Recent additions to NDACAN

["Elliott G. Smith" <egs1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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I would like to announce two recent additions to the NDACAN holdings:

- NATIONAL SURVEY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT WELL-BEING (NSCAW), WAVE 1
The NSCAW is the first nationally representative, longitudinal study of 
children and families who have come into contact with the child welfare 
system. A wealth of information is gathered from children, caregivers, 
caseworkers, and teachers to examine child and family functioning and 
well-being, service needs and utilization, and agency- and system-level 
factors. Child outcomes of interest include health and physical well-being, 
cognitive and school performance, mental health, behavior problems, and 
social functioning and relationships. Subsequent waves will include data 
collection 12 months and 18 months after the close of the CPS investigation.

To learn more about the NSCAW study, visit the Children's Bureau Web site 
at www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/core/ongoing_research/afc/wellbeing_intro.html

To learn who is eligible to access the NSCAW data and how to apply, visit 
NDACAN's Web site at
www.ndacan.cornell.edu/NDACAN/Datasets/Abstracts/DatasetAbstract_NSCAW_General.html

- ADOPTION AND FOSTER CARE ANALYSIS AND REPORTING SYSTEM (AFCARS), FISCAL 
YEAR 1999
The AFCARS is a federally-mandated, administrative data collection effort 
from which annual databases are created. AFCARS is intended to provide case 
specific information on all children covered by the protections of Title 
IV-B/E of the Social Security Act (Section 427). Under the AFCARS' rule, 
States are required to collect data on all children in foster care for whom 
the state child welfare agency has responsibility for placement, care, or 
supervision as well as all adopted children who are placed by the state's 
child welfare agency or by private agencies under contract with the public 
child welfare agency.

To learn more about the AFCARS and how to obtain the data, visit NDACAN's 
Web site at
www.ndacan.cornell.edu/NDACAN/Datasets/Abstracts/DatasetAbstract_AFCARS_General.html 



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Elliott G. Smith, Ph.D.
Project Manager
National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect
Family Life Development Center
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY  14853
Phone: 607.255.8104  E-mail: egs1@cornell.edu  Web: www.ndacan.cornell.edu

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