• 43,406 families were served in child abuse and neglect family-based programs reported in the 1997

• 12,529 reports of children abused and neglected were substantiated through investigation

• 2,618 children were removed from their homes due to substantiated child abuse or neglect

• 1,184 fourteen year olds and 1,276 fifteen year olds were reported to be abused or neglected

• Child Protective Services reported 28 child fatalities, twelfth in the nation

• Know that the Menominee People have a strong heritage and identity
• Recognize their Tribal connection with their clan
• Understand how important self is in the parenting process, and using parenting tools
• Understand themselves better
• Gain knowledge of pre-natal health practices and fetal and child development
• Identifying and sharing values with their children
• Pass on the Menominee language

  NOTE: Because this is a private and very culturally and community specific project, copies of materials and contact information is not available for sharing. However, the goals articulated by the Menominee Nation are applicable to many cultural groups.

America's Children: Key National Indicators of Children's Well-Being, 2000

This fourth annual report presents 23 key indicators of the well-being of children. Developed by the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics. You will find other reports and publications at the Forum's web site. This report may be ordered free or viewed and downloaded from the Web. Earlier versions of the report are also available in Adobe Acrobat format.

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Child abuse and spousal abuse are not always separate phenomena, as the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control reports in "The Co-occurrence of Intimate Partner Violence Against Mothers and Abuse of Children." The most rigorous research results show that concurrence rates of partner violence against mothers and abuse of children is approximately 50%. Services for battered women and their abused children are not always coordinated and may even have conflicting goals in interventions. Some interventions may provide "dual advocacy" and counseling services to women and children, such as:

• state child protection agencies
• battered women's shelters with children's programs
• child/family advocacy centers (primarily for child sexual abuse evaluation)
• court settings
• child visitation centers

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Child Maltreatment 1997: Reports From the States to the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1999), just over 900,000 children were victims of substantiated child abuse and neglect in 1997, the most recent year as reported to HHS by State Child Protection Services agencies. In 1997, 1,100 child fatalities from maltreatment were reported by the states. Maltreated children are found in all income, racial, and ethnic groups, and incidence rates are similar in urban, suburban, and rural communities. About half are cases of neglect, a quarter physical abuse, and about one in seven sexual abuse.

Child abuse and neglect cases have dropped to 13.9 children per 1,000 in 1997 from a high of 15.3 in 1993. Neglect makes up nearly 50% of all substantiated reports. Perpetrators are persons who have caused or knowingly allowed child maltreatment.

• Three-quarters of perpetrators of child maltreatment were parents, and an additional tenth were other relatives. (39 States)
• Almost two-thirds of perpetrators were female, and four-fifths of perpetrators were younger than age 40. (16 States)
• Male perpetrators were associated with three-quarters of sexual abuse victims, while female perpetrators were associated with four-fifths of medical neglect victims. (16 States)
• Children in foster care numbered more than 560,000 in September 1998, up from 340,000 in 1988. Most of these children will return to their homes, but more than 120,000 cannot return safely.