Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability
Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability

Client Characteristics and Outcomes Are Similar for Both Administrative and Judicial Review of Child Abuse Cases

Report 01-06, February 2001




Report Summary

This is the second of two reports on the Department of Children and Families' administrative review process for child abuse investigations. In this report, we compare the characteristics and outcomes of children whose child protection investigations were subsequently examined by the department's administrative review process and those whose cases were reviewed through the court system. Our analysis of child abuse reports that were investigated and closed during the period from January 3, 2000, through September 30, 2000, determined that

  • children in both groups have similar demographic profiles and similar types of verified maltreatment, and
  • about one-fourth of the children in both groups had subsequent alleged abuse reports.


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    Report 02-65 December 2002
  3. Progress Report of Justification Review: Child Protection Program, Department of Children and Families
    Report 02-16 March 2002
  4. Legislature Should Establish Foster Care Excess Federal Earnings Program Despite Slow Start
    Report 01-38 August 2001
Copies of this report in print or alternate accessible format may be obtained by email OPPAGA@oppaga.fl.gov, telephone (850) 488-0021, or mail 111 W. Madison St., Room 312 Tallahassee, FL 32399-1475.
Copies of this report in print or alternate accessible format may be obtained by email OPPAGA@oppaga.fl.gov, telephone (850) 488-0021, or mail 111 W. Madison St., Room 312 Tallahassee, FL 32399-1475.
social services, health, child abuse, maltreatment, administrative review, judicial review, child safety assessment, court-ordered protective supervision, voluntary protective supervision