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Child Maltreatment 2022

Metadata Updated: September 8, 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 2022.

Letter from the Associate Commissioner

Acknowledgements

Summary

CHAPTER 1: Introduction

CHAPTER 2: Reports

CHAPTER 3: Children

CHAPTER 4: Fatalities

CHAPTER 5: Perpetrators

CHAPTER 6: Services

CHAPTER 7: Special Focus

APPENDIX A: CAPTA Data Items

APPENDIX B: Glossary

APPENDIX C: State Characteristics

APPENDIX D: State Commentary

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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 8, 2025

Metadata Source

Harvested from Healthdata.gov

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date September 6, 2025
Metadata Updated Date September 8, 2025
Publisher Administration for Children and Families
Maintainer
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Data First Published 2025-09-04
Data Last Modified 2025-09-06
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Bureau Code 009:70
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Homepage URL https://healthdata.gov/d/7vy7-adde
Program Code 009:045
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash 5c436c1c1ada5af377b9ddeedeb11fcdceca0bbf0fd719a43024acf5da3de677
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