Disclosure of Confidential Child Abuse and Neglect Records

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dc.contributor.authorChild Welfare Information Gateway
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-14T19:12:51Z
dc.date.available2019-05-14T19:12:51Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractState child protective services agencies are required to maintain records of the reports of suspected child abuse and neglect that they receive. These reports include identifying information about the child, the child’s family, conditions in the child’s home environment, the nature and extent of the child’s injuries, and information about other children in the same environment. Agency records also may include other information submitted by the reporter, including photographs and medical records, as well as the results of any assessments or investigations completed by the agency. These records are maintained by state child protection or social services agencies to aid in the investigation, treatment, and prevention of child abuse and to maintain statistical information for staffing and funding purposes. In many states, these records and the results of investigations are maintained in databases, which often are called central registries.1 The type of information retained in central registries and agency records and access to this information vary from state to stateen_US
dc.identifier.citationChild Welfare Information Gateway. (2017). Disclosure of confidential child abuse and neglect records. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Children’s Bureau.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/confide.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/4358
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherU.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Children’s Bureauen_US
dc.subjectstate statutesen_US
dc.subjectconfidentialityen_US
dc.subjectchild welfareen_US
dc.subjectrecordsen_US
dc.titleDisclosure of Confidential Child Abuse and Neglect Recordsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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