Child Safety Data Added for All CA Counties
The kidsdata.org expansion continued in January with the addition of data about child safety — child abuse, foster care, and domestic violence — for all counties in California. In all, more than 25 indicators were added, and the data show some interesting tidbits
of information:
Child Abuse
- California’s rate of substantiated cases of abuse is declining, as are the number of cases.
- Race/Ethnicity: Native American, African American/Black kids disproportionately affected.
- Type of Abuse: Neglect is the most common.
- One-page highlights on child abuse >>
Foster Care
- In ‘08, 68,127 children in CA were in foster care, a 37% decline since ’98.
- The rate of first entries is down statewide and in most CA counties since ’98.
- CA infants enter foster care at roughly three times the rate of any other age group.
- One-page highlights on foster care >>
Domestic Violence
- Rate: The statewide rate of calls for assistance dropped 29% from ’98 to ’08.
- In 2008, there were 166,343 domestic violence calls to law enforcement.
- One-page highlights on domestic violence >>
As you may know, statewide data on many other topics will be added over the next few months as kidsdata.org continues its statewide expansion. View a timeline of when data will be added>>
Looking for data that aren’t included on that timeline? Let us know.
Tags: New Data, Statewide Expansion
Posted by Felicity Simmons
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