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The Division of
Children and Family Services maintains, via an interagency agreement with the
Arkansas State Police an around-the-clock statewide intake process for
accepting reports of alleged child maltreatment. During state fiscal year 2000, a total
of 16,759 maltreatment reports were received
with 16,699 of those reports assessed.
There were 10,536 reports in which the investigation was determined as
unsubstantiated, 523 that could not be completed because the family could not
be located, one report in which the investigation was exempted for religious
reasons and 60 reports in which the results of the investigation had not
been completed. Of the completed child maltreatment
assessments, 33.77% (5,639) revealed preponderance of evidence of child
maltreatment. |
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