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## Background: After the national covid-19 emergency declaration in the u.s. in march 2020, child welfare agencies observed large reductions in maltreatment reporting. ## Objective: To quantify the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on child maltreatment reporting nationally to inform policy for future emergencies. ## Participants and setting: Administrative data from the national child abuse and neglect data system (ncands) for 48 states for federal fiscal years (ffys) 2017 through 2020. ## Methods: Analyses focused on reports to child protective services (cps) between weeks 12 and 24 of calendar years 2017 through 2020 (mid-march through mid-june). report sources of screened in and substantiated reports were compared with those during the prior year. likelihood of a report being substantiated in 2020 compared with 2019 based on report source was calculated using odds ratios. ## Results: In 2020, cps screened in 39 % fewer reports than during the same period in 2019 and the proportion of reports substantiated increased from 18 to 22 %. reports from all report sources decreased, especially from education personnel (90 % decrease) and child daycare providers (65 % decrease). the odds f

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Author

Gila R. Shusterman; John D. Fluke; Juan J. Nunez; Nicole B. Fettig; Bethel K. Kebede

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2022

Language

EN

Field

Psychology (Social Sciences)