General Population	1998	1999
Total children under 18 years	1,263,404	1,334,564
Race/ethnicity (%)
Alaska Native/American Indian	7.1	6.9
Asian/Pacific Islander	2.0	2.1
Black	3.4	3.4
Hispanic	31.8	32.6
White	55.7	55.1
% Child population in poverty	26.3	16.1
% Child population living in metropolitan areas	82.8	85.0

 

Child Welfare	1998	1999
Child maltreatment victims	8,983	9,205
Children in foster care on 9/30	5,608	7,178
Children adopted	-	760

 

B. Child Maltreatment Data (NCANDS SDC, 1998 & 1999)

	Number		Rate
Maltreatment Information Overview	1998	1999	1998	1999
Children subject of an investigated report alleging child maltreatment	60,610	52,611	48.0 per 1,000	39.4 per 1,000
Child maltreatment victims1	8,983	9,205	7.1 per 1,000	6.9 per 1,000
Child fatalities	10	8	0.8 per 100,000	0.6 per 100,000

Age of Child Victims (%)	1998	1999
Under 1 year	14.8	15.7
1-5 years	29.4	29.4
6-10 years	28.4	27.7
11-15 years	22.1	22.4
16+ years	5.2	4.8
Unknown	0.2	-
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	8,983	9,205

 

Race/Ethnicity of Child Victims (%)	1998	1999
Alaska Native/American Indian	5.1	5.7
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.8	1.0
Black	8.8	9.2
Hispanic	29.6	31.0
White	78.9	78.3
Other	0.4	0.3
Unknown	6.0	5.5
Total %2	129.6	131.0
Number	8,983	9,205

 

Maltreatment Type of Child Victims (%)	1998	1999
Emotional abuse	1.8	1.2
Medical neglect	9.0	-
Neglect	60.8	58.4
Physical abuse	23.9	24.8
Sexual abuse	4.4	5.6
Other	0.1	10.0
Unknown	-	-
Total %3	100.0	100.0
Number	8,983	9,205

1) Children with more than one report of substantiated or indicated maltreatment may be counted more than once. Back
2) Percentages may total more than 100 percent because Hispanics may be counted both by Hispanic ethnicity and by race. Back
3) 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, FY 1998 & FY 1999)

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)	3,498	4,300	2,190	5,608	7,798
FY1999 (10/1/98-9/30/99)	7,504	4,575	4,901	7,178	12,079
Median Length of Stay (Months)	<	<	<	<	<
FY1998 (10/1/97-9/30/98)	16.0	N/A	4.1	10.7	N/A
FY1999 (10/1/98-9/30/99)	17.1	N/A	10.1	18.4	N/A

 

Age of Children in Foster Care (%)	In Care on 10/1/97	In Care on 10/1/98	Entered Care During FY 1998	Entered Care During FY 1999	Exited Care During FY 1998	Exited Care During FY 1999	In Care on 9/30/98	In Care on 9/30/99
Under 1 year	3.9	3.7	12.7	12.8	7.2	4.0	5.2	4.4
1-5 years	26.6	27.6	28.1	27.8	28.1	28.5	27.1	26.8
6-10 years	27.4	26.8	25.1	22.0	25.7	24.5	26.0	25.1
11-15 years	29.8	28.0	24.9	26.8	22.6	22.9	27.9	29.0
16-18 years	12.2	13.5	9.2	10.4	16.1	19.0	13.6	14.1
19+ years	0.1	0.3	-	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.1	0.6
Missing	0.1	-	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	-
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	3,498	7,504	4,300	4,575	2,190	4,901	5,608	7,178

 

Race/Ethnicity of Children in Foster Care (%)	In Care on 10/1/97	In Care on 10/1/98	Entered Care During FY 1998	Entered Care During FY 1999	Exited Care During FY 1998	Exited Care During FY 1999	In Care on 9/30/98	In Care on 9/30/99
Alaska Native/American Indian	4.1	2.9	4.9	3.6	4.8	3.8	4.4	2.7
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4
Black	14.6	12.8	11.1	8.8	12.1	9.6	12.8	12.5
Hispanic	23.9	27.6	27.6	33.3	23.1	27.9	27.0	31.1
White	55.3	52.5	50.2	48.4	55.9	53.8	51.2	49.0
Unknown	1.8	0.6	5.9	1.4	3.7	1.9	4.2	0.2
Not applicable	-	3.3	-	4.0	-	2.6	-	4.1
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	3,498	7,504	4,300	4,575	2,190	4,901	5,608	7,178

 

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Overview	9/30/98	9/30/99
Children waiting to be adopted	1,375	3,027
Children whose parents' rights have been terminated (TPR)	7	2,439

 

Age of Waiting Children (%)	1998	1999
Under 1 year	4.9	5.7
1-5 years	38.0	40.0
6-10 years	39.1	35.0
11-15 years	17.2	18.9
16+ years	0.6	0.4
Unknown	0.1	0.0
Total %	100	100.0
Number	1,375	3,027

 

Race/Ethnicity of Waiting Children (%)	1998	1999
Alaska Native/American Indian	4.1	2.4
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.4	0.4
Black	14.1	11.7
Hispanic	25.7	33.2
White	53.2	47.8
Unknown	2.5	0.2
Not applicable	-	4.4
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	1,375	3,027

 

E. Children Adopted
(AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database, FY 1998 & 1999)

 

Age of Adopted Children (%)	1998	1999
Under 1 year	-	0.5
1-5 years	-	44.7
6-10 years	-	39.1
11-15 years	-	14.5
16+ years	-	1.2
Unknown	-	-
Total %	-	100.0
Number	-	760

 

Race/Ethnicity of Adopted Children (%)	1998	1999
Alaska Native/American Indian	-	-
Asian/Pacific Islander	-	-
Black	-	-
Hispanic	-	27.9
White	-	-
Unknown	-	72.1
Not applicable	-	-
Total %	-	100.0
Number	-	760

 

 

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1. Reduce Recurrence of Child Abuse and/or Neglect
(NCANDS, DCDC 1998 & 1999)

1.1 Recurrence of Maltreatment Within 6 Months (%)	1998	1999
Children without a recurrence	95.2	95.2
Children with one or more recurrences	4.8	4.8
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	4,244	3,064

2. Reduce the Incidence of Child Abuse and/or Neglect in Foster Care
(NCANDS, DCDC Jan —Sept, AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database Jan —Sept 1998 & 1999)

2.1 Maltreatment in Foster Care (%)	1998	1999
Children maltreated while in Foster Care	0.2	0.1
Children not maltreated while in Foster Care	99.8	99.9
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	7,543	9,419

 

3. Increase Permanency for Children in Foster Care
(AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database FY 1998 & FY 1999)

3.1 Exits from Foster Care (%)	1998	1999
Adoption	-	17.7
Guardianship	-	0.5
Reunification	10.2	72.8
Other	0.5	9.0
Missing	89.3	-
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	2,190	4,901

 

3.2 Exits of Disabled Children (%)	1998	1999
Adoption	-	12.9
Guardianship	-	-
Reunification	22.5	80.6
Other	-	6.5
Missing	77.5	-
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	40	31

 

3.3 Exits of Children Over Age 12 at Entry (%)	1998	1999
Adoption	-	1.3
Guardianship	-	0.6
Reunification	7.6	71.3
Other	1.2	26.8
Missing	91.2	-
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	567	1,347

 

3.4 Exits to Emancipation (%)	1998	1999
Children age 12 or younger at entry	50.0	18.5
Children older than 12 at entry	50.0	81.5
Missing	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	4	437

 

3.5 Exits by Race/Ethnicity (%)	Alaska Native/A.I.		Asian/P.I.		Black		Hispanic
	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999
Adoption	-	9.1	-	9.5	-	22.9	-	17.5
Guardianship	-	-	-	-	-	0.4	-	0.4
Reunification	16.0	83.9	-	85.7	10.2	62.6	7.9	73.8
Other	-	7.0	-	4.8	0.8	14.0	0.6	8.3
Missing	84.0	-	100.0	-	89.1	-	91.5	-
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	106	186	7	21	266	471	506	1,365
	White		Unable to Determine		Not Applicable		Missing
	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999
Adoption	-	18.4	-	-	N/A	12.5	-	-
Guardianship	-	0.6	-	-	N/A	-	-	-
Reunification	10.4	71.9	15.0	94.7	N/A	83.6	-	-
Other	0.5	9.1	-	5.3	N/A	3.9	-	-
Missing	89.1	-	85.0	-	N/A	-	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	N/A	100.0	-	-
Number	1,225	2,636	80	94	N/A	128	-	-

 

4. Reduce Time to Reunification Without Increasing Re-entry
(AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database FY 1998 & FY 1999)

4.1 Time to Reunification (%)	1998	1999
Less than 12 mos.	68.6	68.3
At least 12 mos., but less than 24 mos.	10.8	17.6
At least 24 mos., but less than 36 mos.	5.8	6.6
At least 36 mos., but less than 48 mos.	0.9	3.4
48 or more mos.	2.7	3.8
Missing	11.2	0.2
Total (%)	100.0	100.0
Number	223	3,569

 

4.2 Children Who Entered Foster Care (%)	1998	1999
Children entering care for the first time	84.3	85.6
Children re-entering care within 12 mos. of a prior episode	10.0	12.1
Children re-entering care more than 12 mos. after a prior episode	2.8	2.3
Missing	2.9	-
Total (%)	100.0	100.0
Number	4,300	4,575

 

 

5. Reduce Time in Foster Care to Adoption
(AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database FY 1998 & FY 1999)

5.1 Time to Adoption (%)	1998	1999
Less than 12 mos.	-	9.2
At least 12 mos., but less than 24 mos.	-	11.4
At least 24 mos., but less than 36 mos.	-	24.6
At least 36 mos., but less than 48 mos.	-	23.1
48 or more mos.	-	31.7
Missing	-	-
Total (%)	-	100.0
Number	-	867

 

6. Increase Placement Stability
(AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database FY 1998 & FY 1999)

6.1 Number of Placements by Time in Care (%)	Year	Children With 2 or Fewer Placements	Children With 3 or More Placements	Missing Placements	Total %	Number
Less than 12 mos.	1998 1999	32.0 71.1	65.8 20.1	2.2 8.8	100.0 100.0	4,496 5,131
At least 12 mos., but <24 mos.	1998 1999	0.3 34.2	99.7 63.9	- 1.9	100.0 100.0	1,263 2,626
At least 24 mos., but <36 mos.	1998 1999	- 17.3	100.0 82.1	- 0.6	100.0 100.0	692 1,688
At least 36 mos., but <48 mos.	1998 1999	0.2 12.6	99.8 86.7	- 0.8	100.0 100.0	501 932
48 or more mos.	1998 1999	- 12.5	99.6 87.2	0.4 0.2	100.0 100.0	757 1,677
Missing	1998 1999	47.2 64.0	32.6 -	20.2 36.0	100.0 100.0	89 25

 

7. Reduce Placements of Young Children in Group Homes or Institutions
(AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database FY 1998 & FY 1999)

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
Group homes	6.4	5.6
Institutions	22.0	16.2
Other settings	71.5	59.8
Missing	0.1	18.4
Total (%)	100.0	100.0
Number	3,010	3,225

 

Arizona [ State Comments]

 

Flora Sotomayor, Program Administrator
Administration for Children, Youth and Families
Arizona Department of Economic Security
602-542-2277

 

We are proud of having only the second system, nationwide, to be SACWIS compliant. Even though we have attained this honorable distinction, we continue to make every effort possible to make improvements. The data for Federal Fiscal Year 1999 displayed in this report shows the large advancements made by both our information system and our hard working staff.

With regard to Section E, in 1998 the adoptions included in the adoptions file were not limited to finalized adoptions. Instead a more inclusive set of criteria was used to determine whether a child was to be included in the adoptions file. In 1999, this was changed to include only those children with a finalized adoption legal status. The adoption baseline for 1998 was 474. The actual number of adoptions in 1999 increased to 727 and was the basis for receiving a federal bonus award.

In Section E and outcome measure 3.1, we are aware that there is a difference between the number of finalized adoptions and the number of children who exited care due to the reason of adoption. This was attributed to our field staff not being familiar with our new information system. Numerous steps have been taken to train the field staff on how to properly enter the needed information. Our subsequent transmissions have improved greatly.

 

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