Report Title: Recurrence of Abuse/Neglect Based on Federal Definition from NCANDS Submission (Indications)

Report Purpose: This report identifies the Recurrence of Maltreatment indicator defined by ACF’s Children’s Bureau. These data are part of the state Child and Family Services Review (CFSR) data profile.

OCFS is, through its PIP (Program Improvement Plan), identifying policy, programmatic and practice steps to be taken to improve each of the rates. This report is intended to help identify potential systemic factors contributing to failure in providing safety and permanency to children in care. Only key pieces of information are presented. Details of the CPS reports are available in CONNECTIONS and/or the local case records. Details of foster care outcomes are available in CCRS and/or the local case records.

From any District, you may drill to a Detail report, which will list each of the District’s children included in the universe, information about that child and how that child contributed to the district’s rate. If the District is no longer responsible for the child, the values for office, unit and worker will be empty.

Data Item / Data Definition / Sample Values /
District Code / The code corresponding to the District where the child was in care. / 001
District Name / The county name corresponding to the District where the child was in care. / ALBANY
Children with Recurrence / A child is counted as an instance of ‘recurrence’ if the child has another substantiated allegation in an indicated report and the date of the second oral report is within 2 to 183 days of the oral report of the first report. / 202
Children in Indicated Reports / The universe (or base population) is a count of unique (distinct) children with a substantiated allegation in an indicated report that was reported in the first six months of the year. / 721
Rate (%) / The Recurrence of Maltreatment rate is derived from our NCANDS submission, as defined by the Children’s Bureau. The universe (or base population) is a count of unique (distinct) children with a substantiated allegation in an indicated report that was reported in the first six months of the year. From that population a child is counted as an instance of ‘recurrence’ if the child has another substantiated allegation in an indicated report and the date of the second oral report is within 2 to 183 days of the oral report of the first report. Success is considered any rate below the National Standard of 6.1%. / 28.0

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