Social Workers in 100 county departments of social services are required to complete a DSS-5104 report to the Central Registry at the conclusion of each investigation. This information is entered into the North Carolina Central Registry mainframe. Effective October 1993, legislation required reporting of dependency allegations, as well as reports of abuse and neglect.
Data reflect duplicated data.
Some credible evidence. The number of reports represents each report accepted for investigation regardless of the number of children involved in the report. The number of report sources is related to the number of children who are the subject of a report. Dispositions are child based. The change in August 1994 to collecting less child data is reflected in the smaller number of maltreatment types than substantiated victims.