General Population	1998	1999
Total children under 18 years	200,937	198,037
Race/ethnicity (%)
Alaska Native/American Indian	14.1	14.4
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.8	0.9
Black	0.7	0.7
Hispanic	1.8	1.8
White	82.6	82.1
% Child population in poverty	20.4	7.3
% Child population living in metropolitan areas	38.9	36.1

 

Child Welfare	1998	1999
Child maltreatment victims	2,647	2,561
Children in foster care on 9/30	-	1,119
Children adopted	55	84

 

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	5,313	4,709	26.4 per 1,000	23.8 per 1,000
Child maltreatment victims1	2,647	2,561	13.2 per 1,000	12.9 per 1,000
Child fatalities	3	3	1.5 per 100,000	1.5 per 100,000

Age of Child Victims (%)	1998	1999
Under 1 year	0.8	-
1-5 years	20.9	-
6-10 years	35.5	-
11-15 years	27.8	-
16+ years	10.7	-
Unknown	4.3	-
Total %	100.0	-
Number	2,647	-

 

Race/Ethnicity of Child Victims (%)	1998	1999
Alaska Native/American Indian	45.1	-
Asian/Pacific Islander	-	-
Black	-	-
Hispanic	-	-
White	42.6	-
Other	4.8	-
Unknown	7.4	-
Total %2	100.0	-
Number	2,647	-

 

Maltreatment Type of Child Victims (%)	1998	1999
Emotional abuse	10.6	11.4
Medical neglect	-	-
Neglect	73.0	70.9
Physical abuse	23.3	25.1
Sexual abuse	8.3	10.0
Other	-	-
Unknown	-	-
Total %3	115.3	117.5
Number	2,647	2,561

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)	912	1,324	1,118	1,119	2,236
Median Length of Stay (Months)	<	<	<	<	<
FY1998 (10/1/97-9/30/98)	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
FY1999 (10/1/98-9/30/99)	12.7	N/A	2.3	10.5	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	-	4.5	-	14.0	-	9.5	-	6.3
1-5 years	-	28.6	-	33.9	-	35.9	-	27.0
6-10 years	-	29.6	-	26.0	-	26.7	-	27.8
11-15 years	-	28.3	-	20.4	-	19.1	-	28.7
16-18 years	-	8.8	-	5.3	-	8.3	-	10.0
19+ years	-	0.1	-	-	-	0.2	-	0.2
Missing	-	0.1	-	0.5	-	0.3	-	0.1
Total %	-	100.0	-	100.0	-	100.0	-	100.0
Number	-	912	-	1,324	-	1,118	-	1,119

 

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	-	63.5	-	60.0	-	59.3	-	63.6
Asian/Pacific Islander	-	-	-	0.1	-	-	-	0.1
Black	-	1.8	-	2.6	-	2.4	-	2.1
Hispanic	-	2.1	-	3.5	-	2.0	-	3.8
White	-	32.5	-	32.9	-	35.9	-	29.5
Unknown	-	0.2	-	0.8	-	0.4	-	0.7
Not applicable	-	-	-	0.2	-	0.1	-	0.1
Total %	-	100.0	-	100.0	-	100.0	-	100.0
Number	-	912	-	1,324	-	1,118	-	1,119

 

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Overview	9/30/98	9/30/99
Children waiting to be adopted	-	288
Children whose parents' rights have been terminated (TPR)	-	202

 

Age of Waiting Children (%)	1998	1999
Under 1 year	-	8.3
1-5 years	-	25.7
6-10 years	-	32.6
11-15 years	-	27.8
16+ years	-	5.2
Unknown	-	0.3
Total %	-	100.0
Number	-	288

 

Race/Ethnicity of Waiting Children (%)	1998	1999
Alaska Native/American Indian	-	57.6
Asian/Pacific Islander	-	0.3
Black	-	2.8
Hispanic	-	4.2
White	-	34.0
Unknown	-	0.7
Not applicable	-	0.3
Total %	-	100.0
Number	-	288

 

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

 

Age of Adopted Children (%)	1998	1999
Under 1 year	1.8	1.2
1-5 years	45.5	45.2
6-10 years	32.7	39.3
11-15 years	18.2	9.5
16+ years	1.8	4.8
Unknown	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	55	84

 

Race/Ethnicity of Adopted Children (%)	1998	1999
Alaska Native/American Indian	34.5	46.4
Asian/Pacific Islander	-	-
Black	1.8	2.4
Hispanic	1.8	3.6
White	61.8	46.4
Unknown	-	1.2
Not applicable	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	55	84

 

 

South Dakota [ 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	-	9.8
Guardianship	-	3.0
Reunification	-	77.0
Other	-	6.7
Missing	-	3.4
Total %	-	100.0
Number	-	1,118

 

3.2 Exits of Disabled Children (%)	1998	1999
Adoption	-	23.3
Guardianship	-	7.8
Reunification	-	44.0
Other	-	17.2
Missing	-	7.8
Total %	-	100.0
Number	-	116

 

3.3 Exits of Children Over Age 12 at Entry (%)	1998	1999
Adoption	-	0.5
Guardianship	-	4.9
Reunification	-	68.3
Other	-	18.0
Missing	-	8.2
Total %	-	100.0
Number	-	183

 

3.4 Exits to Emancipation (%)	1998	1999
Children age 12 or younger at entry	-	21.7
Children older than 12 at entry	-	78.3
Missing	-	-
Total %	-	100.0
Number	-	23

 

3.5 Exits by Race/Ethnicity (%)	Alaska Native/A.I.		Asian/P.I.		Black		Hispanic
	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999
Adoption	-	6.5	-	-	-	7.4	-	9.1
Guardianship	-	2.6	-	-	-	-	-	-
Reunification	-	80.7	-	-	-	92.6	-	68.2
Other	-	6.9	-	-	-	-	-	18.2
Missing	-	3.3	-	-	-	-	-	4.5
Total %	-	100.0	-	-	-	100.0	-	100.0
Number	-	663	-	-	-	27	-	22
	White		Unable to Determine		Not Applicable		Missing
	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999
Adoption	-	15.5	-	25.0	N/A	-	-	-
Guardianship	-	4.2	-	-	N/A	-	-	-
Reunification	-	70.6	-	75.0	N/A	-	-	-
Other	-	6.2	-	-	N/A	-	-	-
Missing	-	3.5	-	-	N/A	100.0	-	-
Total %	-	100.0	-	100.0	N/A	100.0	-	-
Number	-	401	-	4	N/A	1	-	-

 

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.	-	81.1
At least 12 mos., but less than 24 mos.	-	9.3
At least 24 mos., but less than 36 mos.	-	2.3
At least 36 mos., but less than 48 mos.	-	0.5
48 or more mos.	-	0.9
Missing	-	5.9
Total (%)	-	100.0
Number	-	861

 

4.2 Children Who Entered Foster Care (%)	1998	1999
Children entering care for the first time	-	62.2
Children re-entering care within 12 mos. of a prior episode	-	14.2
Children re-entering care more than 12 mos. after a prior episode	-	22.4
Missing	-	1.3
Total (%)	-	100.0
Number	-	1,324

 

 

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.	-	24.5
At least 12 mos., but less than 24 mos.	-	36.4
At least 24 mos., but less than 36 mos.	-	28.2
At least 36 mos., but less than 48 mos.	-	4.5
48 or more mos.	-	6.4
Missing	-	-
Total (%)	-	100.0
Number	-	110

 

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	- 84.6	- 14.0	- 1.4	- 100.0	- 1,404
At least 12 mos., but <24 mos.	1998 1999	- 68.5	- 31.5	- -	- 100.0	- 362
At least 24 mos., but <36 mos.	1998 1999	- 45.3	- 54.1	- 0.6	- 100.0	- 181
At least 36 mos., but <48 mos.	1998 1999	- 41.0	- 57.7	- 1.3	- 100.0	- 78
48 or more mos.	1998 1999	- 35.0	- 64.3	- 0.7	- 100.0	- 140
Missing	1998 1999	- 95.8	- 4.2	- -	- 100.0	- 71

 

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	-	0.7
Institutions	-	15.1
Other settings	-	83.2
Missing	-	1.0
Total (%)	-	100.0
Number	-	1,030

 

South Dakota [ State Comments]

 

Virgena Wieseler, Administrator
Child Protection Services
Department of Social Services
605-773-3227

 

The South Dakota Office of Child Protection Services (CPS) voluntarily submits the SDC child safety data to NCANDS on an annual basis. South Dakota CPS did not submit DCDC data as part of NCANDS. However, South Dakota CPS has recently reported the data regarding recurrence of maltreatment and incidence of child abuse and/or neglect in foster care to meet the requirements of the Child and Family Services Review. The information for those items is as follows:

1.1 Recurrence of Maltreatment Within 6 Months (%)	1998	1999
Children without a recurrence	85.5	88.9
Children with one or more recurrences	14.5	11.1
Total %	100.0	100.0
Number	1,260	1,225

 

2.1 Maltreatment in Foster Care (%)	1998	1999
Children maltreated while in Foster Care	7	12

With respect to the discrepancy between adoption data from the AFCARS Adoption Database and exits to adoption reported in outcome measures 3.1 and 5.1 (from the Foster Care Database), children exit foster care when they are placed for adoption. Since AFCARS only looks at adoption when finalized, only 84 of the 110 children that exited foster care were finalized in the reporting period.

Data for outcome measure 4.2 indicate that 36.6 percent of all children who entered foster care in 1999 had been in foster care at a prior time. This is somewhat higher than we expected. The State of South Dakota will be having its Federal Child and Family Services Review this year, to be completed by the end of September 2001. This is an issue we plan to focus on as we complete our Statewide Assessment portion of our Federal Review.

 

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