General Population	1998	1999
Total children under 18 years	1,517,366	1,528,991
Race/ethnicity (%)
Alaska Native/American Indian	0.2	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.0	1.1
Black	10.1	10.2
Hispanic	3.4	3.6
White	85.2	84.9
% Child population in poverty	13.3	8.5
% Child population living in metropolitan areas	54.6	60.1

 

Child Welfare	1998	1999
Child maltreatment victims	18,962	21,608
Children in foster care on 9/30	5,070	8,933
Children adopted	795	759

 

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	102,155	91,625	67.3 per 1,000	59.9 per 1,000
Child maltreatment victims1	18,962	21,608	12.5 per 1,000	14.1 per 1,000
Child fatalities	65	41	4.3 per 100,000	2.7 per 100,000

Age of Child Victims (%)	1998	1999
Under 1 year	6.2	3.3
1-5 years	25.0	27.8
6-10 years	27.8	30.4
11-15 years	25.4	29.0
16+ years	15.6	9.5
Unknown	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	18,962	21,608

 

Race/Ethnicity of Child Victims (%)	1998	1999
Alaska Native/American Indian	0.2	1.4
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.2	0.2
Black	17.1	17.6
Hispanic	1.1	1.7
White	76.5	71.3
Other	4.0	2.4
Unknown	2.0	7.0
Total %2	101.1	101.7
Number	18,962	21,608

 

Maltreatment Type of Child Victims (%)	1998	1999
Emotional abuse	-	-
Medical neglect	5.6	5.5
Neglect	124.3	124.9
Physical abuse	32.0	31.1
Sexual abuse	26.1	25.6
Other	-	-
Unknown	-	-
Total %3	188.0	187.1
Number	18,962	21,608

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)	8,259	6,328	9,524	5,070	14,587
FY1999 (10/1/98-9/30/99)	8,419	4,808	4,313	8,933	13,227
Median Length of Stay (Months)	<	<	<	<	<
FY1998 (10/1/97-9/30/98)	18.2	N/A	8.8	19.1	N/A
FY1999 (10/1/98-9/30/99)	19.6	N/A	13.2	17.7	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	3.7	4.3	11.5	13.7	5.2	4.1	4.4	4.3
1-5 years	24.2	26.0	22.9	26.3	22.3	27.3	26.2	26.0
6-10 years	22.7	24.5	20.5	23.3	20.8	23.0	23.2	24.5
11-15 years	28.5	29.2	33.2	28.2	31.3	24.4	24.6	29.1
16-18 years	17.7	15.1	11.5	8.3	19.2	18.9	14.8	15.1
19+ years	1.9	0.8	0.1	0.0	1.0	2.1	3.8	0.9
Missing	1.2	0.1	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.2	3.0	0.1
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	8,259	8,419	6,328	4,808	9,524	4,313	5,070	8,933

 

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	0.2	-	0.3	0.0	0.2	-	0.3	0.0
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.1	-	0.2	-	0.2	-	0.1	-
Black	32.2	1.3	27.5	0.8	28.1	0.2	33.9	1.5
Hispanic	1.6	98.1	2.2	97.5	2.2	99.6	1.3	97.1
White	56.9	0.5	58.3	1.5	58.6	0.1	56.2	1.2
Unknown	8.9	0.1	11.5	0.2	10.7	0.0	8.1	0.2
Not applicable	-	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	0.0
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	8,259	8,419	6,328	4,808	9,524	4,313	5,070	8,933

 

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Overview	9/30/98	9/30/99
Children waiting to be adopted	443	2,632
Children whose parents' rights have been terminated (TPR)	124	1,408

 

Age of Waiting Children (%)	1998	1999
Under 1 year	2.0	1.5
1-5 years	42.4	31.3
6-10 years	31.2	35.0
11-15 years	17.6	27.3
16+ years	3.6	4.4
Unknown	3.2	0.5
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	443	2,632

 

Race/Ethnicity of Waiting Children (%)	1998	1999
Alaska Native/American Indian	0.5	-
Asian/Pacific Islander	-	-
Black	38.6	0.2
Hispanic	1.8	99.6
White	54.6	0.2
Unknown	4.5	-
Not applicable	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	443	2,632

 

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

 

Age of Adopted Children (%)	1998	1999
Under 1 year	0.9	0.9
1-5 years	39.1	43.2
6-10 years	41.1	35.7
11-15 years	16.7	17.5
16+ years	2.1	2.6
Unknown	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	795	759

 

Race/Ethnicity of Adopted Children (%)	1998	1999
Alaska Native/American Indian	-	-
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.1	-
Black	29.4	-
Hispanic	3.3	99.7
White	59.9	0.3
Unknown	7.3	-
Not applicable	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	795	759

 

 

Indiana [ 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	-	92.2
Children with one or more recurrences	-	7.8
Total %	-	100.0
Number	-	8,791

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	-	0.4
Children not maltreated while in Foster Care	-	99.6
Total %	-	100.0
Number	-	12,468

 

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	-	17.0
Guardianship	-	6.2
Reunification	0.1	65.5
Other	-	9.7
Missing	99.9	1.6
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	9,524	4,313

 

3.2 Exits of Disabled Children (%)	1998	1999
Adoption	-	30.7
Guardianship	-	5.8
Reunification	0.5	48.7
Other	-	11.2
Missing	99.5	3.6
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	422	277

 

3.3 Exits of Children Over Age 12 at Entry (%)	1998	1999
Adoption	-	1.0
Guardianship	-	2.4
Reunification	0.1	72.2
Other	-	21.9
Missing	99.9	2.6
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	3,040	1,135

 

3.4 Exits to Emancipation (%)	1998	1999
Children age 12 or younger at entry	-	39.1
Children older than 12 at entry	-	60.9
Missing	-	-
Total %	-	100.0
Number	-	340

 

3.5 Exits by Race/Ethnicity (%)	Alaska Native/A.I.		Asian/P.I.		Black		Hispanic
	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999
Adoption	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17.1
Guardianship	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6.2
Reunification	-	-	-	-	0.1	80.0	-	65.4
Other	-	-	-	-	-	20.0	-	9.7
Missing	100.0	-	100.0	-	99.9	-	100.0	1.6
Total %	100.0	-	100.0	-	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	17	-	17	-	2,678	10	211	4,295
	White		Unable to Determine		Not Applicable		Missing
	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999
Adoption	-	-	-	-	N/A	-	-	-
Guardianship	-	-	-	-	N/A	-	-	-
Reunification	0.1	83.3	-	100.0	N/A	-	-	-
Other	-	16.7	-	-	N/A	-	-	-
Missing	99.9	-	100.0	-	N/A	-	100.0	-
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	N/A	-	100.0	-
Number	5,578	6	428	2	N/A	-	595	-

 

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.	40.0	64.0
At least 12 mos., but less than 24 mos.	-	21.7
At least 24 mos., but less than 36 mos.	-	6.1
At least 36 mos., but less than 48 mos.	-	2.9
48 or more mos.	40.0	4.6
Missing	20.0	0.8
Total (%)	100.0	100.0
Number	5	2,825

 

4.2 Children Who Entered Foster Care (%)	1998	1999
Children entering care for the first time	78.2	78.2
Children re-entering care within 12 mos. of a prior episode	12.7	13.8
Children re-entering care more than 12 mos. after a prior episode	6.3	5.9
Missing	2.8	2.1
Total (%)	100.0	100.0
Number	6,328	4,808

 

 

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.	-	3.7
At least 12 mos., but less than 24 mos.	-	19.1
At least 24 mos., but less than 36 mos.	-	27.2
At least 36 mos., but less than 48 mos.	-	16.3
48 or more mos.	-	33.4
Missing	-	0.3
Total (%)	-	100.0
Number	-	734

 

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	79.5 77.7	20.4 22.0	0.1 0.2	100.0 100.0	7,102 5,411
At least 12 mos., but <24 mos.	1998 1999	66.9 59.6	32.0 40.2	1.1 0.1	100.0 100.0	2,396 2,814
At least 24 mos., but <36 mos.	1998 1999	62.4 50.2	36.9 49.6	0.7 0.2	100.0 100.0	1,568 1,465
At least 36 mos., but <48 mos.	1998 1999	61.4 45.1	37.8 54.9	0.8 -	100.0 100.0	1,027 943
48 or more mos.	1998 1999	57.2 34.7	42.2 65.1	0.6 0.1	100.0 100.0	2,030 2,550
Missing	1998 1999	95.7 88.6	3.2 4.5	1.1 6.8	100.0 100.0	464 44

 

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	1.5	2.2
Institutions	9.0	4.9
Other settings	66.3	92.0
Missing	23.2	0.9
Total (%)	100.0	100.0
Number	3,925	3,432

 

Indiana [ State Comments]

 

James M. Hmurovich, Director
Division of Family and Children
Indiana Family and Social Services Administration
317-232-4705

 

Data were not available to calculate outcome measures 1.1 and 2.1 for 1998 because Indiana did not begin submitting the NCANDS Detailed Case Data Component until Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2001.

With regard to the data in Section B on child fatalities, in 1998 there were an unusually high number of child fatalities in Indiana, due in part to two house fires that claimed the lives of 13 children.

The data in Section C indicate that there were 3,756 more children in care on October 1, 1998 than there were on September 30, 1998. Many of the children who were reported as being in care on October 1, 1998, should have also been reported on September 30, 1998. Some of the data from FY 1998 are unreliable due to the implementation of a new system on March 1, 1997.

The data in Section D indicate that the number of children waiting to be adopted increased from 443 in FY 1998, to 2,399 [later revised to 2,632] in FY 1999. The significant increase in the number of children waiting to be adopted is due to the fact that in 1998 the reports were being hand-counted. The increase may also be attributed to introduction of the federal adoption incentive program.

The data in Section E indicate that almost all (99.7%) of the 759 children reported as adoptions were also reported as Hispanic. This anomaly was due to a coding error that was not found until review of this document. The problem has been corrected and will be reflected in future reports.

The data in Section E indicate that 759 children were adopted in FY 1999 (from the AFCARS Adoption Database). However, as shown in outcome measures 3.1 and 5.1, only 339 of the exits from foster care (from the AFCARS Foster Care Database) were reported as discharges to adoption. Reports of discharges to adoption and number of adoptions are derived from different data fields in ICWIS. The discrepancy between the adoption information from the Adoption Database and the information from the Foster Care Database may represent a tendency among workers to identify discharges to adoption as "other" due to concerns about confidentiality. We will be addressing this issue in all future training sessions and in system user guides. [Indiana did address this issue and resubmitted their exit to adoption data and now report 734 exits to adoption for 1999.]

 

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