*Data Available*: AFCARS 2005

[Andres Arroyo <aa17@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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The National Data Archive on Child Abuse and 
Neglect (NDACAN) at Cornell University is pleased 
to announce the availability of the data for the study entitled:

"Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS), 2005"

Investigator: Children's Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

The User's Guide PDF for these data contains the 
codebook and is available for free download at this page:
http://www.ndacan.cornell.edu/NDACAN/Datasets/Abstracts/DatasetAbstract_AFCARS_General.html
There you will also find a link to ordering instructions.

  Abstract: The AFCARS, or Adoption and Foster 
Care Analysis and Reporting System, is a federal 
data collection effort that provides 
child-specific information on all children 
covered by the protections of Title IV-B and 
Title IV-E of the Social Security Act. On an 
annual basis, all states submit data to the U.S. 
Children's Bureau, concerning each child in 
foster care and each child who has been adopted 
under the authority of the state's child welfare 
agency. The AFCARS databases have been designed 
to address policy development and program 
management issues at both the state and federal 
levels. The data are also useful for researchers 
interested in analyzing aspects of the United 
States' foster care and adoption programs.
   The Archive distributes two data files for 
each federal fiscal year since 1995, one file 
containing the adoption data and the other the 
foster care data. The adoption file contains 45 
data elements concerning the adopted child's 
gender, race, birth date, ethnicity and prior 
relationship with the adoptive parents. The date 
the adoption was finalized, dates parental rights 
were terminated, characteristics of birth and 
adoptive parents, and whether the child was 
placed from within the United States or from 
another country are also captured. The foster 
care file contains 89 elements providing 
information on child demographics including 
gender, birth date, race, and ethnicity. 
Information about the number of previous stays in 
foster care, service goals, availability for 
adoption, dates of removal and discharge, funding 
sources, and the biological and foster parents is 
also included in the foster care files.

http://www.ndacan.cornell.edu/NDACAN/Datasets/Abstracts/DatasetAbstract_AFCARS_General.html

Sincerely,
   Andrés Arroyo
   Administrative Assistant
   National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN)
   Beebe Hall - FLDC
   College of Human Ecology
   Cornell University
   Ithaca NY 14853
Phone: 607-255-7799 * Fax: 607-255-8562
E-mail: NDACAN@cornell.edu
Web site: www.ndacan.cornell.edu









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