National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS)

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The NCANDS is a federally-sponsored national data collection effort created for the purpose of tracking the volume and nature of child maltreatment reporting each year within the United States. Units of Response: Report-Child Combination Type of Data: Administrative Tribal Data: Unavailable Periodicity: Annual Demographic Indicators: Disability;Ethnicity;Housing Status;Military;Race;Sex SORN: Not Applicable Data Use Agreement: https://www.ndacan.acf.hhs.gov/datasets/request-restricted-data.cfm Data Use Agreement Location: https://www.ndacan.acf.hhs.gov/datasets/order_forms/termsofuseagreement.pdf Granularity: Individual;State Spatial: United States Geocoding: FIPS Code;State

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Child Maltreatment 2019 is the 30th edition of the annual Child Maltreatment report series that discusses key findings from information collected through NCANDS. Data Product Type: Report https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/cb/cm2019.pdf
21 These data are collected within the federal fiscal year starting October 1st and ending September 30th, rather than the calendar year. Data on funding of services, number of children screened out, number of Child Protective Services staff, preservation services, reunification, and child fatalities are included. Temporal: 10/1/18-9/30/19, Restriction: Restricted-use Aggregate, Formats: EXCEL, SPSS https://www.ndacan.acf.hhs.gov/datasets/pdfs_user_guides/ncands-agency-file-codebook.pdf
21 These data are collected within the federal fiscal year starting October 1st and ending September 30th, rather than the calendar year. Data on funding of services, number of children screened out, number of Child Protective Services staff, preservation services, reunification, and child fatalities are included. Temporal: 10/1/18-9/30/19, Restriction: Restricted-use Aggregate, Formats: EXCEL, SPSS https://www.ndacan.acf.hhs.gov/datasets/dataset-details.cfm?ID=237
21 The Child Welfare Outcomes Report is created by the u.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to meet requirements of Section 203(a) of the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 (ASFA).1 ASFA created Section 479A of the Social Security Act (the Act) to require HHS to issue an annual report that assesses state performance in operating child protection and child welfare programs under Titles Iv-B and Iv-E of the Act.2 Child Welfare Outcomes 1998 was the first Report created in the Child Welfare Outcomes series of Reports. Data Product Type: Report https://www.acf.hhs.gov/cb/data-research/child-welfare-outcomes
21 The National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System, Agency File (State Summary), FFY- 2014 dataset consists of State-specific data of all investigated reports of maltreatment to State child protective service agencies. The NCANDS is a federally-sponsored national data collection effort created for the purpose of tracking the volume and nature of child maltreatment reporting each year within the United States. These data are collected within the federal fiscal year (FFY October 1, 2013 – September 30, 2014) rather than the calendar year. Temporal: 10/01/2013 - 09/30/2014, Restriction: Restricted-use Micro, Formats: DELIMITED, EXCEL https://www.ndacan.acf.hhs.gov/datasets/pdfs_user_guides/ncands-agency-file-codebook.pdf
21 Child Maltreatment 2018 is the 29th edition of the annual Child Maltreatment report series that discusses key findings from information collected through NCANDS. Data Product Type: Report https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/cb/cm2018.pdf
21 Data elements include the demographics of children and their perpetrators, types of maltreatment, investigation or assessment dispositions, risk factors, and services provided as a result of the investigation or assessment. Temporal: 10/1/17 -9/30/18, Restriction: Restricted-use Micro, Formats: ASCII, DELIMITED, SAS, SPSS, STATA https://www.ndacan.acf.hhs.gov/datasets/dataset-details.cfm?ID=233
21 Data elements include the demographics of children and their perpetrators, types of maltreatment, investigation or assessment dispositions, risk factors, and services provided as a result of the investigation or assessment. Temporal: 10/1/17 -9/30/18, Restriction: Restricted-use Micro, Formats: ASCII, DELIMITED, SAS, SPSS, STATA https://www.ndacan.acf.hhs.gov/datasets/pdfs_user_guides/ncands-child-file-codebook.pdf
21 The National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) Child File dataset consists of child-specific data of all investigated reports of maltreatment to State child protective service agencies. Temporal: 10/01/2020 - 09/30/2021, Restriction: Restricted-use Micro, Formats: SAS, SPSS https://www.ndacan.acf.hhs.gov/datasets/pdfs_user_guides/ncands-child-file-codebook.pdf
21 The National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) Child File dataset consists of child-specific data of all investigated reports of maltreatment to State child protective service agencies. Temporal: 10/01/2020 - 09/30/2021, Restriction: Restricted-use Micro, Formats: SAS, SPSS https://www.ndacan.acf.hhs.gov/datasets/request-restricted-data.cfm
21 The National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System, Agency File (State Summary), FFY- 2014 dataset consists of State-specific data of all investigated reports of maltreatment to State child protective service agencies. The NCANDS is a federally-sponsored national data collection effort created for the purpose of tracking the volume and nature of child maltreatment reporting each year within the United States. These data are collected within the federal fiscal year (FFY October 1, 2013 – September 30, 2014) rather than the calendar year. Temporal: 10/01/2013 - 09/30/2014, Restriction: Restricted-use Micro, Formats: DELIMITED, EXCEL https://www.ndacan.acf.hhs.gov/datasets/request-dataset-ncands-state-level.cfm
21 These data are collected within the federal fiscal year starting October 1st and ending September 30th, rather than the calendar year. Data on funding of services, number of children screened out, number of Child Protective Services staff, preservation services, reunification, and child fatalities are included. Temporal: 10/1/2017-9/30/2018, Restriction: Restricted-use Aggregate, Formats: EXCEL, SPSS https://www.ndacan.acf.hhs.gov/datasets/dataset-details.cfm?ID=233
21 Child File data are collected annually through the voluntary participation of States. Participating States submit their data after going through a process in which the State's administrative system is mapped to the NCANDS data structure. Submitted data consist of all investigations or assessments of alleged child maltreatment that received a disposition in the reporting year. Records are provided at the level of each child on a report, also known as the report-child pair. Data elements include the demographics of children and their perpetrators, types of maltreatment, investigation or assessment dispositions, risk factors, and services provided as a result of the investigation or assessment. Temporal: 10/01/2013 - 09/30/2014, Restriction: Restricted-use Micro, Formats: SAS, SPSS https://www.ndacan.acf.hhs.gov/datasets/request-restricted-data.cfm
21 The National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) Child File dataset consists of child-specific data of all investigated reports of maltreatment to State child protective service agencies. The NCANDS is a federally-sponsored national data collection effort created for the purpose of tracking the volume and nature of child maltreatment reporting each year within the United States. The Child File is the case-level component of the NCANDS. There is also an NCANDS State-level component, known as the Agency File, but those data are not part of this collection. Child File data are collected annually through the voluntary participation of States. Participating States submit their data after going through a process in which the State's administrative system is mapped to the NCANDS data structure. Submitted data consist of all investigations or assessments of alleged child maltreatment that received a disposition in the reporting year. Records are provided at the level of each child on a report, also known as the report-child pair. Data elements include the demographics of children and their perpetrators, types of maltreatment, investigation or assessment dispositions, risk factors, and services provided as a result of the investigation or assessment. Temporal: 10/01/2020 - 09/30/2021, Restriction: Restricted-use Micro, Formats: SAS https://www.ndacan.acf.hhs.gov/datasets/request-dataset.cfm
21 Child File data are collected annually through the voluntary participation of States. Participating States submit their data after going through a process in which the State's administrative system is mapped to the NCANDS data structure. Submitted data consist of all investigations or assessments of alleged child maltreatment that received a disposition in the reporting year. Records are provided at the level of each child on a report, also known as the report-child pair. Data elements include the demographics of children and their perpetrators, types of maltreatment, investigation or assessment dispositions, risk factors, and services provided as a result of the investigation or assessment. Temporal: 10/01/2013 - 09/30/2014, Restriction: Restricted-use Micro, Formats: SAS, SPSS https://www.ndacan.acf.hhs.gov/datasets/pdfs_user_guides/ncands-child-file-codebook.pdf
21 The National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) Child File dataset consists of child-specific data of all investigated reports of maltreatment to State child protective service agencies. Temporal: 10/01/2020 - 09/30/2021, Restriction: Restricted-use Micro, Formats: SAS, SPSS https://www.ndacan.acf.hhs.gov/datasets/dataset-details.cfm?ID=263
21 Data elements include the demographics of children and their perpetrators, types of maltreatment, investigation or assessment dispositions, risk factors, and services provided as a result of the investigation or assessment. Temporal: 10/1/18 -9/30/19, Restriction: Restricted-use Micro, Formats: ASCII, DELIMITED, SAS, SPSS, Text Files https://www.ndacan.acf.hhs.gov/datasets/pdfs_user_guides/ncands-child-file-codebook.pdf
21 Data elements include the demographics of children and their perpetrators, types of maltreatment, investigation or assessment dispositions, risk factors, and services provided as a result of the investigation or assessment. Temporal: 10/1/18 -9/30/19, Restriction: Restricted-use Micro, Formats: ASCII, DELIMITED, SAS, SPSS, Text Files https://www.ndacan.acf.hhs.gov/datasets/dataset-details.cfm?ID=237
21 The National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) Child File dataset consists of child-specific data of all investigated reports of maltreatment to State child protective service agencies. The NCANDS is a federally-sponsored national data collection effort created for the purpose of tracking the volume and nature of child maltreatment reporting each year within the United States. The Child File is the case-level component of the NCANDS. There is also an NCANDS State-level component, known as the Agency File, but those data are not part of this collection. Child File data are collected annually through the voluntary participation of States. Participating States submit their data after going through a process in which the State's administrative system is mapped to the NCANDS data structure. Submitted data consist of all investigations or assessments of alleged child maltreatment that received a disposition in the reporting year. Records are provided at the level of each child on a report, also known as the report-child pair. Data elements include the demographics of children and their perpetrators, types of maltreatment, investigation or assessment dispositions, risk factors, and services provided as a result of the investigation or assessment. Temporal: 10/01/2020 - 09/30/2021, Restriction: Restricted-use Micro, Formats: SAS https://www.ndacan.acf.hhs.gov/datasets/dataset-details.cfm?ID=264
21 Child File data are collected annually through the voluntary participation of States. Participating States submit their data after going through a process in which the State's administrative system is mapped to the NCANDS data structure. Submitted data consist of all investigations or assessments of alleged child maltreatment that received a disposition in the reporting year. Records are provided at the level of each child on a report, also known as the report-child pair. Data elements include the demographics of children and their perpetrators, types of maltreatment, investigation or assessment dispositions, risk factors, and services provided as a result of the investigation or assessment. Temporal: 10/01/2013 - 09/30/2014, Restriction: Restricted-use Micro, Formats: SAS, SPSS https://www.ndacan.acf.hhs.gov/datasets/dataset-details.cfm?ID=195
21 The National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System, Agency File (State Summary), FFY- 2014 dataset consists of State-specific data of all investigated reports of maltreatment to State child protective service agencies. The NCANDS is a federally-sponsored national data collection effort created for the purpose of tracking the volume and nature of child maltreatment reporting each year within the United States. These data are collected within the federal fiscal year (FFY October 1, 2013 – September 30, 2014) rather than the calendar year. Temporal: 10/01/2013 - 09/30/2014, Restriction: Restricted-use Micro, Formats: DELIMITED, EXCEL https://www.ndacan.acf.hhs.gov/datasets/dataset-details.cfm?ID=196
21 The National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) Child File dataset consists of child-specific data of all investigated reports of maltreatment to State child protective service agencies. The NCANDS is a federally-sponsored national data collection effort created for the purpose of tracking the volume and nature of child maltreatment reporting each year within the United States. The Child File is the case-level component of the NCANDS. There is also an NCANDS State-level component, known as the Agency File, but those data are not part of this collection. Child File data are collected annually through the voluntary participation of States. Participating States submit their data after going through a process in which the State's administrative system is mapped to the NCANDS data structure. Submitted data consist of all investigations or assessments of alleged child maltreatment that received a disposition in the reporting year. Records are provided at the level of each child on a report, also known as the report-child pair. Data elements include the demographics of children and their perpetrators, types of maltreatment, investigation or assessment dispositions, risk factors, and services provided as a result of the investigation or assessment. Temporal: 10/01/2020 - 09/30/2021, Restriction: Restricted-use Micro, Formats: SAS https://www.ndacan.acf.hhs.gov/datasets/pdfs_user_guides/dataset264-ncands-ffy2021-agency-file-contents.pdf
21 These data are collected within the federal fiscal year starting October 1st and ending September 30th, rather than the calendar year. Data on funding of services, number of children screened out, number of Child Protective Services staff, preservation services, reunification, and child fatalities are included. Temporal: 10/1/2017-9/30/2018, Restriction: Restricted-use Aggregate, Formats: EXCEL, SPSS https://www.ndacan.acf.hhs.gov/datasets/pdfs_user_guides/ncands-agency-file-codebook.pdf

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