| 32. Avg. Daily Rate, Children In Foster Care Per 1,000 Children 0-17
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| | Time Series |
| Location |
1997-1998 | 1998-1999 | 1999-2000 |
| State of Hawai`i | 11.2 | 12.0 | 12.4 |
| Hawai`i County | 16.3 | 16.7 | 17.4 |
| City & County of Honolulu | 11.4 | 12.3 | 12.6 |
| Kaua`i County | 6.1 | 8.2 | 8.2 |
| Maui County | 6.4 | 6.6 | 7.6 |
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| Technical Notes:
The source of the numerator is Hawaii State Dept. of Human Services, Management Services Office. The source of the denominator is U.S. Census Bureau -- 1990-99 County Population Estimates and 2000 Census data. The federal definition is "Duplicated avg. daily rate of children in state-supervised, family- based foster care, regardless of parental rights termination or length of care." Hawaii's Dept. of Human Services (DHS) has data only for DHS-funded children. Data before fiscal 1998 not comparable due to changes in both definitions and computer record-keeping systems.
Notes on data quality and data patterns for social indicators related to substance abuse.
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| Importance of the Indicator: Children living in foster care are often the victims of multiple traumatic events of neglect or abuse, separation and loss. Changes in living arrangements can be frequent and disruptive, creating the need to adjust to new families, neighborhoods, and schools while experiencing separation from parents, siblings, and friends. Low attachment to family, community and school are powerful risk factors for substance abuse. |
| Data collected by UH - Social Science Institute (SSRI) and Center on the Family (COF) Under Contract to the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division (ADAD), Department of Health |
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