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Louisiana Child Welfare
System Profile |
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2000 |
1999 |
1999 |
1999 |
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Child
Population |
Child
Abuse Substantiated |
Children
in Foster Care |
Completed
Adoptions |
| Population |
1,219,799 |
12,614 |
5,581 |
356 |
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White |
55% |
46.6% |
34.7% |
28.0% |
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African American |
40% |
51.9% |
63.5% |
71.0% |
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Hispanic |
3% |
0.8% |
0.7% |
1.0% |
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Asian |
1% |
0.4% |
0.3% |
1.0% |
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| Child
welfare costs |
(1998) |
182,286,235 |
$
per capita
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42 |
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