062	956

Race/Ethnicity of Adopted Children (%)	1998	1999	2000	2001
Alaska Native/American Indian	11.7	9.6	12.1	11.2
Asian	-	-	0.7	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.4	0.4	-	-
Black	24.4	22.5	24.9	18.2
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander	-	-	0.3	0.5
Hispanic	3.2	4.2	6.5	5.1
White	56.2	56.6	50.9	57.7
Two or more races	3.6	6.3	4.6	6.7
Unknown	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.1
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	505	825	1,067	956

Oklahoma [ 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	87.3	88.2	88.3	90.2
Children with one or more recurrences	12.7	11.8	11.7	9.8
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	7,667	7,108	6,287	6,249

Bar chart describing Percentage of Children With One or More Recurrences of Maltreatment within 6 months data from Table 1.1 above.

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	1.30	0.96	1.27	1.40
Children not maltreated while in foster care	98.70	99.04	98.73	98.60
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	11,483	11,868	12,478	13,141

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

3.1 Exits from Foster Care (%)	1998	1999	2000	2001
Adoption	8.0	17.6	19.7	16.4
Guardianship	0.9	2.2	2.3	4.6
Reunification	57.0	73.8	71.0	69.9
Other	5.1	6.4	6.9	8.1
Missing data	28.9	-	-	1.1
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	5,337	4,746	5,364	5,864

Pie Charts describing data from Table 3.1 above.

3.2 Exits of Disabled Children (%)	1998	1999	2000	2001
Adoption	20.4	39.6	42.0	26.8
Guardianship	0.7	2.2	2.4	4.4
Reunification	35.5	45.7	43.4	47.0
Other	9.2	12.6	12.2	21.2
Missing data	34.2	-	-	0.6
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	991	692	655	836

3.3 Exits of Children Over Age 12 at Entry (%)	1998	1999	2000	2001
Adoption	0.7	1.0	1.3	1.8
Guardianship	0.5	0.4	0.9	3.4
Reunification	46.5	83.4	82.2	72.0
Other	11.1	15.1	15.7	21.7
Missing data	41.2	-	-	1.1
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	1,599	1,448	1,794	1,205

3.4 Exits to Emancipation (%)	1998	1999	2000	2001
Children age 12 or younger at entry	31.5	36.4	27.8	33.6
Children older than 12 at entry	68.5	63.6	68.5	66.4
Missing data	-	-	3.7	-
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	92	88	54	280

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	7.0	15.0	10.0	11.1	-	-	-	3.8	9.1	-	-	-	8.5	17.7	22.3	16.9	-	-	-	-
Guardianship	0.9	2.7	1.5	4.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3	0.6	1.8	6.0	-	-	-	-
Reunification	60.1	75.3	79.7	69.7	-	-	100.0	88.5	63.6	100.0	-	-	56.3	74.9	69.3	68.3	-	-	57.1	94.7
Other	6.5	6.9	8.9	14.0	-	-	-	7.7	-	-	-	-	4.6	6.7	6.6	7.6	-	-	42.9	5.3
Missing data	25.6	-	-	1.3	-	-	-	-	27.3	-	-	-	30.4	-	-	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	100.0	-	-	100.0	100.0
Number	759	665	688	758	-	-	10	26	11	14	-	-	1,097	981	1,055	981	-	-	7	19
	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	7.1	17.8	21.5	14.8	8.3	18.2	19.4	17.5	-	9.4	24.0	17.9	-	33.3	30.2	18.8	-	-	-	-
Guardianship	-	3.1	2.5	0.5	1.2	2.6	2.7	4.8	2.9	3.1	4.0	3.6	-	-	2.2	5.0	-	-	-	-
Reunification	63.6	73.0	70.1	79.4	56.0	73.0	70.9	69.3	40.0	81.3	68.0	78.6	-	60.0	62.8	67.4	-	-	-	-
Other	3.7	6.2	5.9	4.3	5.2	6.2	7.0	7.4	2.9	6.3	4.0	-	-	6.7	4.9	7.9	-	-	-	-
Missing data	25.5	-	-	1.0	29.3	-	-	1.1	54.3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0	-	-	-	-
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	-	-

Oklahoma

Oklahoma [ 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)