Child Protective Service Reports Accepted by State Fiscal Year, Response Time and Type
data.ct.gov | Last Updated 12 Sep 2023This dataset contains aggregate data by State Fiscal Year of all child abuse/neglect reports accepted by DCF CareLine for either a traditional Child Protective Services (CPS) Investigation or, as of SFY2012, a Family Assessment Response (FAR). Figures are provided by mandated Response Time and Response Type, for each DCF Area Office beginning with SFY2011. Each report accepted is screened for safety and risk factors, and assigned an amount of time within which the agency is required to respond to the report. Mandated response times include “Same Day”, “24 Hours”, and “72 Hours”. Traditionally, DCF responded to all reports through a Child Protective Services (CPS) Investigation only. As of April 2012, DCF began its Family Assessment Response (FAR) to low-risk reports which does not include the decision to substantiate or not to substantiate the allegations of neglect in these reports. As a result, there have been fewer substantiated allegations since its implementation but, the agency continues to serve as many or more families reported for abuse/neglect.
This dataset has the following 9 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DATA_AS_OF | data_as_of | calendar_date | Date the data was produced | 2014-09-15T00:00:00.000 2017-03-31T00:00:00.000 view top 100 |
| SFY | sfy | text | Reporting State Fiscal Year (July 1 to June 30) | SFY2011 SFY2012 SFY2014 SFY2013 SFY2015 view top 100 |
| REGION | region | text | DCF Region responsible for responding to the Reports. A single region is comprised of 2 – 3 offices. | Region 3 Region 5 OTHER Region 1 Region 6 view top 100 |
| OFFICE | office | text | DCF Office responsible for responding to the Reports. A single office is responsible for covering many towns. The one exception is New Haven Office that is responsible solely for the town of New Haven. | Meriden Office Waterbury Office Bridgeport Office Norwich Office Hartford Office view top 100 |
| RESPONSE_TIME | response_time | text | Mandated time to respond to the accepted report. It is measured from the day/time CareLine accepted the report for a response. | 24 Hours 72 Hours Same Day 72 Hours 24 Hours view top 100 |
| TOTAL_REPORTS | total_responses | number | Total Number of Child Protective Service (CPS) Reports Accepted | 1 5 88 2 6 view top 100 |
| INTAKE_RESPONSES | intake_responses | number | Total Number of CPS Reports with a traditional CPS Investigation response | 1 3 301 6 4 view top 100 |
| FAR_TO_INTAKE_RESPONSES | far_to_intake_responses | number | Total Number of CPS Reports initially designated for a Family Assessment Response (FAR) that ultimately changed tracks to receive a traditional CPS Investigation. This track change occurs when new information is received that raises the level of risk above that which is acceptable for a FAR. | 0 1 2 80 31 view top 100 |
| FAR_RESPONSES | far_responses | number | Total Number of CPS Reports that received a Family Assessment Response (FAR). | 0 1 3 104 16 view top 100 |