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    • Child Maltreatment 2015

    Metadata Updated: September 30, 2025

    This report presents national data about child abuse and neglect known to child protective services agencies in the United States during federal fiscal year 2015.

    Letter from the Commissioner

    Acknowledgements

    Summary

    Chapter 1: Introduction

    Chapter 2: Reports

    Chapter 3: Children

    Chapter 4: Fatalities

    Chapter 5: Perpetrators

    Chapter 6: Services

    Appendix A: Required CAPTA Data Items

    Appendix B: Glossary

    Appendix C: State Characteristics

    Appendix D: State Commentary

    Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset below.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date September 6, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 30, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Healthdata.gov

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date September 6, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 30, 2025
    Publisher Administration for Children and Families
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://healthdata.gov/api/views/5tve-fgqv
    Data First Published 2025-09-03
    Data Last Modified 2025-09-05
    Category ACF
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 009:70
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://healthdata.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Datagov Dedupe Retained 20250930013642
    Harvest Object Id 921d3ab6-fbb7-4cfd-8aaa-15c4a36ce685
    Harvest Source Id 651e43b2-321c-4e4c-b86a-835cfc342cb0
    Harvest Source Title Healthdata.gov
    Homepage URL https://healthdata.gov/d/5tve-fgqv
    Program Code 009:045
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 166cc05a25bc6961d02839119ca09ae7915960429669af1f7cec35756c24c806
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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