Publication Date:
January 29, 2024
Introduction
This report presents national data about child abuse and neglect known to child protective services agencies in the United States during federal fiscal year 2022.
Table of Contents
Letter from the Associate Commissioner
- Background of NCANDS
- Annual Data Collection Process
- 2020 Census
- NCANDS as a Resource
- Structure of the Report
- Screening
- Report Sources
- CPS Response Time
- CPS Workforce and Caseload
- Exhibit and Table Notes
- Alternative Response
- Unique and Duplicate Counts
- Children Who Received an Investigation or Alternative Response
- Children Who Received an Investigation or Alternative Response by Disposition
- Number of Child Victims
- Child Victim Demographics
- Maltreatment Types
- Focus on Maltreatment Categories
- Perpetrator Relationship
- Risk Factors
- Reporting Infants With Prenatal Substance Exposure to NCANDS
- Number of Infants With Prenatal Substance Exposure
- Screened-in Infants With Prenatal Substance Exposure Who Have a Plan of Safe Care
- Screened-in Infants With Prenatal Substance Exposure Who Have a Referral to Appropriate Services
- Exhibit and Table Notes
- Number of Child Fatalities
- Child Fatality Demographics
- Maltreatment Types
- Risk Factors
- Perpetrator Relationship
- Prior CPS Contact
- Exhibit and Table Notes
- Number of Perpetrators
- Perpetrator Demographics
- Perpetrator Relationship
- Exhibit and Table Notes
- Prevention Services
- Postresponse Services
- History of Receiving Services
- Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
- Exhibit and Table Notes
- Introduction
- Maltreatment Type Substantiations
- Maltreatment Type Combinations of Victims
- Maltreatment Types and Report Sources of Victims
- Maltreatment Types by Race and Ethnicity
- Victims of Selected Maltreatment Types by Sex and Age
- Maltreatment Types of Victims by Perpetrator Sex
- Conclusion
- Exhibit and Table Notes