85% of all child abuse reports are unfounded-AFRA

85% of all child abuse reports are unfounded:


"85% of all child abuse reports are unfounded"December 10, 2011 UPDATE to January 18, 2011 UPDATE to March 26, 2010 story

Child Maltreatment 2010: Summary Author(s):  Child Welfare Information Gateway Year Published:2011How many allegations of maltreatment were reported and received an investigation or assessment for abuse and neglect? During Federal fiscal year 2010, an estimated 3.3 million referrals, involving the alleged maltreatment of approximately 5.9 million children, were received by CPS agencies. Of these referrals, 45 States reported counts of both screened-in and screened-out referrals.  Based on these data, 60.7 percent were screened in, with a range of 25.2 to 98.7 percent among the States and 39.3 percent were screened out, with a range of 1.3 to 74.8 percent among the States.   Of the nearly 2 million reports that were screened in and received a CPS response, 90.3 percent received an investigation response and 9.7 percent received an alternative response. Of the 1,793,724 reports that received an investigation, 436,321 were substantiated; 24,976 were found to be indicated; and 1,262,118 were found to be unsubstantiated. Read More: