What are substantiated vs. indicated cases of child maltreatment?
Every day CPS agencies receive about 9,686 reports of suspected child abuse and neglect. Many of these reports do not receive an investigation or assessment. Substantiated cases of child abuse and neglect are those in which there was an investigation by a state agency and there was sufficient evident to confirmed that child abuse and neglect did occur. Indicated cases of child abuse are those in which child maltreatment is not supported, but there is reason to suspect that child maltreatment either occur, or could happen. Not all states differentiated between substantiated and indicated. References U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Children, Youth and Families. Child Maltreatment 2007: (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2009). The report is available by calling the Child Welfare Information Gateway at (800) FYI-3366 or on the Internet.
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