RE: repeat instances of child maltreatment

[rbarth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Rick Barth)]

I encourage you to read this report (which I have not seen) carefully to try to
discern whether the re-entrances to care are a result of "repeat instances of
child maltreatment" as the notes below indicate or whether a child can go back
into care for other reasons taht may not include child maltreatment (e.g., if the
child runs away from home or if the parent fails a required post-reunification
drug test and the child is returned as a preventative measure or if another child
is abused and the index child is also brought into care).  It may be the case, but
we should not assume that all children who re-enter care do so as a result of
re-abuse.

Richard P. Barth, Ph.D.
Frank A Daniels Professor and
Chair of the Doctoral Program
School of Social Work
301 Pittsboro Rd
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC  27599-3550
(v) 919 962 6516
(f)        962 1486

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From: Gail Tittle <g-tittle@uiuc.edu>
Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 10:01:15 -0500
Subject: RE: repeat instances of child maltreatment
To: Child Maltreatment Researchers   <CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu>
Reply-To: CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu

Is it possible to get a copy of this report?

Gail Tittle
g-tittle@uiuc.edu
217-244-5732 (w)  217-344-4337 (h)

"A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the
sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove...but the world may be
different because I was important in the life of a child." 


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From: Mapp, Susan [mailto:SMapp@depelchin.org]
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 9:16 AM
To: Child Maltreatment Researchers
Subject: RE: repeat instances of child maltreatment


I just happen to have pulled Texas' data this morning. According to their
report, their 5-year outcomes show that 74.5% children are not re-abused
after a return home from foster care. Therefore, 25.5% of Texas children are
re-abused after a return home from foster care. In addition, families who
received family preservation services in Texas had a 16.3% recidivism rate
after 5 years.

Susan Mapp, LMSW
DePelchin Children's Center
Houston, TX


                -----Original Message-----
                From:   J. McKenzie [mailto:jmckenzie@wwnet.com]
                Sent:   Tuesday, May 29, 2001 9:00 AM
                To:     Child Maltreatment Researchers
                Subject:        repeat instances of child maltreatment

                Can you give me your most recent data on repeat instances of
child
                maltreatment.  In other words % of families re-referred
after protective
                service unsubstantiated and/or case closed.  Thanks.



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