Child protection Australia 2010-11

Download or read book Child protection Australia 2010-11 written by Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and published by AIHW. This book was released on 2012 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report contains comprehensive information on state and territory child protection and support services, and the characteristics of Australian children within the child protection system. Key findings include: since 2009-10, the number of children subject to a notification decreased by 13% from 187,314 to 163,767; since 2006-07, the number of children subject to a substantiation of a notification has decreased by 7% from 34,028 to 31,527 (6.9 to 6.1 per 1,000 children); the number of children in out-of-home care has increased by 5% from 35,895 in 2010 to 37,648 in 2011.