Maltreatment in Foster Care: CFSR Round 4 Statewide Data Indicator Series

This factsheet helps child welfare leaders, managers, data and continuous quality improvement (CQI) staff, and others understand and explain the Child and Family Services Review (CFSR) statewide data indicator maltreatment in foster care. This indicator measures whether children experience abuse or neglect while under the placement and care responsibility of the state or local child welfare agency. Performance on this indicator is used as part of the CFSR Round 4 process to evaluate CFSR Safety Outcome 1 and can also inform CQI, program monitoring, and strategic planning activities. Part of the CFSR Round 4 Statewide Data Indicator Series, this factsheet takes complex data calculations related to state and national performance and condenses them into a digestible reference for individual or group learning.