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Tennessee 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 |
1,398,515 |
10,611 |
10,796 |
382 |
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White |
73% |
62.5% |
58.0% |
59.2% |
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African American |
21% |
31.6% |
39.2% |
37.4% |
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Hispanic |
4% |
1.5% |
1.5% |
2.4% |
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Asian |
1% |
0.3% |
0.4% |
0.0% |
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| Child
welfare costs |
(1998) |
398,652,983 |
$
per capita
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73 |
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