This report was prepared under the direction of Dr. John A. Gaudiosi, Children's Bureau, Administration on Children, Youth and Families. Under contract number GS10F0297L, order number HHSP23320050013OU, Walter R. McDonald & Associates, Inc., in collaboration with the American Humane Association, provides technical support and assistance for the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS), the source of the data for this report. The Technical Team Director was Ying-Ying T. Yuan, Ph.D.; the Report Manager was Madonna Aveni, key analysts for the report were Mary Jo Ortiz, M.A.; and Lana Zikratova, M.S. Other members of the team who contributed to this report included John Fluke, Ph.D.; Sunil Leelaram, M.S.; Larry Shannon, M.S.; Gila Shusterman, Ph.D.; and Kristen Stafford. Myles Edwards, Ph.D.; and Kathleen Tinworth, M.S.; of the American Humane Association also contributed to the report. The report was designed and formatted by Janin/Cliff Design, Inc., and edited for Government Printing Office Style by Old Goat Communications.
In conjunction with reviewing and analyzing the data submitted by States to NCANDS, the Technical Team helps States to improve their child protective services information systems, to address technical and programmatic issues of submitting data to NCANDS, and to enhance the analytical capability of their agencies. For further information on technical assistance, contact the NCANDS Federal Project Officer at the following address:
Dr. John A. Gaudiosi
Mathematical Statistician
Children's Bureau
Administration on Children, Youth and Families
1250 Maryland Avenue, SW
Room 8351
Washington, D.C. 20024
202-205-8625
jgaudiosi@acf.hhs.gov
Additional copies of this report can be obtained by contacting the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information by phone at 800-FYI-3366 or on the Internet at http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/index.cfm. This publication also is available on the Internet at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/stats_research/index.htm#can.
Restricted use files of the NCANDS data are archived at the National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect at Cornell University. Researchers who are interested in using these data for statistical analyses may contact the Archive by phone at 607-255-7799, by e-mail at ndacan@cornell.edu, or on the Internet at www.ndacan.cornell.edu.
Material contained in this publication is in the public domain and may be reproduced, fully or partially, without permission of the Federal Government. The courtesy of attribution, crediting the source of the material, is requested. The recommended citation follows:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Children, Youth and Families. Child Maltreatment 2004 (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2006).
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