State-Level Data for Understanding Child Welfare in the United States

This dataset features FY2019 kinship caregiving profiles for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Data used in these profiles were retrieved from the National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect. Some of the data featured includes the race and ethnicity of children placed with a relative foster family, age of the children placed with a relative foster family, and funding availability and spending for guardianship by state in SFY2016. Along with the profile is a companion guide that outlines how the state profiles can be used, a description of each data source, how to interpret the data, and an overview of the current state of child welfare in the United States.