Benefits of longitudinally linked national records of child maltreatment report and foster care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Report and Placement Integrated Data System (RAPIDS) integrates two U.S. national data systems-NCANDS' child maltreatment report (CMR) records and AFCARS' foster care (FC) records-into a single longitudinal dataset spanning 2006-2021. This integration enables comprehensive child maltreatment analysis by linking the annual files from these previously separate systems.

Objective

To explore benefits of RAPIDS data in understanding CMR outcomes.

Participants and setting

Children aged 0-10 years with CMRs in 2018 (N = 2,371,119).

Methods

Using logistic regression, we modeled five outcomes: two current outcomes from 2018 index reports (substantiation and foster care entry) and three future outcomes within two years (re-report, substantiated re-report,

SUBMITTER: Kim H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12853404 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature