The 24th annual Child Maltreatment report was recently released by the Administration for Children and Families. The report presents national and state-level data on child abuse and neglect known to child protective services (CPS) agencies in each state and the District of Columbia. According to the report, there were approximately 679,000 victims of child abuse and neglect across the country during the 2013 federal fiscal year, a 5% decrease from five years earlier. The report also includes data on: referrals and reports of child maltreatment, characteristics of victims and non-victims, fatalities that occurred as a result of maltreatment, perpetrators of maltreatment, services to prevent maltreatment and to assist children and families, and additional research related to child maltreatment. The following are key findings for the state of Hawai‘i:
In 2013, there were 1,324 victims of child abuse and neglect, a decrease of 34% since 2009. Nationally, the number of victims decreased 4% during the same time period.
Children younger than 1 year had the highest rate of victimization at 12.5 per 1,000, lower than the national rate of 23.1. Eleven percent (11%) of victims had a reported disability (behavior problem, emotional disturbance, learning or intellectual disability, other medical condition, physically disabled, or visually or hearing impaired), lower than the U.S. average of 13%.
The average number of days to initiate services after receipt of a report was 20 days, half of the national average of 41 days.
The entire report can be downloaded from:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/
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