This report looks at children who had one or more substantiated allegations during the analysis year and who were then referred again at a later date.  The first step in this process involves the formation of a base dataset consisting of all children with substantiated referrals in a 12 month analysis period.  Secondary (or associated) allegations are removed from the analysis as appropriate using the following hierarchy: 

1.       If the primary allegation is substantiated it is selected and secondary allegations are ignored

2.       If the primary allegation is not substantiated (or is at risk) and the secondary allegation is substantiated (but not at risk) then the secondary allegation is selected and the primary is ignored 

Intervals stretching out 3, 6, 12, 18, and 24 months post-substantiation are then examined for additional substantiated allegations for these same children.  Because of the above selection process, this method produces referral base counts that are not necessarily equal to the referral counts. This happens because this analysis examines a referral series by collapsing primary and secondary referrals.  In contrast, the referral counts look at all referrals as separate observations. 

(Please note that this analysis excludes allegation types 5001, "At risk, sibling abused" and 5624 "Substantial Risk", as well as incoming ICPC children.  Further, a substantiated allegation must be at least 2 days after case closure.)  

In addition to overall statewide tables arranged by any substantiations or first substantiated report, breakouts by age, ethnicity, and gender are provided.  As in other reports at both the state and county level, children can be counted in more than one county. As a result, the sum of the children across county tables may not equal the total in the statewide tables.

Age - Child age is organized by the following intervals:  < 1 yr, 1-2 yrs, 3-5 yrs, 6-10 yrs, 11-15 yrs, 16-17, and 18+ yrs. Children with missing birth date information, or those whose ages are computed to be less than 0 or greater than 20 years, are categorized as Missing.

Ethnicity – Child ethnicity is collapsed into five categorical variables based on 31 codes (i.e., 30 primary ethnicity type codes and a Hispanic origin indicator):

1. Black (in CWS/CMS, Black, Ethiopian)

2. White (in CWS/CMS, White, White-Armenian, White-Central American, White-European, White-Middle Eastern, and White-Romanian)

3. Hispanic (in CWS/CMS, Hispanic, Mexican, South American, Caribbean, Central American, or those coded as being of Hispanic Origin)

4. Asian/PI (in CWS/CMS, Asian Indian, Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino, Guamanian, Hawaiian, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Other Asian, Other Pacific Islander, Hmong, Polynesian, Samoan, and Vietnamese)

5. Native American (in CWS/CMS, Alaskan Native and American Indian)

Children for whom ethnicity is not coded are categorized as having a Missing ethnicity.

Gender - Child gender is categorized as Female, Male, or Missing.