General Population	1998	1999
Total children under 18 years	2,844,005	2,844,071
Race/ethnicity (%)
Alaska Native/American Indian	0.2	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.3	1.4
Black	14.5	14.5
Hispanic	2.3	2.4
White	81.7	81.6
% Child population in poverty	16.1	17.6
% Child population living in metropolitan areas	84.6	89.5

 

Child Welfare	1998	1999
Child maltreatment victims	58,070	53,311
Children in foster care on 9/30	-	20,078
Children adopted	1,015	1,868

 

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	135,628	129,306	47.7 per 1,000	45.5 per 1,000
Child maltreatment victims1	58,070	53,311	20.4 per 1,000	18.7 per 1,000
Child fatalities	54	54	1.9 per 100,000	1.9 per 100,000

Age of Child Victims (%)	1998	1999
Under 1 year	7.6	7.6
1-5 years	30.5	29.3
6-10 years	29.9	29.9
11-15 years	23.0	23.6
16+ years	6.0	6.3
Unknown	3.1	3.3
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	58,070	53,311

 

Race/Ethnicity of Child Victims (%)	1998	1999
Alaska Native/American Indian	0.2	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.2	0.2
Black	30.3	30.7
Hispanic	1.5	1.2
White	58.9	61.1
Other	3.6	0.9
Unknown	5.3	7.0
Total %2	100.0	101.4
Number	58,070	53,311

 

Maltreatment Type of Child Victims (%)	1998	1999
Emotional abuse	3.1	4.2
Medical neglect	-	-
Neglect	55.2	53.4
Physical abuse	27.4	28.0
Sexual abuse	14.1	14.2
Other	-	-
Unknown	0.2	0.2
Total %3	100.0	100.0
Number	58,070	53,311

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)	16,951	15,946	12,819	20,078	32,897
Median Length of Stay (Months)	<	<	<	<	<
FY1998 (10/1/97-9/30/98)	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
FY1999 (10/1/98-9/30/99)	12.6	N/A	4.8	13.4	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	-	5.3	-	12.7	-	5.7	-	5.5
1-5 years	-	24.0	-	24.8	-	25.5	-	24.8
6-10 years	-	23.0	-	21.5	-	20.2	-	23.5
11-15 years	-	29.0	-	28.6	-	25.3	-	28.6
16-18 years	-	17.2	-	12.0	-	21.7	-	15.9
19+ years	-	0.7	-	0.0	-	1.1	-	0.9
Missing	-	0.9	-	0.3	-	0.5	-	0.9
Total %	-	100.0	-	100.0	-	100.0	-	100.0
Number	-	16,951	-	15,946	-	12,819	-	20,078

 

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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian/Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Black	-	-	-	0.1	-	-	-	0.1
Hispanic	-	0.7	-	0.8	-	1.2	-	0.5
White	-	0.3	-	0.5	-	0.2	-	0.5
Unknown	-	99.0	-	98.6	-	98.6	-	98.9
Not applicable	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total %	-	100.0	-	100.0	-	100.0	-	100.0
Number	-	16,951	-	15,946	-	12,819	-	20,078

 

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Overview	9/30/98	9/30/99
Children waiting to be adopted	-	3,476
Children whose parents' rights have been terminated (TPR)	-	590

 

Age of Waiting Children (%)	1998	1999
Under 1 year	-	3.1
1-5 years	-	27.7
6-10 years	-	30.4
11-15 years	-	30.5
16+ years	-	6.9
Unknown	-	1.5
Total %	-	100.0
Number	-	3,476

 

Race/Ethnicity of Waiting Children (%)	1998	1999
Alaska Native/American Indian	-	-
Asian/Pacific Islander	-	-
Black	-	0.2
Hispanic	-	0.4
White	-	0.3
Unknown	-	99.1
Not applicable	-	-
Total %	-	100.0
Number	-	3,476

 

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

 

Age of Adopted Children (%)	1998	1999
Under 1 year	2.0	7.4
1-5 years	53.7	48.6
6-10 years	29.6	28.7
11-15 years	13.1	13.1
16+ years	1.7	2.2
Unknown	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	1,015	1,868

 

Race/Ethnicity of Adopted Children (%)	1998	1999
Alaska Native/American Indian	0.1	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islander	-	0.1
Black	41.6	50.9
Hispanic	2.0	0.4
White	50.7	46.6
Unknown	5.6	1.9
Not applicable	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	1,015	1,868

 

 

Ohio [ 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	-	-
Guardianship	-	3.9
Reunification	-	71.6
Other	-	8.6
Missing	-	16.0
Total %	-	100.0
Number	-	12,819

 

3.2 Exits of Disabled Children (%)	1998	1999
Adoption	-	-
Guardianship	-	2.8
Reunification	-	72.6
Other	-	15.7
Missing	-	8.9
Total %	-	100.0
Number	-	4,391

 

3.3 Exits of Children Over Age 12 at Entry (%)	1998	1999
Adoption	-	-
Guardianship	-	3.1
Reunification	-	50.8
Other	-	18.1
Missing	-	28.0
Total %	-	100.0
Number	-	4,548

 

3.4 Exits to Emancipation (%)	1998	1999
Children age 12 or younger at entry	-	24.2
Children older than 12 at entry	-	75.6
Missing	-	0.2
Total %	-	100.0
Number	-	952

 

3.5 Exits by Race/Ethnicity (%)	Alaska Native/A.I.		Asian/P.I.		Black		Hispanic
	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999
Adoption	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Guardianship	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.5
Reunification	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	68.8
Other	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5.2
Missing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21.4
Total %	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
Number	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	154
	White		Unable to Determine		Not Applicable		Missing
	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999
Adoption	-	-	-	-	N/A	-	-	-
Guardianship	-	4.3	-	3.9	N/A	-	-	-
Reunification	-	78.3	-	71.6	N/A	-	-	-
Other	-	4.3	-	8.6	N/A	-	-	-
Missing	-	13.0	-	16.0	N/A	-	-	-
Total %	-	100.0	-	100.0	N/A	-	-	-
Number	-	23	-	12,642	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.	-	74.0
At least 12 mos., but less than 24 mos.	-	19.3
At least 24 mos., but less than 36 mos.	-	3.7
At least 36 mos., but less than 48 mos.	-	0.9
48 or more mos.	-	1.2
Missing	-	0.9
Total (%)	-	100.0
Number	-	9,172

 

4.2 Children Who Entered Foster Care (%)	1998	1999
Children entering care for the first time	-	68.7
Children re-entering care within 12 mos. of a prior episode	-	12.6
Children re-entering care more than 12 mos. after a prior episode	-	11.4
Missing	-	7.3
Total (%)	-	100.0
Number	-	15,946

 

 

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.	-	-
At least 12 mos., but less than 24 mos.	-	-
At least 24 mos., but less than 36 mos.	-	-
At least 36 mos., but less than 48 mos.	-	-
48 or more mos.	-	-
Missing	-	-
Total (%)	-	-
Number	-	-

 

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	- 84.0	- 12.2	- 3.7	- 100.0	- 18,460
At least 12 mos., but <24 mos.	1998 1999	- 62.1	- 37.4	- 0.6	- 100.0	- 6,503
At least 24 mos., but <36 mos.	1998 1999	- 47.3	- 52.2	- 0.5	- 100.0	- 2,883
At least 36 mos., but <48 mos.	1998 1999	- 32.2	- 67.2	- 0.5	- 100.0	- 1,523
48 or more mos.	1998 1999	- 23.7	- 75.4	- 1.0	- 100.0	- 3,367
Missing	1998 1999	- 79.5	- 0.6	- 19.9	- 100.0	- 161

 

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	-	1.1
Institutions	-	3.5
Other settings	-	95.4
Missing	-	0.0
Total (%)	-	100.0
Number	-	10,527

 

Ohio [ State Comments]

 

Barbara E. Riley, Deputy Director
Office for Children and Families
Ohio Job and Family Services
614-466-1213

 

Ohio’s data for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 1999 was not AFCARS compliant with the Federal Guidelines as outlined by the ACF. In March of 1999, Ohio, in partnership with the 88 county Public Children Services Agencies, committed to achieving full AFCARS compliance. This initiative enabled modification to Ohio’s Family and Children Services Information System (FACSIS) and statewide staff training to begin collecting compliant data on all Ohio children in Foster Care and Legalized Adoptions beginning in FFY 2000.

During FFY 1999, Ohio’s AFCARS programming did not extract and report the date of discharge for children who exited foster care due to an adoption finalization. The systematic exclusion of this group of children impacted the data for Outcome Measures 3.1; 3.2; 3.3; 3.5; and did not allow Measure 5.1 to be populated. Ohio has initiated AFCARS program logic modifications.

Prior to October 1, 1999, Ohio’s Race and Ethnicity reporting were combined and tracked by a combined singular race/ethnicity distribution for each child. Therefore, for FFY 1999, Ohio’s reported data for Outcome Measure 3.5 do not accurately reflect the racial/ethnic distribution for children exiting foster care. After October 1, 1999 Ohio’s data system separated the tracking of a child’s Race and Ethnicity. Ohio’s data system now tracks multiple race values for each child and separate ethnicity, regardless of Race.

Using FACSIS data, Ohio’s statistical percentages for Outcome Measures 3.1; 3.2; 3.3; 3.5; and 5.1 have been calculated for the purpose of comparative analysis. To receive a printed copy of Ohio’s data outcome findings for Measures 3.1; 3.2; 3.3; 3.5; and 5.1, contact the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Office for Children and Families, SACWIS Project at (614) 466-7233.

 

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