Greetings.<\/p>\n
I’ve been searching for days, seeking high and low, for a dataset matching what I described in the title.<\/p>\n
From what I’ve found, there is a wealth of information for counts pertaining to number of children<\/em> with 1 or more allegations, but not much for counts and\/or totals for allegations themselves.<\/p>\n The best resource seems to be the California Child Welfare Indicators Project<\/a>. In the report index I linked, you’ll see two reports that I found (at first) to be the most promising. Under the Fundamentals heading, there’s Allegations: Child Maltreatment Allegations – Child Count. It’s close, but because they’re again counting children and not allegations, I can’t use it. The other report, under CWS Rates, is Allegation Rates: Child Maltreatment Allegation Rates. It seems so close, but when I look at the options under Report Output, they list the rates (obviously), the total child population, and children with allegations. Looking at the descriptions for the data, it appears I can’t even infer the totals using the incidence rates, but I may be wrong.<\/p>\n Lastly, the report I was most excited about is found under Process Measures; the one labeled 2B. It’s titled “Referrals by Time to Investigation” and I thought that, since every report to CPS requires a response, that this was what I was looking for. Alas, this report only totals allegations that are deemed worthy of an in-person investigation.<\/p>\n So, here I am seeking the help of the Dataset community. Does anyone have any recommendations where I might look to find total reports made to CPS? Have I already found it among the reports listed at the CCWIP and just don’t realize it?<\/p>\n Should I reach out to them and just ask for the data?<\/p>\n I appreciate any help the community can provide.<\/p>\n Many thanks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n submitted by \/u\/Wiredawn <\/a>
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