RHODE ISLAND
Carolyn Friedman
Chief
Division of Management and Budget
Rhode Island Department of Children,
Youth and Families
610 Mount Pleasant Avenue, Building 8
Providence, RI 02908-1935
(401) 457-4810 (401) 457-4804 Fax
Sources of Data and Data Collection Methods
All data are from the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF), Child Abuse and Neglect Tracking System (CANTS), which tracks all child abuse investigations and early-warning reports.
Level of Evidence Used To Substantiate a Report
Credible evidence.
Comments on Specific Items
Item 2:The duplicated count of children who were the subject of a report is 14,492; the unduplicated count is 10,763.
Item 3: Rhode Island can count more than one report source per report.
Item 4: The category "closed without a finding" (D) includes "unable to complete." Pending reports (149) were not reported in 1995.
Item 5: For children, Rhode Island reports both an unduplicated count (10,296) and a duplicated count (14,264).
Item 6:Rhode Island has a two-tier system, with the highest disposition being "reason to suspect." These cases are counted by the NCANDS as substantiated. Rhode Island reports both unduplicated and duplicated counts of child dispositions: substantiated, 3,192 unduplicated and 4,437 duplicated; not substantiated, 7,254 unduplicated and 10,055 duplicated; closed without a finding, 264 unduplicated and 301 duplicated. The totals are 10,710 unduplicated child dispositions and 14,793 duplicated child dispositions.
Items 8-10:The numbers in these items are unduplicated counts of child victims.
Item 14: These data reflect information from DCYF investigations only.
Item 15: The category "unknown" (G) includes "other" and "not reported."
