General Population	1998	1999
Total children under 18 years	102,959	95,290
Race/ethnicity (%)
Alaska Native/American Indian	0.1	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islander	2.6	2.7
Black	75.8	74.3
Hispanic	9.0	9.7
White	12.5	13.2
% Child population in poverty	40.2	24.5
% Child population living in metropolitan areas	100.0	100.0

 

Child Welfare	1998	1999
Child maltreatment victims	4,916	2,308
Children in foster care on 9/30	3,397	3,466
Children adopted	139	166

 

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	9,862	5,062	95.8 per 1,000	53.1 per 1,000
Child maltreatment victims1	4,916	2,308	47.7 per 1,000	24.2 per 1,000
Child fatalities	3	5	2.9 per 100,000	5.2 per 100,000

Age of Child Victims (%)	1998	1999
Under 1 year	-	12.1
1-5 years	-	32.4
6-10 years	-	31.0
11-15 years	-	17.5
16+ years	-	6.8
Unknown	-	0.2
Total %	-	100.0
Number	-	2,308

 

Race/Ethnicity of Child Victims (%)	1998	1999
Alaska Native/American Indian	-	-
Asian/Pacific Islander	-	1.0
Black	-	63.3
Hispanic	-	3.3
White	-	1.6
Other	-	-
Unknown	-	34.5
Total %2	-	103.6
Number	-	2,308

 

Maltreatment Type of Child Victims (%)	1998	1999
Emotional abuse	-	3.8
Medical neglect	-	1.2
Neglect	75.9	71.8
Physical abuse	8.3	14.4
Sexual abuse	1.9	1.7
Other	13.9	19.2
Unknown	-	18.2
Total %3	100.0	130.3
Number	4,916	2,308

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)	2,966	1,408	979	3,397	4,374
FY1999 (10/1/98-9/30/99)	2,894	1,231	659	3,466	4,125
Median Length of Stay (Months)	<	<	<	<	<
FY1998 (10/1/97-9/30/98)	30.0	N/A	13.0	26.3	N/A
FY1999 (10/1/98-9/30/99)	24.5	N/A	17.2	23.7	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	2.7	2.0	12.0	8.9	5.2	3.5	2.6	1.8
1-5 years	27.7	27.4	34.3	27.3	33.2	31.1	26.1	23.3
6-10 years	26.1	28.6	21.7	27.8	23.4	30.5	27.1	29.4
11-15 years	22.7	23.3	20.7	20.8	16.8	14.3	23.1	23.7
16-18 years	15.3	13.6	10.2	12.5	10.9	7.3	15.5	15.2
19+ years	5.4	5.0	0.9	2.4	10.3	13.4	5.8	6.5
Missing	0.1	-	0.1	0.3	0.2	-	-	0.1
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	2,966	2,894	1,408	1,231	979	659	3,397	3,466

 

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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian/Pacific Islander	-	0.2	-	-	-	0.5	-	0.1
Black	96.9	97.1	96.9	95.0	97.0	95.1	96.9	96.7
Hispanic	0.3	0.8	0.8	1.9	0.7	3.0	0.4	0.8
White	0.8	-	0.4	0.2	0.1	-	0.9	0.1
Unknown	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.6	2.1	1.4	1.9	2.2
Not applicable	-	-	-	0.3	-	-	-	0.1
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	2,966	2,894	1,408	1,231	979	659	3,397	3,466

 

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Overview	9/30/98	9/30/99
Children waiting to be adopted	1,005	64
Children whose parents' rights have been terminated (TPR)	15	44

 

Age of Waiting Children (%)	1998	1999
Under 1 year	1.5	-
1-5 years	39.8	18.8
6-10 years	43.2	57.8
11-15 years	14.4	17.2
16+ years	0.8	-
Unknown	0.3	6.3
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	1,005	64

 

Race/Ethnicity of Waiting Children (%)	1998	1999
Alaska Native/American Indian	-	-
Asian/Pacific Islander	-	-
Black	97.3	98.4
Hispanic	-	-
White	1.3	1.6
Unknown	1.4	-
Not applicable	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	1,005	64

 

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

 

Age of Adopted Children (%)	1998	1999
Under 1 year	-	0.6
1-5 years	49.6	41.0
6-10 years	33.8	42.8
11-15 years	14.4	13.9
16+ years	2.2	1.8
Unknown	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	139	166

 

Race/Ethnicity of Adopted Children (%)	1998	1999
Alaska Native/American Indian	-	-
Asian/Pacific Islander	-	-
Black	98.6	97.6
Hispanic	0.7	-
White	0.7	-
Unknown	-	2.4
Not applicable	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	139	166

 

 

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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	-	-
Children with one or more recurrences	-	-
Total %	-	-
Number	-	-

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	-	-
Children not maltreated while in Foster Care	-	-
Total %	-	-
Number	-	-

 

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	16.2	33.8
Guardianship	0.9	-
Reunification	42.6	44.9
Other	18.8	13.5
Missing	21.5	7.7
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	979	659

 

3.2 Exits of Disabled Children (%)	1998	1999
Adoption	15.4	15.8
Guardianship	7.7	-
Reunification	15.4	21.1
Other	30.8	63.2
Missing	30.8	-
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	13	19

 

3.3 Exits of Children Over Age 12 at Entry (%)	1998	1999
Adoption	3.3	21.9
Guardianship	2.8	-
Reunification	22.0	34.9
Other	36.0	33.6
Missing	36.0	9.6
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	214	146

 

3.4 Exits to Emancipation (%)	1998	1999
Children age 12 or younger at entry	32.9	43.6
Children older than 12 at entry	65.9	56.4
Missing	1.2	-
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	85	78

 

3.5 Exits by Race/Ethnicity (%)	Alaska Native/A.I.		Asian/P.I.		Black		Hispanic
	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999
Adoption	-	-	-	-	16.3	34.4	14.3	10.0
Guardianship	-	-	-	-	0.9	-	-	-
Reunification	-	-	-	33.3	43.5	45.0	-	55.0
Other	-	-	-	33.3	18.0	13.2	14.3	15.0
Missing	-	-	-	33.3	21.3	7.3	71.4	20.0
Total %	-	-	-	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	-	-	-	3	950	627	7	20
	White		Unable to Determine		Not Applicable		Missing
	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999
Adoption	100.0	-	9.5	55.6	N/A	-	-	-
Guardianship	-	-	-	-	N/A	-	-	-
Reunification	-	-	19.0	22.2	N/A	-	-	-
Other	-	-	57.1	22.2	N/A	-	-	-
Missing	-	-	14.3	-	N/A	-	-	-
Total %	100.0	-	100.0	100.0	N/A	-	-	-
Number	1	-	21	9	N/A	-	-	-

 

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.	65.9	62.8
At least 12 mos., but less than 24 mos.	16.1	13.5
At least 24 mos., but less than 36 mos.	5.0	5.7
At least 36 mos., but less than 48 mos.	2.6	4.4
48 or more mos.	6.5	13.5
Missing	3.8	-
Total (%)	100.0	100.0
Number	417	296

 

4.2 Children Who Entered Foster Care (%)	1998	1999
Children entering care for the first time	56.0	64.7
Children re-entering care within 12 mos. of a prior episode	11.8	22.3
Children re-entering care more than 12 mos. after a prior episode	5.0	12.8
Missing	27.2	0.2
Total (%)	100.0	100.0
Number	1,408	1,231

 

 

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.	17.6	22.9
At least 12 mos., but less than 24 mos.	13.8	16.1
At least 24 mos., but less than 36 mos.	5.7	12.1
At least 36 mos., but less than 48 mos.	10.1	10.8
48 or more mos.	52.8	37.2
Missing	-	0.9
Total (%)	100.0	100.0
Number	159	223

 

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	90.5 94.7	9.1 5.3	0.3 -	100.0 100.0	1,510 1,310
At least 12 mos., but <24 mos.	1998 1999	69.5 84.5	30.3 15.5	0.3 -	100.0 100.0	704 826
At least 24 mos., but <36 mos.	1998 1999	57.7 71.7	41.3 28.3	1.0 -	100.0 100.0	496 537
At least 36 mos., but <48 mos.	1998 1999	50.5 63.3	49.2 36.7	0.3 -	100.0 100.0	390 371
48 or more mos.	1998 1999	39.1 50.0	60.9 50.0	- -	100.0 100.0	1,247 1,067
Missing	1998 1999	85.2 100.0	7.4 -	7.4 -	100.0 100.0	27 14

 

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	8.3	4.2
Institutions	11.0	12.5
Other settings	80.2	83.3
Missing	0.5	-
Total (%)	100.0	100.0
Number	1,017	814

 

 

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