OMB No. 0980-0229
Expiration Date: 05/31/00
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Administration on Children, Youth and Families
Children's Bureau
August 1998
INSTRUCTIONS
The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13)
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 60 hours per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and reviewing the collection of information. Respondents may direct comments concerning this estimate to: Children's Bureau, 330 C Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20447.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
Additional Information
- States that receive the CAPTA State Child Abuse and Neglect
Grant (the Basic State Grant) are required to "annually work with
the Secretary to provide, to the maximum extent practicable, a
report that includes (the 12 data items listed in the statute)." On
the Summary Data Component Survey, questions corresponding
to these required data items are italicized to identify them
clearly. (The submission of other data items remains voluntary for
these States.) Submission of all data items is voluntary for those
States that do not receive the Basic State Grant.
- State data should reflect information collected about child
maltreatment for the period of January through December 1997, or
for the past fiscal year (i.e., fiscal year 1997).
- If you consolidate data across codes or categories within an
item, please provide clarification. If you cannot provide all the
information requested according to the NCANDS definitions, please
provide your most relevant data and explain your response. A
glossary accompanies this form.
- States are encouraged to use the comments section of the survey
(Section 8) to provide feedback on the extent to which submission
of requested data is practicable (including any information on the
future availability of data not currently able to be reported).
This information will assist the Children's Bureau to analyze
results and make recommendations for any changes in the data
elements in the future.
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In the package you have received, you will find a self-addressed stamped envelope. Please mail or fax the completed survey by November 30, 1998 to:
National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS)
c/o Walter R. McDonald & Associates, Inc.
12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 310
Rockville, Maryland 20852-1606
Phone (301) 881-2590
FAX (301) 881-0096 - If you wish to e-mail the 1997 SDC Survey, you may request a
word processing file in WordPerfect 6.1 or Word 7.0 for Windows 95
by calling the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System
Technical Assistance Program at (301) 881-2590.
- We would also appreciate your enclosing or sending under separate cover a copy of your most recent State report on child abuse and neglect. Thank you!
