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West Virginia 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 |
402,393 |
8,609 |
3,169 |
312 |
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White |
93% |
84.0% |
84.9% |
84.0% |
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African American |
4% |
5.1% |
11.4% |
9.0% |
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Hispanic |
5% |
0.6% |
0.9% |
1.0% |
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Asian |
1% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
1.0% |
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| Child
welfare costs |
(1998) |
121,014,974 |
$
per capita
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67 |
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