2013-09-192013-09-192000http://hdl.handle.net/11212/752http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/anf_a38.pdfState child welfare agencies investigated reports of abuse and neglect involving more than 3 million children in 1996. Many more children, however, were and continue to be initially referred to child welfare agencies for child maltreatment1 allegations.pdfChild welfareText