State of New Hampshire

Department of Health and Human Services

Trending in Data During COVID-19

Division for Children, Youth and Families

July 21, 2020

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2Child Protection Central Intake Data

Biweekly

Given the normaldecrease of

referrals during the summer

months, the calls to intake are aligned with

previous years’ referrals

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Screened In Referrals (accepted for further assessment)Biweekly

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4Child Protection Referrals by Reporter Type (Preliminary)

Source: NH SACWIS – Bridges data extracted 7/20/2020

Change in number of reports by reporter category for most recent period

Category

% changefrom

Summer composite

% change:6/21-7/4 to

7/5-7/18

# from7/5-7/18

School/Childcare -41% 93% 27

CPSW -23% 3% 35

Mental Health -34% -33% 48

Other -13% -4% 74

Social Worker (incl. school social workers)

-24% -6% 48

Law Enforcement 29% 14% 285

Court/Probation/GAL 9% 29% 27

Parent/Guardian/Family -8% 5% 144

Anonymous/Unknown -16% -25% 54

Medical -17% -3% 62

Other Comm. Agency -16% 14% 42

Total -6% 2% 846

Why this matters: tracking referrals by reporter helps us monitor the impact of COVID-19 on our reporting network and identify

groups we could activate to look out for kids and support families

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PRELIMINARY

Reports from school/childcare reporters remain low compared to the summer composite. This is likely the

result of fewer reports being made from camps, summer programs, residential schools, and other

similar organizations.

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Reporter type Governor Sununu issued an emergency order to close schools and move to remote learning on

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Child Protection Referrals by Reporter Type (Preliminary)

Change in number of reports by reporter category for most recent month

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June 2019# from

June 2020

% change: June 2019

to June 2020

School/Childcare 268 78 -71%

CPSW 61 71 16%

Mental Health 157 161 3%

Other 152 147 -3%

Social Worker (incl. school social workers)

150 92 -39%

Law Enforcement 508 521 3%

Court/Probation/GAL 57 47 -18%

Parent/Guardian/Family 287 290 1%

Anonymous/Unknown 119 152 28%

Medical 163 138 -15%

Other Comm. Agency 102 93 -9%

Total 2024 1790 -12%

Why this matters: tracking referrals by reporter helps us monitor the impact of COVID-19 on our reporting network and identify

groups we could activate to look out for kids and support families

PRELIMINARY

% change from prior year

Source: NH SACWIS – Bridges data extracted 7/6/2020

Monthly

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Frequency of allegations (biweekly): Recent trends in caretaker substance abuse and lack of supervision likely reflect seasonality in the frequency of these allegation types

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Caretaker substance abuse Inadequate basic care Physical abuse Threatening/ menacingbehavior

Lack of supervision Domestic violence

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Week 20 and 21(5/10-5/23)

Week 22 and 23(5/24-6/6)

Week 24 and 25(6/7-6/20)

Week 26 and 27(6/21-7/4)

Week 28 and 29(7/5-7/18)

Recent increase in share of screen-ins containing caretaker substance abuse may reflect seasonal

pattern in this allegation type.

Note: Summer 2019composite calculated for biweekly basis from data from July and August 2019 and 6 mo prior to COVID composite calculated for biweekly basis from data from September 1, 2019 to February 29, 2020. Top allegation types displayed above, accounting for 67% of all allegations. Share is calculated by counting the number of screen-ins that an allegation type appears in and dividing by total number of screen-ins for the period. Allegations were only counted once per screen-in so as to not measure duplicate allegations within the same referral (e.g., allegations of inadequate basic care against two parents in one referral only count as one allegation in the chart above). Includes allegations collected at intake and during assessment. Source: NH SACWIS - Bridges data extracted 7/20/2020

Composite measuresSummer 2019 6 mo prior to COVID

% of Screen-ins that contain allegation (biweekly): subset of top categories Why this matters: COVID-19 may lead to increased incidence of certain types of abuse and neglect. Tracking

these data will allow us to adjust our practices and respond to these

trends.

PRELIMINARY

Frequency of lack of supervision is similar to the Summer 2019

composite. This allegation tends to be made more often during the

summer.

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7Juvenile Justice Case Data

Biweekly

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8Child Protection Case Data

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9Juvenile Justice Removal Data

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10Child Protection Removal Data

Biweekly