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National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS)

Published by ACF | U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | Metadata Last Checked: August 08, 2025 | Last Modified: 2025-02-03
The NCANDS is a federally-sponsored national data collection effort created for the purpose of tracking the volume and nature of child maltreatment reporting each year within the United States. Units of Response: Report-Child Combination Type of Data: Administrative Tribal Data: Unavailable Periodicity: Annual Demographic Indicators: Disability;Ethnicity;Housing Status;Military;Race;Sex SORN: Not Applicable Data Use Agreement: https://www.ndacan.acf.hhs.gov/datasets/request-restricted-data.cfm Data Use Agreement Location: https://www.ndacan.acf.hhs.gov/datasets/order_forms/termsofuseagreement.pdf Granularity: Individual;State Spatial: United States Geocoding: FIPS Code;State

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