General Population	1998	1999
Total children under 18 years	298,327	289,340
Race/ethnicity (%)
Alaska Native/American Indian	0.5	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islander	62.2	62.8
Black	2.7	2.5
Hispanic	11.4	11.5
White	23.3	22.8
% Child population in poverty	21.0	13.5
% Child population living in metropolitan areas	73.3	72.8

 

Child Welfare	1998	1999
Child maltreatment victims	2,185	2,669
Children in foster care on 9/30	2,441	2,203
Children adopted	301	281

 

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	3,568	4,646	12.0 per 1,000	16.1 per 1,000
Child maltreatment victims1	2,185	2,669	7.3 per 1,000	9.2 per 1,000
Child fatalities	3	5	1.0 per 100,000	1.7 per 100,000

Age of Child Victims (%)	1998	1999
Under 1 year	13.2	13.4
1-5 years	28.5	27.5
6-10 years	27.8	28.6
11-15 years	23.2	23.4
16+ years	5.6	5.9
Unknown	1.6	1.2
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	2,185	2,669

 

Race/Ethnicity of Child Victims (%)	1998	1999
Alaska Native/American Indian	1.0	0.9
Asian/Pacific Islander	59.8	61.9
Black	21.1	2.5
Hispanic	1.6	2.0
White	15.1	12.1
Other	-	-
Unknown	1.5	22.6
Total %2	100.0	102.0
Number	2,185	2,669

 

Maltreatment Type of Child Victims (%)	1998	1999
Emotional abuse	2.0	1.6
Medical neglect	1.1	0.6
Neglect	8.3	8.1
Physical abuse	10.4	6.5
Sexual abuse	6.6	5.3
Other	69.2	84.8
Unknown	2.3	-
Total %3	100.0	106.9
Number	2,185	2,669

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)	2,077	1,774	1,410	2,441	3,851
FY1999 (10/1/98-9/30/99)	2,185	1,718	1,700	2,203	3,903
Median Length of Stay (Months)	<	<	<	<	<
FY1998 (10/1/97-9/30/98)	15.8	N/A	11.4	12.3	N/A
FY1999 (10/1/98-9/30/99)	11.7	N/A	9.5	13.0	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	5.2	7.4	15.4	14.8	5.1	7.1	6.9	5.9
1-5 years	35.1	32.4	30.2	27.5	32.8	31.6	32.7	31.0
6-10 years	26.4	27.6	26.2	23.6	29.1	25.7	27.2	27.4
11-15 years	22.8	22.3	22.2	24.4	19.2	21.0	22.7	23.5
16-18 years	10.5	10.4	6.0	9.5	13.6	14.5	10.5	12.3
19+ years	0.0	-	-	-	0.2	-	0.0	-
Missing	-	-	-	0.1	-	0.1	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	2,077	2,185	1,774	1,718	1,410	1,700	2,441	2,203

 

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	1.3	1.2	0.8	1.9	0.7	1.6	1.2	1.5
Asian/Pacific Islander	76.7	77.5	74.5	70.3	74.0	71.5	76.7	76.5
Black	2.1	2.0	2.9	3.4	3.5	2.9	1.9	2.3
Hispanic	2.6	2.7	2.5	2.6	3.2	2.5	2.2	2.7
White	12.2	13.0	13.8	14.0	14.7	14.8	11.9	12.3
Unknown	5.1	3.6	5.6	7.7	4.0	6.5	6.1	4.6
Not applicable	-	-	-	0.1	-	0.1	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	2,077	2,185	1,774	1,718	1,410	1,700	2,441	2,203

 

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Overview	9/30/98	9/30/99
Children waiting to be adopted	585	627
Children whose parents' rights have been terminated (TPR)	451	542

 

Age of Waiting Children (%)	1998	1999
Under 1 year	2.2	3.5
1-5 years	32.3	32.2
6-10 years	31.1	30.3
11-15 years	24.3	23.0
16+ years	9.9	11.0
Unknown	0.2	-
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	585	627

 

Race/Ethnicity of Waiting Children (%)	1998	1999
Alaska Native/American Indian	2.1	1.3
Asian/Pacific Islander	75.4	78.8
Black	2.7	2.2
Hispanic	2.6	3.5
White	14.2	12.9
Unknown	3.1	1.3
Not applicable	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	585	627

 

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

 

Age of Adopted Children (%)	1998	1999
Under 1 year	2.0	3.6
1-5 years	53.5	57.7
6-10 years	35.2	32.0
11-15 years	8.6	6.8
16+ years	0.7	-
Unknown	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	301	281

 

Race/Ethnicity of Adopted Children (%)	1998	1999
Alaska Native/American Indian	2.0	1.4
Asian/Pacific Islander	79.7	80.1
Black	1.0	3.6
Hispanic	4.0	1.4
White	11.3	13.2
Unknown	2.0	0.4
Not applicable	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	301	281

 

 

Hawaii [ Outcomes Data ]

 

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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	92.9	93.3
Children with one or more recurrences	7.1	6.7
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	1,212	1,474

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	1.0	1.7
Children not maltreated while in Foster Care	99.0	98.3
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	3,528	3,434

 

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	22.8	16.4
Guardianship	4.1	7.6
Reunification	63.1	61.6
Other	9.3	10.3
Missing	0.6	4.1
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	1,410	1,700

 

3.2 Exits of Disabled Children (%)	1998	1999
Adoption	40.5	43.5
Guardianship	6.8	8.0
Reunification	38.5	25.3
Other	13.2	19.4
Missing	1.0	3.8
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	205	237

 

3.3 Exits of Children Over Age 12 at Entry (%)	1998	1999
Adoption	0.3	0.5
Guardianship	3.5	4.4
Reunification	64.0	56.5
Other	31.1	29.3
Missing	1.0	9.3
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	286	386

 

3.4 Exits to Emancipation (%)	1998	1999
Children age 12 or younger at entry	20.4	22.0
Children older than 12 at entry	79.6	78.0
Missing	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	103	127

 

3.5 Exits by Race/Ethnicity (%)	Alaska Native/A.I.		Asian/P.I.		Black		Hispanic
	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999
Adoption	70.0	14.8	25.4	17.8	6.1	20.0	24.4	9.3
Guardianship	-	29.6	4.6	8.5	12.2	-	2.2	7.0
Reunification	20.0	51.9	60.9	60.3	71.4	66.0	51.1	67.4
Other	10.0	3.7	8.6	10.1	10.2	6.0	22.2	14.0
Missing	-	-	0.5	3.3	-	8.0	-	2.3
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	10	27	1,043	1,215	49	50	45	43
	White		Unable to Determine		Not Applicable		Missing
	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999
Adoption	15.5	16.3	8.2	3.5	N/A	-	-	-
Guardianship	1.4	5.2	-	3.5	N/A	-	-	-
Reunification	73.9	63.1	71.4	63.5	N/A	100.0	100.0	88.5
Other	8.2	9.5	16.3	18.8	N/A	-	-	7.7
Missing	1.0	6.0	4.1	10.6	N/A	-	-	3.8
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	N/A	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	207	252	49	85	N/A	2	7	26

 

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.	73.3	74.6
At least 12 mos., but less than 24 mos.	15.4	18.6
At least 24 mos., but less than 36 mos.	5.5	3.7
At least 36 mos., but less than 48 mos.	1.6	1.1
48 or more mos.	1.6	0.5
Missing	2.7	1.4
Total (%)	100.0	100.0
Number	890	1,047

 

4.2 Children Who Entered Foster Care (%)	1998	1999
Children entering care for the first time	79.3	77.5
Children re-entering care within 12 mos. of a prior episode	9.8	10.8
Children re-entering care more than 12 mos. after a prior episode	9.7	10.8
Missing	1.2	0.9
Total (%)	100.0	100.0
Number	1,774	1,718

 

 

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.	7.1	10.1
At least 12 mos., but less than 24 mos.	20.2	37.8
At least 24 mos., but less than 36 mos.	27.3	21.6
At least 36 mos., but less than 48 mos.	27.6	18.3
48 or more mos.	17.4	12.2
Missing	0.3	-
Total (%)	100.0	100.0
Number	322	278

 

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	82.4 80.9	14.3 16.1	3.3 3.0	100.0 100.0	1,923 1,957
At least 12 mos., but <24 mos.	1998 1999	60.7 62.1	36.5 37.2	2.9 0.7	100.0 100.0	798 999
At least 24 mos., but <36 mos.	1998 1999	49.6 45.5	49.4 54.5	1.0 -	100.0 100.0	413 418
At least 36 mos., but <48 mos.	1998 1999	47.0 31.5	52.3 68.0	0.7 0.5	100.0 100.0	304 219
48 or more mos.	1998 1999	33.2 24.9	63.6 75.1	3.1 -	100.0 100.0	382 289
Missing	1998 1999	77.4 61.9	3.2 -	19.4 38.1	100.0 100.0	31 21

 

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	10.6	5.4
Institutions	0.8	0.8
Other settings	85.7	90.6
Missing	2.9	3.2
Total (%)	100.0	100.0
Number	1,381	1,251

 

Hawaii [ State Comments]

 

Susan M. Chandler, Director
Department of Human Services
808-586-5679

 

With regard to Section B: Child Maltreatment Data, two of the child fatalities reported in 1998 involved families known to the child welfare services. Also, with respect to maltreatment type of child victims, the majority of reports made to child welfare services involved “other ” types of maltreatment. These reports generally included threat of harm, threat of neglect, or threat of abuse. Several reports include more than one type of abuse.

Regarding Section C: Children in Foster Care, Number of Children - To improve data accuracy, a change in management information system procedures was made to eliminate child removal episodes that were erroneously left open due to conversion errors. This resulted in the closure of many cases where children had been discharged from care prior to the modification. All of these children were reported in error. Therefore, the data indicate that there were 256 fewer children in care on October 1, 1998 (2,185) than on September 30, 1998 (2,441).

 

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