General Population	1998	1999
Total children under 18 years	988,293	965,528
Race/ethnicity (%)
Alaska Native/American Indian	0.1	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.8	0.8
Black	8.7	8.7
Hispanic	1.1	1.2
White	89.3	89.2
% Child population in poverty	24.7	16.7
% Child population living in metropolitan areas	44.5	46.6

 

Child Welfare	1998	1999
Child maltreatment victims	22,875	18,650
Children in foster care on 9/30	-	5,698
Children adopted	206	359

 

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	63,439	63,384	64.2 per 1,000	65.6 per 1,000
Child maltreatment victims1	22,875	18,650	23.1 per 1,000	19.3 per 1,000
Child fatalities	18	6	1.8 per 100,000	0.5 per 100,000

Age of Child Victims (%)	1998	1999
Under 1 year	7.0	7.3
1-5 years	32.6	32.0
6-10 years	30.9	32.0
11-15 years	23.9	23.1
16+ years	5.6	5.6
Unknown	0.0	0.0
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	22,875	18,650

 

Race/Ethnicity of Child Victims (%)	1998	1999
Alaska Native/American Indian	0.0	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.2	0.2
Black	12.7	13.9
Hispanic	0.1	0.1
White	80.4	78.3
Other	3.9	0.0
Unknown	2.8	7.5
Total %2	100.1	100.1
Number	22,875	18,650

 

Maltreatment Type of Child Victims (%)	1998	1999
Emotional abuse	10.8	4.1
Medical neglect	-	-
Neglect	61.4	63.7
Physical abuse	26.8	27.6
Sexual abuse	7.7	7.7
Other	-	-
Unknown	-	-
Total %3	106.7	103.2
Number	22,875	18,650

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)	-	-	-	-	-
FY1999 (10/1/98-9/30/99)	5,153	4,096	3,551	5,698	9,249
Median Length of Stay (Months)	<	<	<	<	<
FY1998 (10/1/97-9/30/98)	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
FY1999 (10/1/98-9/30/99)	13.7	N/A	5.4	16.3	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	-	11.5	-	5.7	-	4.0
1-5 years	-	24.3	-	25.1	-	27.2	-	22.5
6-10 years	-	25.0	-	22.3	-	21.8	-	24.8
11-15 years	-	30.1	-	29.9	-	24.1	-	30.9
16-18 years	-	16.6	-	11.2	-	20.4	-	17.0
19+ years	-	0.1	-	0.0	-	0.8	-	0.7
Missing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total %	-	100.0	-	100.0	-	100.0	-	100.0
Number	-	5,153	-	4,096	-	3,551	-	5,698

 

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	-	0.1	-	0.2	-	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islander	-	0.1	-	0.3	-	0.3	-	0.1
Black	-	23.4	-	16.6	-	16.1	-	23.0
Hispanic	-	0.3	-	0.4	-	0.3	-	0.4
White	-	68.7	-	72.9	-	75.0	-	67.8
Unknown	-	7.5	-	9.7	-	8.1	-	8.7
Not applicable	-	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	0.0
Total %	-	100.0	-	100.0	-	100.0	-	100.0
Number	-	5,153	-	4,096	-	3,551	-	5,698

 

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Overview	9/30/98	9/30/99
Children waiting to be adopted	-	1,730
Children whose parents' rights have been terminated (TPR)	-	6

 

Age of Waiting Children (%)	1998	1999
Under 1 year	-	1.7
1-5 years	-	31.0
6-10 years	-	36.6
11-15 years	-	27.1
16+ years	-	3.3
Unknown	-	0.2
Total %	-	100.0
Number	-	1,730

 

Race/Ethnicity of Waiting Children (%)	1998	1999
Alaska Native/American Indian	-	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islander	-	-
Black	-	27.6
Hispanic	-	0.2
White	-	62.7
Unknown	-	9.3
Not applicable	-	0.1
Total %	-	100.0
Number	-	1,730

 

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

 

Age of Adopted Children (%)	1998	1999
Under 1 year	0.5	1.7
1-5 years	46.6	41.2
6-10 years	40.8	36.8
11-15 years	10.2	18.1
16+ years	1.5	2.2
Unknown	0.5	-
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	206	359

 

Race/Ethnicity of Adopted Children (%)	1998	1999
Alaska Native/American Indian	-	-
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.0	-
Black	18.9	28.1
Hispanic	2.9	-
White	58.3	59.3
Unknown	18.9	12.5
Not applicable	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	206	359

 

 

Kentucky [ 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	90.5	91.7
Children with one or more recurrences	9.5	8.3
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	8,714	7,245

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	-	0.3
Children not maltreated while in Foster Care	-	99.7
Total %	-	100.0
Number	-	8,516

 

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	-	7.1
Guardianship	-	0.6
Reunification	-	69.4
Other	-	6.5
Missing	-	16.3
Total %	-	100.0
Number	-	3,551

 

3.2 Exits of Disabled Children (%)	1998	1999
Adoption	-	14.3
Guardianship	-	-
Reunification	-	54.3
Other	-	8.6
Missing	-	22.9
Total %	-	100.0
Number	-	35

 

3.3 Exits of Children Over Age 12 at Entry (%)	1998	1999
Adoption	-	0.2
Guardianship	-	0.4
Reunification	-	63.8
Other	-	16.5
Missing	-	19.1
Total %	-	100.0
Number	-	1,168

 

3.4 Exits to Emancipation (%)	1998	1999
Children age 12 or younger at entry	-	14.5
Children older than 12 at entry	-	85.5
Missing	-	-
Total %	-	100.0
Number	-	173

 

3.5 Exits by Race/Ethnicity (%)	Alaska Native/A.I.		Asian/P.I.		Black		Hispanic
	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999
Adoption	-	12.5	-	8.3	-	9.6	-	-
Guardianship	-	-	-	-	-	1.0	-	-
Reunification	-	62.5	-	41.7	-	58.9	-	44.4
Other	-	-	-	-	-	6.8	-	22.2
Missing	-	25.0	-	50.0	-	23.6	-	33.3
Total %	-	100.0	-	100.0	-	100.0	-	100.0
Number	-	8	-	12	-	572	-	9
	White		Unable to Determine		Not Applicable		Missing
	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999
Adoption	-	6.4	-	8.7	N/A	-	-	-
Guardianship	-	0.5	-	1.0	N/A	-	-	-
Reunification	-	71.7	-	71.5	N/A	-	-	-
Other	-	6.7	-	4.2	N/A	-	-	-
Missing	-	14.7	-	14.6	N/A	-	-	-
Total %	-	100.0	-	100.0	N/A	-	-	-
Number	-	2,662	-	288	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.	-	77.1
At least 12 mos., but less than 24 mos.	-	13.9
At least 24 mos., but less than 36 mos.	-	5.3
At least 36 mos., but less than 48 mos.	-	1.7
48 or more mos.	-	1.9
Missing	-	0.2
Total (%)	-	100.0
Number	-	2,466

 

4.2 Children Who Entered Foster Care (%)	1998	1999
Children entering care for the first time	-	85.6
Children re-entering care within 12 mos. of a prior episode	-	12.0
Children re-entering care more than 12 mos. after a prior episode	-	2.2
Missing	-	0.1
Total (%)	-	100.0
Number	-	4,096

 

 

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
At least 12 mos., but less than 24 mos.	-	24.5
At least 24 mos., but less than 36 mos.	-	23.3
At least 36 mos., but less than 48 mos.	-	26.1
48 or more mos.	-	19.0
Missing	-	-
Total (%)	-	100.0
Number	-	253

 

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	- 80.0	- 20.0	- -	- 100.0	- 4,718
At least 12 mos., but <24 mos.	1998 1999	- 57.8	- 42.2	- -	- 100.0	- 1,902
At least 24 mos., but <36 mos.	1998 1999	- 51.7	- 48.3	- -	- 100.0	- 1,284
At least 36 mos., but <48 mos.	1998 1999	- 59.1	- 40.9	- -	- 100.0	- 618
48 or more mos.	1998 1999	- 67.8	- 32.2	- -	- 100.0	- 705
Missing	1998 1999	- 100.0	- -	- -	- 100.0	- 22

 

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	-	-
Institutions	-	16.9
Other settings	-	83.1
Missing	-	-
Total (%)	-	100.0
Number	-	2,734

 

Kentucky [ State Comments]

 

Bonnie Hommrich, Deputy Commissioner
Department for Community-Based Services
Cabinet for Families and Children
502-564-3703

 

Data to calculate outcome measure 2.1 was not available for the 1998 reporting period. Kentucky made revisions in TWIST and was able to report data for 1999.

[Kentucky submitted the following data to correct the data shown in Context Data: Section B.] Kentucky’s 1999 NCANDS file included 17,703 child records from previous reporting periods that reached a disposition in the 1999 reporting period. The actual number of child reports for 1999 that reached a disposition in 1999 was 45,681. The number of child maltreatment victims in reports with a disposition in 1999 was 13,832. Of the 13,832 child maltreatment victims, 7.6% were under age 1, 32.5% were ages 1-5, 32% were ages 6-10, 22.5% were ages 11-15, and 5.4% were 16 and older. Also, of the 13,832 child maltreatment victims, .1% were Alaska Natives, .2% were Asian/PI, 14.1% were Black, .3% were Hispanic, and 78.4% were white. We were unable to determine race/ethnicity for 6.9%. Finally, of the 13,832 child maltreatment victims, 3.1% experienced emotional abuse, 65.1% experienced neglect, 27.4% experienced physical abuse, and 6.8% experienced sexual abuse.

With respect to the “missing ” data for outcome measures 3.2 and 3.3., Kentucky has made revisions to TWIST to make "reason for discharge" a mandatory field. This was made effective in July of 2000.

The data in section D reflects the number of children with a permanency goal of adoption rather than the number of children who have had parental rights terminated. We are making changes in TWIST to accurately reflect the number of TPRs for the 2002A AFCARS submission.

The data for outcome measure 7.1 includes children in institutional emergency shelters, psychiatric settings, and private agency foster homes. Changes were made to TWIST in July of 2000 to allow us to identify those children who were placed in private agency foster homes and shelters and those children who were placed in institutions. We also were incorrectly mapping psychiatric placements as institutions.

The discrepancy in section E (between the number of adoptions reported for the Adoption Database and the number of exits to adoption reported for the foster care data base) is due to the fact that we report our adoptions from a legacy system and the reason for exits from foster care from our SACWIS system. Staff is not entering the correct exit reason into our SACWIS system.

 

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