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Child Date Trends
Georgia
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1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
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Total Children1 |
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2,169,234 |
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# of Infant
mortality <1 1 |
1022 |
1035 |
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Infant
mortality rate <1 1 |
8.6 |
8.5 |
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8.5 |
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# of Child
death 1 |
448 |
460 |
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Child death
rate 1 |
29 |
29 |
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25 |
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| # of Child homicide 3 |
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58 |
54 |
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Teenage Death
Rate1 |
355 |
331 |
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55 |
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Child
Suicides3 |
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22 |
33 |
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59 |
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Teenage Birth
Rate |
7091 |
6582 |
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44 |
40 |
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36 |
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Children Suicides3 |
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34 |
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Percent of
Children living in poverty1 |
23 |
23 |
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18 |
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Percent of
children in single parent homes1 |
29 |
31 |
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30 |
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Number of
Children reported abused4 |
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70652 |
76581 |
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Number of
Children substantiated abused
4 |
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14936 |
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Number of
Children in DFCS Custody (end of year)4 |
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11294 |
12477 |
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Number of
Children in out of home care
2 |
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Preadoptive home |
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724 |
625 |
1585 |
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relative foster home |
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3336 |
2874 |
3508 |
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foster home |
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6570 |
5771 |
9095 |
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group home |
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640 |
752 |
1022 |
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institution (therapeutic) |
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804 |
589 |
962 |
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Independent living |
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runaway |
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58 |
74 |
154 |
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trial home visit |
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459 |
522 |
1657 |
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DJJ |
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102 |
87 |
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not indicated |
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522 |
448 |
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total in custody |
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12693 |
11294 |
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Children
adopted 4 |
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1148 |
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Juveniles
served DJJ System |
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42,229 |
40,002 |
50,609 |
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Violent Arrest Rate
1 |
275 |
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| Property Crime Rate
1 |
1641 |
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Juveniles in
DJJ facilities RYDC6 |
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1316 |
1226 |
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Juveniles in
DJJ long term YDCs6 |
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2191 |
3367 |
2646 |
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DJJ Short Term Program Commitments5 |
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4855 |
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Community
Corrections6 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
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community (no supervision) |
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3369 |
2179 |
1480 |
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case workder supervision |
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34090 |
34489 |
41851 |
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multi Service Center |
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3132 |
2110 |
3629 |
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contract/group home |
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268 |
339 |
773 |
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emergency shelters |
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1 |
1 |
4 |
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DJJ Group Home |
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99 |
55 |
196 |
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Independent living |
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52 |
43 |
139 |
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job corps |
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4 |
10 |
16 |
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Mental Health Private facility |
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0 |
4 |
36 |
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Psychiatric |
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0 |
0 |
6 |
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residentila A&D |
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59 |
60 |
268 |
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Specialized Residential |
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173 |
167 |
755 |
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State MH A&D |
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0 |
3 |
29 |
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Wilderness |
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134 |
132 |
522 |
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Total Community Services |
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42229 |
40002 |
50609 |
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Race Distribution black YDC |
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73.54 |
75.07 |
72.67 |
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Children
eligible for adoption |
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Graduation rate from
High School |
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| BUDGET6 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
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| DHR |
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1339 |
1,363 |
1411 |
1,417 |
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| DJJ |
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272,553,000 |
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| Family Foster Care |
35,266,716 |
37,511,000 |
37,785,000 |
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60,543,000 |
64,007,000 |
70,122,000 |
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| Institutional Foster Care |
12,266,000 |
17,620,000 |
15,638,000 |
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25,180,000 |
30,737,000 |
55,134,000 |
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| Specialized Foster Care |
10,898,000 |
7,163,000 |
6,597,000 |
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8,535,000 |
12,211,000 |
12,632,000 |
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| MATCH |
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58,420,000 |
61,263,000 |
61,263,000 |
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| Adoption Supplement |
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44,089,000 |
44,856,000 |
44,856,000 |
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| Prevention of Foster Care |
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14,745,000 |
15,745,000 |
15,745,000 |
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| Homemaker Services |
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7,803,000 |
7,803,000 |
7,803,000 |
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| #of children served (paid) |
8204 |
8540 |
9010 |
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| National cost of raising a child 8 |
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| age 2 |
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9,230 |
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| age 16 |
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10,300 |
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1-Kids Count Data Book, Annie E. Casey
Foundation
2-DFCS Report in compliance with HB1406 of 1998
3-Georgia Child Fatality Review Annual Report
4-Social Services Fact Sheet
5-DJJ Website
6-Governor's Budget Document
7-Management
Reference Manual, DJJ
8-USDA National average
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