| DCFS
has an administrative agreement with the Arkansas State Police to provide an
around-the-clock statewide intake process for accepting reports of alleged
child maltreatment. In State Fiscal
Year (SFY) 1999, 18,657 reports of abuse and neglect were accepted for
investigation. A uniform protocol is
used for screening and prioritizing all allegations of child
maltreatment. Of these 18,657 reports
of abuse and neglect, 564 could not be completed because the family could not
be located and 305 were still pending at the end of the fiscal year. Of the 17,788 assessments completed,
31.47% (5,775) were determined to be true and 12,013 were unsubstantiated. |
