According to the Lexington Herald-Leader, the Kentucky Cabinet of Health and Family Services received 105,527 allegations of child abuse or neglect in 2016. DCBS has lost tens of millions of dollars because of state budget cuts from 2009 through this year. Governor Bevin put $3.3 million into the current 2-year budget to provide pay raises for social workers which will help some of Kentucky's social workers who juggle 60 - 80 cases, a load several times heavier than recommended. By 2018, Commissioner Adria Johnson wants to restore the Kinship Care program to provide a $300 monthly stipend to relatives who agree to accept children removed from a troubled home. Read more about child abuse/neglect in Kentucky here.
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SFY 2012 |
SFY 2013 |
SFY 2014 |
SFY 2015 |
SFY 2016 |
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# of calls with allegations received |
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73,692" |
106,197 |
105,527 |
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# of abuse/neglect reports that met acceptance criteria |
50,953 |
58,125 |
53,225 |
59,077 |
52,424 |
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# of substantiated abuse/neglect findings |
9,934 |
11,88 |
11,120 |
12,914 |
15,378 |
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# of fatalities in which abuse/neglect was substantiated |
33 |
20 |
16 |
21* |
9 |
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# of substantiated fatalities with agency history |
12 |
15 |
12 |
16* |
5 |
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# of nearfatalities in which abuse/neglect was substantiated |
44 |
46 |
51 |
53* |
41 |
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# of substantiated abuse/neglect near fatalities with agency history |
28 |
33 |
32 |
29* |
21 |
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Note: An asterisk (*) indicates adjustment from prior years' reports. "In 2014, DCBS made a system change that allowed for separation of allegation calls from all other agency calls; these data are unable to retroactively run for SFY 2012 through SFY 2013.
Source TWT Y084, Run Date 7/7/2016 |
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