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State-Level Data for Understanding Child Welfare in the United States

A comprehensive guide to national and state profiles tracking child maltreatment, foster care, kinship care, permanency, and older youth in care.

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State-Level Data for Understanding Child Welfare in the United States

A comprehensive guide to national and state profiles tracking child maltreatment, foster care, kinship care, permanency, and older youth in care.

Resource Type

Websites

Implementation Stage(s)

Plan and Prepare, Evaluation and Improvement

Resource Type

Websites

Implementation Stage(s)

Plan and Prepare, Evaluation and Improvement

Resource Details

Implementation Stages

Plan and Prepare
Evaluation and Improvement

Setting(s)

Child Welfare
Community Groups
Educators
Family Support
Government and Policy
Human Service Organizations
Juvenile Justice

Topic Area(s)

Community and Systems-Level Prevention
Data and Impact
Equity and Well-Being
Family and Relationships
Risk Behaviors and Harm Prevention

Description

This resource from Child Trends compiles state-level and national data to provide a robust picture of the U.S. child welfare system—from reports of maltreatment and agency responses, to foster care entries/exits, kinship caregiving, permanency outcomes (reunification, adoption, guardianship) and youth transitioning out of care.

Developers

Child Trends

Keep the Momentum Going

Related resources for further exploration

  • Websites

    Pennsylvania Family First Questions Submission Form

  • Websites

    Pennsylvania’s Family First: Keeping Kids Safe & Strengthening Families

  • Publications and Briefs

    Protective Factors – Approaches in Child Welfare

Description

This resource from Child Trends compiles state-level and national data to provide a robust picture of the U.S. child welfare system—from reports of maltreatment and agency responses, to foster care entries/exits, kinship caregiving, permanency outcomes (reunification, adoption, guardianship) and youth transitioning out of care.

Developers

Child Trends

Resource Details

Implementation Stages

Plan and Prepare
Evaluation and Improvement

Setting(s)

Child Welfare
Community Groups
Educators
Family Support
Government and Policy
Human Service Organizations
Juvenile Justice

Topic Area(s)

Community and Systems-Level Prevention
Data and Impact
Equity and Well-Being
Family and Relationships
Risk Behaviors and Harm Prevention

Keep the Momentum Going

Related resources for further exploration

  • Websites

    Pennsylvania Family First Questions Submission Form

  • Websites

    Pennsylvania’s Family First: Keeping Kids Safe & Strengthening Families

  • Publications and Briefs

    Protective Factors – Approaches in Child Welfare