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Nebraska 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 |
450,242 |
3,474 |
5,532 |
197 |
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White |
82% |
66.1% |
65.7% |
68.5% |
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African American |
5% |
12.4% |
16.5% |
20.3% |
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Hispanic |
8% |
0.0% |
not available
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7.1% |
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Native American |
1.3% |
4.6% |
not available
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2.5% |
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| Child
welfare costs |
(1998) |
72,516,909 |
$
per capita |
44 |
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