General Population	1998	1999
Total children under 18 years	298,610	304,436
Race/ethnicity (%)
Alaska Native/American Indian	0.2	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.3	1.4
Black	0.6	0.6
Hispanic	2.1	2.3
White	95.7	95.5
% Child population in poverty	14.6	8.1
% Child population living in metropolitan areas	67.3	63.4

 

Child Welfare	1998	1999
Child maltreatment victims	1,159	926
Children in foster care on 9/30	-	1,367
Children adopted	51	63

 

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	8,974	8,833	30.1 per 1,000	29.0 per 1,000
Child maltreatment victims1	1,159	926	3.9 per 1,000	3.0 per 1,000
Child fatalities	1	3	0.3 per 100,000	1.0 per 100,000

Age of Child Victims (%)	1998	1999
Under 1 year	-	-
1-5 years	-	-
6-10 years	-	-
11-15 years	-	-
16+ years	-	-
Unknown	-	-
Total %	-	-
Number	-	-

 

Race/Ethnicity of Child Victims (%)	1998	1999
Alaska Native/American Indian	-	-
Asian/Pacific Islander	-	-
Black	-	-
Hispanic	-	-
White	-	-
Other	-	-
Unknown	-	-
Total %2	-	-
Number	-	-

 

Maltreatment Type of Child Victims (%)	1998	1999
Emotional abuse	3.9	5.3
Medical neglect	-	1.9
Neglect	66.3	65.2
Physical abuse	27.4	27.5
Sexual abuse	27.8	25.7
Other	-	-
Unknown	-	-
Total %3	125.4	125.7
Number	1,159	926

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)	1,330	601	564	1,367	1,931
Median Length of Stay (Months)	<	<	<	<	<
FY1998 (10/1/97-9/30/98)	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
FY1999 (10/1/98-9/30/99)	20.1	N/A	14.6	22.3	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	-	2.2	-	10.0	-	3.2	-	2.5
1-5 years	-	21.0	-	22.0	-	18.8	-	20.5
6-10 years	-	26.2	-	22.1	-	15.8	-	27.3
11-15 years	-	30.6	-	36.3	-	27.0	-	31.7
16-18 years	-	18.3	-	9.5	-	30.9	-	16.5
19+ years	-	1.7	-	-	-	4.1	-	1.3
Missing	-	0.1	-	0.2	-	0.4	-	0.2
Total %	-	100.0	-	100.0	-	100.0	-	100.0
Number	-	1,330	-	601	-	564	-	1,367

 

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	-	0.5	-	-	-	0.2	-	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islander	-	0.2	-	0.3	-	-	-	0.4
Black	-	3.1	-	2.3	-	2.0	-	3.2
Hispanic	-	3.8	-	6.0	-	4.6	-	4.4
White	-	91.4	-	77.2	-	88.1	-	86.5
Unknown	-	1.0	-	13.8	-	4.8	-	5.0
Not applicable	-	0.1	-	0.3	-	0.4	-	0.1
Total %	-	100.0	-	100.0	-	100.0	-	100.0
Number	-	1,330	-	601	-	564	-	1,367

 

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Overview	9/30/98	9/30/99
Children waiting to be adopted	-	101
Children whose parents' rights have been terminated (TPR)	-	29

 

Age of Waiting Children (%)	1998	1999
Under 1 year	-	1.0
1-5 years	-	44.6
6-10 years	-	44.6
11-15 years	-	8.9
16+ years	-	1.0
Unknown	-	-
Total %	-	100.0
Number	-	101

 

Race/Ethnicity of Waiting Children (%)	1998	1999
Alaska Native/American Indian	-	4.0
Asian/Pacific Islander	-	-
Black	-	5.9
Hispanic	-	4.0
White	-	85.1
Unknown	-	1.0
Not applicable	-	-
Total %	-	100.0
Number	-	101

 

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

 

Age of Adopted Children (%)	1998	1999
Under 1 year	-	-
1-5 years	51.0	49.2
6-10 years	33.3	39.7
11-15 years	13.7	9.5
16+ years	2.0	1.6
Unknown	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	51	63

 

Race/Ethnicity of Adopted Children (%)	1998	1999
Alaska Native/American Indian	2.0	-
Asian/Pacific Islander	-	-
Black	7.8	-
Hispanic	5.9	6.3
White	84.3	87.3
Unknown	-	1.6
Not applicable	-	4.8
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	51	63

 

 

New Hampshire [ 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	-	-
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	-	6.7
Guardianship	-	2.5
Reunification	-	40.4
Other	-	18.1
Missing	-	32.3
Total %	-	100.0
Number	-	564

 

3.2 Exits of Disabled Children (%)	1998	1999
Adoption	-	15.2
Guardianship	-	3.3
Reunification	-	29.3
Other	-	19.6
Missing	-	32.6
Total %	-	100.0
Number	-	92

 

3.3 Exits of Children Over Age 12 at Entry (%)	1998	1999
Adoption	-	-
Guardianship	-	1.7
Reunification	-	40.0
Other	-	23.8
Missing	-	34.5
Total %	-	100.0
Number	-	235

 

3.4 Exits to Emancipation (%)	1998	1999
Children age 12 or younger at entry	-	45.6
Children older than 12 at entry	-	54.4
Missing	-	-
Total %	-	100.0
Number	-	57

 

3.5 Exits by Race/Ethnicity (%)	Alaska Native/A.I.		Asian/P.I.		Black		Hispanic
	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999
Adoption	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7.7
Guardianship	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Reunification	-	-	-	-	-	36.4	-	53.8
Other	-	-	-	-	-	27.3	-	11.5
Missing	-	100.0	-	-	-	36.4	-	26.9
Total %	-	100.0	-	-	-	100.0	-	100.0
Number	-	1	-	-	-	11	-	26
	White		Unable to Determine		Not Applicable		Missing
	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999
Adoption	-	7.2	-	-	N/A	-	-	-
Guardianship	-	2.8	-	-	N/A	-	-	-
Reunification	-	40.0	-	33.3	N/A	-	-	42.9
Other	-	18.3	-	-	N/A	-	-	23.8
Missing	-	31.6	-	66.7	N/A	100.0	-	33.3
Total %	-	100.0	-	100.0	N/A	100.0	-	100.0
Number	-	497	-	6	N/A	2	-	21

 

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.	-	55.3
At least 12 mos., but less than 24 mos.	-	27.2
At least 24 mos., but less than 36 mos.	-	9.2
At least 36 mos., but less than 48 mos.	-	2.6
48 or more mos.	-	5.3
Missing	-	0.4
Total (%)	-	100.0
Number	-	228

 

4.2 Children Who Entered Foster Care (%)	1998	1999
Children entering care for the first time	-	89.5
Children re-entering care within 12 mos. of a prior episode	-	6.7
Children re-entering care more than 12 mos. after a prior episode	-	2.5
Missing	-	1.3
Total (%)	-	100.0
Number	-	601

 

 

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.	-	2.6
At least 12 mos., but less than 24 mos.	-	10.5
At least 24 mos., but less than 36 mos.	-	23.7
At least 36 mos., but less than 48 mos.	-	15.8
48 or more mos.	-	47.4
Missing	-	-
Total (%)	-	100.0
Number	-	38

 

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	- 76.2	- 23.8	- -	- 100.0	- 673
At least 12 mos., but <24 mos.	1998 1999	- 57.9	- 42.1	- -	- 100.0	- 399
At least 24 mos., but <36 mos.	1998 1999	- 42.7	- 57.3	- -	- 100.0	- 279
At least 36 mos., but <48 mos.	1998 1999	- 42.5	- 57.5	- -	- 100.0	- 174
48 or more mos.	1998 1999	- 25.8	- 74.2	- -	- 100.0	- 392
Missing	1998 1999	- 92.9	- 7.1	- -	- 100.0	- 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	-	11.7
Institutions	-	1.1
Other settings	-	86.1
Missing	-	1.1
Total (%)	-	100.0
Number	-	367

 

New Hampshire [ State Comments]

 

Nancy L. Rollins, Director
Office of Family Services
Department of Health and Human Services
603-271-4714

 

Data to calculate outcome measures 1.1 and 2.1 and data pertaining to age or race/ethnicity of maltreatment victims were not available. These data will be available once the state has put its NCANDS DCDC report into production. This report is currently in User Acceptance Testing and is expected to be brought on line by May 2001. The state would be prepared, at that time, to submit reports for past reporting periods.

Data for outcome measure 3.1 indicate that 32.3 percent of the exits from care in FY 1999 did not have "reason for discharge" information. Measures 3.2 and 3.3 also have missing data. In the summer of 2000, the state revised its AFCARS extraction software, with the result that accuracy of reporting of exits from foster care and the reason for them has been increased. A recent extraction of FFY 1999 exit data indicates the missing category is reduced from 32.3% to 19.5%. Moreover, further analysis of data in more recent years (FFYs 2000 and 2001) indicates that missing exit reasons are continuing to decrease. Finally, the state is introducing changes to the user interface for recording exit reason with the expectation that this will increase reporting accuracy and reduce missing data. The state goal is to collect data that accurately reflect outcomes for children in its foster care system.

With regard to the discrepancy between the number of children adopted in FFY 1999 and the number of children cited as leaving foster care for the reason of adoption, our analysis indicates that while 63 children were in fact adopted in FFY 1999, the reason for leaving foster care was not accurately recorded. The state has been adjusting its business practices to better document adoptions. These practices will be further modified to guarantee that the correct reason for leaving foster care will be recorded when children are in fact adopted.

 

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