15-33.		Reduce maltreatment and maltreatment fatalities of children.

15-33a. Reduce maltreatment of children.

Target: 10.3 per 1,000 children under age 18 years.

Baseline: 12.9 child victims of maltreatment per 1,000 children under age 18 years were reported in 1998.

Target setting method: 20 percent improvement. (Better than the best will be used when data are available.)

Data source: National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS), Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Children’s Bureau.

15-33b. Reduce child maltreatment fatalities.

Target: 1.4 per 100,000 children under age 18 years.

Baseline: 1.6 child maltreatment fatalities per 100,000 children under age 18 years occurred in 1998.

Target setting method: 12 percent improvement. (Better than the best will be used when data are available.)

Data source: National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS),
Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Children’s Bureau.