Child Maltreatment Cases

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Rate Per 1,000 Pop of Determined Child Maltreatment Cases, 2015: by County

Rate Per 1,000 PopCompare to State Average: 4.8
Minnesota4.8Barchart image
Aitkin County9.5Barchart image
Anoka County3.6Barchart image
Becker County10.7Barchart image
Beltrami County7.4Barchart image
Benton County3.8Barchart image
Big Stone County4.9Barchart image
Blue Earth County5.3Barchart image
Brown County3.3Barchart image
Carlton County4.2Barchart image
Carver County1.8Barchart image
Cass County5.2Barchart image
Chippewa County7.9Barchart image
Chisago County3.3Barchart image
Clay County10.4Barchart image
Clearwater County13.7Barchart image
Cook County7.6Barchart image
Cottonwood CountyN/A
Crow Wing County2.6Barchart image
Dakota County2.4Barchart image
Dodge CountyN/A
Douglas County11.9Barchart image
Faribault CountyN/A
Fillmore CountyN/A
Freeborn County5.7Barchart image
Goodhue County4.1Barchart image
Grant County6.9Barchart image
Hennepin County6.6Barchart image
Houston County2.0Barchart image
Hubbard County4.8Barchart image
Isanti County4.2Barchart image
Itasca County3.5Barchart image
Jackson CountyN/A
Kanabec County6.4Barchart image
Kandiyohi County10.4Barchart image
Kittson County3.1Barchart image
Koochiching County0.8Barchart image
Lac Qui Parle County3.6Barchart image
Lake County1.5Barchart image
Lake of the Woods County2.7Barchart image
Le Sueur County2.5Barchart image
Lincoln CountyN/A
Lyon CountyN/A
McLeod County5.2Barchart image
Mahnomen CountyN/A
Marshall County2.8Barchart image
Martin CountyN/A
Meeker County0.9Barchart image
Mille Lacs County16.7Barchart image
Morrison County4.3Barchart image
Mower County4.6Barchart image
Murray CountyN/A
Nicollet County1.0Barchart image
Nobles County1.4Barchart image
Norman County6.5Barchart image
Olmsted County1.3Barchart image
Otter Tail County5.3Barchart image
Pennington County2.1Barchart image
Pine County6.7Barchart image
Pipestone CountyN/A
Polk County3.2Barchart image
Pope County9.2Barchart image
Ramsey County5.4Barchart image
Red Lake County2.0Barchart image
Redwood CountyN/A
Renville County10.8Barchart image
Rice County6.8Barchart image
Rock CountyN/A
Roseau County8.7Barchart image
St. Louis County9.3Barchart image
Scott County1.7Barchart image
Sherburne County5.0Barchart image
Sibley County6.2Barchart image
Stearns County3.5Barchart image
Steele CountyN/A
Stevens County2.4Barchart image
Swift County14.2Barchart image
Todd County1.9Barchart image
Traverse County4.3Barchart image
Wabasha County1.5Barchart image
Wadena County2.4Barchart image
Waseca CountyN/A
Washington County1.9Barchart image
Watonwan County2.3Barchart image
Wilkin County4.8Barchart image
Winona County4.7Barchart image
Wright County2.7Barchart image
Yellow Medicine County4.0Barchart image

About the Indicator:

Child subjects of maltreatment reports: unique number of children and rate of children per 1,000. Types of maltreatment included are non-medical neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, mental injury, and medical neglect.

Once a report of maltreatment is made, a screener reviews the initial information about the concern and decides whether or not the report meets the statutory criteria for a child protection response. If it does, the agency determines if the allegations require a Family Investigation (FI) or a Family Assessment (FA). State law indicates a Family Assessment response is preferred practice, except in situations that include alleged egregious harm, sexual abuse and/or maltreatment in a child daycare or foster care home. The screener also considers a history of past reports and level of cooperation from a family. In a Family Investigation, county/tribal child protection workers interview persons involved with the report, including the alleged victims, alleged offenders and family members. If there is a preponderance of evidence that a child has been a victim of maltreatment and the harm was caused by an act, or failure to act, by a person responsible for a child’s care, the county/tribal child protection worker makes a determination that maltreatment has occurred. In a Family Assessment, no determination of maltreatment is made. In these situations, a county or tribal worker meets with all family members together to discuss and assess child safety concerns, and reviews the family’s strengths and needs.

Data are reported in aggregate for Faribault and Martin counties; for Lincoln, Lyon, and Murray, Pipestone, Redwood, and Rock counties; and (since 2013) for Cottonwood and Jackson counties. While these individual county fields will show N/A for not available, all combined counties fall within the Southwest Prevention Region, for which the aggregated data are available.

According to the Annie E. Casey Foundation Kids Count Data Center, the rate of children confirmed by child protective services as victims of maltreatment in 2012 was considerably lower in Minnesota than the national average: 3 per 1,000 versus 9 per 1,000.

Data Source: Minnesota’s Child Welfare Report, Children and Family Services

Description: Minnesota’s Child Welfare Report is a statistical report describing the state of children involved in Minnesota’s child protection response continuum in the areas of child maltreatment assessment/investigation, out-of-home care and adoption.