General Population	1998	1999
Total children under 18 years	1,191,412	1,190,001
Race/ethnicity (%)
Alaska Native/American Indian	0.5	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.4	1.4
Black	39.2	39.4
Hispanic	2.8	2.9
White	56.1	55.8
% Child population in poverty	24.2	26.6
% Child population living in metropolitan areas	77.6	72.3

 

Child Welfare	1998	1999
Child maltreatment victims	13,773	12,614
Children in foster care on 9/30	6,301	5,581
Children adopted	236	356

 

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	45,318	46,230	38.0 per 1,000	38.8 per 1,000
Child maltreatment victims1	13,773	12,614	11.6 per 1,000	10.6 per 1,000
Child fatalities	27	21	2.3 per 100,000	1.8 per 100,000

Age of Child Victims (%)	1998	1999
Under 1 year	7.3	7.8
1-5 years	30.6	29.6
6-10 years	30.3	29.8
11-15 years	24.6	25.7
16+ years	7.2	7.0
Unknown	0.1	0.2
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	13,773	12,614

 

Race/Ethnicity of Child Victims (%)	1998	1999
Alaska Native/American Indian	0.1	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.3	0.4
Black	53.9	51.9
Hispanic	0.5	0.8
White	44.7	46.6
Other	1.0	-
Unknown	-	0.9
Total %2	100.5	100.8
Number	13,773	12,614

 

Maltreatment Type of Child Victims (%)	1998	1999
Emotional abuse	4.0	4.2
Medical neglect	-	-
Neglect	69.5	68.1
Physical abuse	19.5	20.9
Sexual abuse	6.6	6.5
Other	0.4	0.3
Unknown	-	-
Total %3	100.0	100.0
Number	13,773	12,614

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)	5,649	3,051	2,399	6,301	8,700
FY1999 (10/1/98-9/30/99)	5,523	2,912	2,854	5,581	8,435
Median Length of Stay (Months)	<	<	<	<	<
FY1998 (10/1/97-9/30/98)	23.0	N/A	15.8	19.6	N/A
FY1999 (10/1/98-9/30/99)	22.9	N/A	13.5	19.5	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	2.5	2.8	10.3	9.2	3.7	2.5	2.8	2.4
1-5 years	25.2	22.2	22.6	22.8	28.9	24.2	21.0	21.0
6-10 years	27.8	26.7	22.2	20.6	26.4	23.5	25.3	24.4
11-15 years	31.2	34.9	35.8	37.9	20.0	26.1	36.2	36.5
16-18 years	13.3	13.4	9.1	9.4	21.0	23.7	14.7	15.7
19+ years	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Missing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	5,649	5,523	3,051	2,912	2,399	2,854	6,301	5,581

 

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	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3
Black	66.3	64.6	60.0	59.7	62.4	61.7	64.7	63.5
Hispanic	0.4	0.6	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.8	0.6	0.7
White	32.2	33.7	38.0	38.2	36.0	36.4	33.6	34.7
Unknown	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4
Not applicable	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	5,649	5,523	3,051	2,912	2,399	2,854	6,301	5,581

 

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Overview	9/30/98	9/30/99
Children waiting to be adopted	1,171	1,477
Children whose parents' rights have been terminated (TPR)	253	375

 

Age of Waiting Children (%)	1998	1999
Under 1 year	2.3	1.2
1-5 years	31.0	28.4
6-10 years	41.0	39.3
11-15 years	23.7	29.1
16+ years	2.0	2.1
Unknown	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	1,171	1,477

 

Race/Ethnicity of Waiting Children (%)	1998	1999
Alaska Native/American Indian	0.4	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islander	-	-
Black	61.1	62.5
Hispanic	0.5	0.5
White	36.7	35.8
Unknown	1.3	0.9
Not applicable	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	1,171	1,477

 

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

 

Age of Adopted Children (%)	1998	1999
Under 1 year	1.7	1.4
1-5 years	36.9	37.1
6-10 years	45.3	44.7
11-15 years	15.3	14.9
16+ years	0.8	2.0
Unknown	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	236	356

 

Race/Ethnicity of Adopted Children (%)	1998	1999
Alaska Native/American Indian	-	0.8
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.4	-
Black	64.0	64.3
Hispanic	-	0.3
White	34.7	34.0
Unknown	0.8	0.6
Not applicable	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	236	356

 

 

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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	93.8	92.7
Children with one or more recurrences	6.2	7.3
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	5,466	4,489

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	0.8	0.7
Children not maltreated while in Foster Care	99.2	99.3
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	8,063	7,793

 

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	9.8	12.3
Guardianship	2.2	1.3
Reunification	72.8	66.3
Other	14.7	19.8
Missing	0.5	0.3
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	2,399	2,854

 

3.2 Exits of Disabled Children (%)	1998	1999
Adoption	21.1	16.7
Guardianship	2.9	1.0
Reunification	39.1	43.1
Other	36.2	39.1
Missing	0.8	0.2
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	384	599

 

3.3 Exits of Children Over Age 12 at Entry (%)	1998	1999
Adoption	-	0.1
Guardianship	1.9	1.1
Reunification	60.3	52.6
Other	37.0	45.2
Missing	0.8	1.0
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	476	812

 

3.4 Exits to Emancipation (%)	1998	1999
Children age 12 or younger at entry	50.3	50.2
Children older than 12 at entry	49.7	49.8
Missing	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	304	315

 

3.5 Exits by Race/Ethnicity (%)	Alaska Native/A.I.		Asian/P.I.		Black		Hispanic
	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999
Adoption	-	27.3	16.7	-	9.6	12.7	-	4.5
Guardianship	-	-	-	-	2.0	1.0	-	4.5
Reunification	42.9	45.5	33.3	62.5	72.7	65.1	76.9	72.7
Other	57.1	27.3	50.0	37.5	15.1	20.9	23.1	18.2
Missing	-	-	-	-	0.5	0.3	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	7	11	6	8	1,497	1,761	13	22
	White		Unable to Determine		Not Applicable		Missing
	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999
Adoption	10.2	11.6	23.1	15.4	N/A	-	-	-
Guardianship	2.3	1.8	15.4	-	N/A	-	-	-
Reunification	73.7	68.4	53.8	69.2	N/A	-	-	-
Other	13.3	17.9	7.7	15.4	N/A	-	-	-
Missing	0.5	0.2	-	-	N/A	-	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	N/A	-	-	-
Number	863	1,039	13	13	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.	54.0	57.5
At least 12 mos., but less than 24 mos.	26.2	24.4
At least 24 mos., but less than 36 mos.	10.3	8.4
At least 36 mos., but less than 48 mos.	3.8	3.6
48 or more mos.	5.3	6.0
Missing	0.3	0.1
Total (%)	100.0	100.0
Number	1,747	1,893

 

4.2 Children Who Entered Foster Care (%)	1998	1999
Children entering care for the first time	83.3	85.0
Children re-entering care within 12 mos. of a prior episode	7.4	6.8
Children re-entering care more than 12 mos. after a prior episode	9.2	8.2
Missing	0.1	-
Total (%)	100.0	100.0
Number	3,051	2,912

 

 

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.	4.2	3.4
At least 12 mos., but less than 24 mos.	8.1	7.4
At least 24 mos., but less than 36 mos.	19.5	19.1
At least 36 mos., but less than 48 mos.	23.7	21.1
48 or more mos.	44.5	48.9
Missing	-	-
Total (%)	100.0	100.0
Number	236	350

 

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	78.3 80.3	20.4 18.7	1.3 1.0	100.0 100.0	3,415 3,394
At least 12 mos., but <24 mos.	1998 1999	45.8 50.1	53.9 49.8	0.4 0.1	100.0 100.0	1,628 1,585
At least 24 mos., but <36 mos.	1998 1999	29.0 30.8	70.8 69.0	0.2 0.1	100.0 100.0	1,005 898
At least 36 mos., but <48 mos.	1998 1999	25.0 20.1	74.9 79.5	0.1 0.5	100.0 100.0	669 648
48 or more mos.	1998 1999	15.3 13.0	84.5 86.9	0.2 0.1	100.0 100.0	1,962 1,888
Missing	1998 1999	85.7 100.0	9.5 -	4.8 -	100.0 100.0	21 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	2.2	2.1
Institutions	5.5	5.6
Other settings	92.3	92.3
Missing	-	-
Total (%)	100.0	100.0
Number	1,889	1,762

 

Louisiana [ State Comments]

 

Carmen Weisner, Assistant Secretary
Office of Community Services
Department of Social Services
225-342-2297

 

After completing the review of the State of Louisiana’s data pages, the only change is for the number of confirmed child fatalities for 1999. This has changed from 21 to 27. This change is due to additional child fatality investigations having been completed since the submission of the original data.

 

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