Iowa Child Abuse Occurrences by Year, County and Type of Abuse, 2005-2023
This dataset summarizes occurrences of abuse by type identified during child welfare assessments conducted by DHS with "founded" or "confirmed" findings in calendar years 2005 through 2023. Founded means abuse occurred and resulted in perpetrator placement on the child abuse registry. Confirmed means abuse occurred, but it was minor, isolated and not likely to reoccur, and perpetrator was not placed on the central abuse registry. Data is grouped by calendar year, county and type of abuse. For each child included in the assessment, up to 10 types of abuse may be indicated. Each child may be confirmed of multiple types of abuse on a single assessment, and may have multiple assessments. The county is determined according to the child's county of residence at time of the assessment. A year, county and abuse type is only provided if there were a reported occurrence. There were a small number of assessments without county information in 2004. Beginning July 1, 2009 there was a statute change related to registered sex offenders that changed how information was reported.
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| @type | dcat:Dataset |
|---|---|
| accessLevel | public |
| contactPoint |
{ "fn": "Iowa Data Hub Administrators", "@type": "vcard:Contact", "hasEmail": "mailto:data@iowa.gov" } |
| description | This dataset summarizes occurrences of abuse by type identified during child welfare assessments conducted by DHS with "founded" or "confirmed" findings in calendar years 2005 through 2023. Founded means abuse occurred and resulted in perpetrator placement on the child abuse registry. Confirmed means abuse occurred, but it was minor, isolated and not likely to reoccur, and perpetrator was not placed on the central abuse registry. Data is grouped by calendar year, county and type of abuse. For each child included in the assessment, up to 10 types of abuse may be indicated. Each child may be confirmed of multiple types of abuse on a single assessment, and may have multiple assessments. The county is determined according to the child's county of residence at time of the assessment. A year, county and abuse type is only provided if there were a reported occurrence. There were a small number of assessments without county information in 2004. Beginning July 1, 2009 there was a statute change related to registered sex offenders that changed how information was reported. |
| distribution |
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| identifier | https://data.iowa.gov/catalog/dataset/920 |
| issued | 2025-08-26T20:10:17.145319+00:00 |
| keyword |
[ "abuse", "child abuse", "child welfare", "maltreatment", "neglect" ] |
| landingPage | https://data.iowa.gov/catalog/dataset/920 |
| license | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| modified | 2025-08-26T20:10:17.145319+00:00 |
| publisher |
{ "name": "Child Protective Services", "@type": "org:Organization", "subOrganizationOf": { "name": "Division of Family Well-Being and Protection", "@type": "org:Organization", "subOrganizationOf": { "name": "Department of Health and Human Services", "@type": "org:Organization" } } } |
| theme |
[ "Public Safety & Justice" ] |
| title | Iowa Child Abuse Occurrences by Year, County and Type of Abuse, 2005-2023 |
