State of New Jersey Department of Children and Families Child Abuse and Neglect Substantiations Calendar Year 2010 DCF Abuse/Neglect Substantiation Data: Table of Contents Page DCF Abuse/Neglect Substantiation Data by County 1 DCF Abuse/Neglect Report and Substantiation Data by Municipality 2 Referral Source of Child Protective Service Reports 25 Subset of DCF Abuse/Neglect Substantiation Data: DCF Institutional Abuse Reports 26 DCF Institutional Abuse Substantiation Data by County 27 Referral Source of IAIU Child Protective Service Reports 28
New Jersey Department of Children and Families Abuse/Neglect Report and Substantiation Data by County Calendar Year 2010 Incident of Children Reported of Children Atlantic 4,197 381 9.08% Bergen 5,297 631 11.91% Burlington 4,949 345 6.97% Camden 9,184 1,205 13.12% Cape May 1,553 192 12.36% Cumberland 3,664 341 9.31% Essex 9,699 1,080 11.14% Gloucester 3,974 405 10.19% Hudson 6,694 946 14.13% Hunterdon 845 134 15.86% Mercer 4,054 390 9.62% Middlesex 6,440 527 8.18% Monmouth 5,250 438 8.34% Morris 3,612 389 10.77% Ocean 6,736 301 4.47% Passaic 6,030 409 6.78% Salem 1,315 102 7.76% Somerset 2,434 293 12.04% Sussex 1,679 100 5.96% Union 4,477 588 13.13% Warren 1,541 117 7.59% Out of State 75 12 16.00% Grand Total 93,699 9,326 9.95% The above counts include all CPS Family Reports, CPS IAIU Reports, and CPS Other Reports. The CPS IAIU Reports are also reflected in separate reports. Page 1
Absecon City 101 7 6.93% Atlantic City 996 111 11.14% Brigantine City 67 6 8.96% Buena Borough 110 5 4.55% Buena Vista Township 90 9 10.00% Corbin City 2 0 0.00% Egg Harbor City 185 8 4.32% Egg Harbor Township 577 57 9.88% Estell Manor City 13 0 0.00% Folsom Borough 27 0 0.00% Galloway Township 326 25 7.67% Hamilton Township 373 41 10.99% Hammonton Town 251 29 11.55% Linwood City 49 2 4.08% Longport Borough 7 2 28.57% Margate City 37 0 0.00% Mullica Township 7 0 0.00% Northfield City 94 6 6.38% Pleasantville City 444 33 7.43% Port Republic City 3 0 0.00% Somers Point City 229 33 14.41% Ventnor City 186 7 3.76% Weymouth Township 23 0 0.00% Atlantic County Total 4,197 381 9.08% ATLANTIC Page 2
Allendale Borough 6 0 0.00% Alpine Borough 3 0 0.00% Bergenfield Borough 141 18 12.77% Bogota Borough 101 7 6.93% Carlstadt Borough 48 1 2.08% Cliffside Park Borough 105 16 15.24% Closter Borough 23 0 0.00% Cresskill Borough 31 5 16.13% Demarest Borough 8 0 0.00% Dumont Borough 68 7 10.29% Elmwood Park Borough 132 27 20.45% East Rutherford Borough 46 4 8.70% Edgewater Borough 48 1 2.08% Emerson Borough 17 1 5.88% Englewood City 349 51 14.61% Englewood Cliffs Borough 20 5 25.00% Fair Lawn Borough 26 4 15.38% Fairview Borough 91 10 10.99% Fort Lee Borough 84 2 2.38% Franklin Lakes Borough 28 2 7.14% Garfield City 552 84 15.22% Glen Rock Borough 24 3 12.50% Hackensack City 591 53 8.97% Harrington Park Borough 25 3 12.00% Hasbrouck Heights Borough 66 9 13.64% Haworth Borough 5 0 0.00% Hillsdale Borough 50 7 14.00% Hohokus Borough 16 4 25.00% Leonia Borough 45 3 6.67% Little Ferry Borough 45 6 13.33% Lodi Borough 300 47 15.67% Lyndhurst Township 132 19 14.39% Mahwah Township 142 13 9.15% Maywood Borough 47 2 4.26% Midland Park Borough 30 0 0.00% Montvale Borough 18 3 16.67% Moonachie Borough 25 5 20.00% New Milford Borough 68 14 20.59% North Arlington Borough 94 13 13.83% Northvale Borough 11 1 9.09% Norwood Borough 33 5 15.15% Oakland Borough 66 0 0.00% Old Tappan Borough 22 3 13.64% Oradell Borough 7 1 14.29% BERGEN Page 3
Palisades Park Borough 69 8 11.59% Paramus Borough 224 21 9.38% Park Ridge Borough 33 4 12.12% Ramsey Borough 43 17 39.53% Ridgefield Borough 55 3 5.45% Ridgefield Park Village 112 15 13.39% Ridgewood Village 76 9 11.84% River Edge Borough 14 1 7.14% River Vale Township 26 3 11.54% Rochelle Park Township 30 1 3.33% Rockleigh Borough 4 0 0.00% Rutherford Borough 90 12 13.33% Saddle Brook Township 63 11 17.46% Saddle River Borough 8 1 12.50% South Hackensack Township 15 2 13.33% Teaneck Township 249 17 6.83% Tenafly Borough 45 6 13.33% Upper Saddle River 20 0 0.00% Waldwick Borough 37 1 2.70% Wallington Borough 67 10 14.93% Washington Township 84 11 13.10% Westwood Borough 52 9 17.31% Woodcliff Lake Borough 20 3 15.00% Wood-Ridge Borough 35 2 5.71% Wyckoff Township 37 5 13.51% Bergen County Total 5,297 631 11.91% BERGEN Page 4
Bass River Township 10 0 0.00% Beverly City 97 7 7.22% Bordentown City 189 2 1.06% Bordentown Township 1 0 0.00% Burlington City 446 30 6.73% Burlington Township 97 10 10.31% Chesterfield Township 13 1 7.69% Cinnaminson Township 94 5 5.32% Delanco Township 28 7 25.00% Delran Township 174 14 8.05% Eastampton Township 70 6 8.57% Edgewater Park Township 113 5 4.42% Evesham Township 222 24 10.81% Fieldsboro Township 10 0 0.00% Florence Township 172 8 4.65% Hainesport Township 44 5 11.36% Lumberton Township 121 5 4.13% Mansfield Township 44 2 4.55% Maple Shade Township 225 27 12.00% Medford Township 131 16 12.21% Medford Lakes 23 1 4.35% Moorestown Township 106 6 5.66% Mount Holly Township 338 25 7.40% Mount Laurel Township 193 4 2.07% New Hanover Township 145 12 8.28% North Hanover Township 5 2 40.00% Palmyra Borough 91 12 13.19% Pemberton Borough 203 23 11.33% Pemberton Township 456 23 5.04% Riverside Township 213 26 12.21% Riverton Borough 21 0 0.00% Shamong Township 48 1 2.08% Southampton Township 85 1 1.18% Springfield Township 2 0 0.00% Tabernacle Township 39 0 0.00% Westampton Township 54 6 11.11% Willingboro Township 517 22 4.26% Woodland Township 17 0 0.00% Wrightstown Borough 92 7 7.61% Burlington County Total 4,949 345 6.97% BURLINGTON Page 5
Audubon Borough 72 10 13.89% Audubon Park Borough 21 0 0.00% Barrington Borough 65 17 26.15% Bellmawr Borough 182 45 24.73% Berlin Borough 169 7 4.14% Berlin Township 74 11 14.86% Brooklawn Borough 94 4 4.26% Camden City 3284 422 12.85% Cherry Hill Township 402 40 9.95% Chesilhurst Borough 26 3 11.54% Clementon Borough 245 27 11.02% Collingswood Borough 163 24 14.72% Gibbsboro Borough 25 4 16.00% Gloucester City 600 81 13.50% Gloucester Township 533 59 11.07% Haddon Township 66 7 10.61% Haddonfield Borough 118 19 16.10% Haddon Heights Borough 31 7 22.58% Hi-Nella Borough 7 0 0.00% Laurel Springs Borough 44 3 6.82% Lawnside Borough 72 10 13.89% Lindenwold Borough 415 99 23.86% Magnolia Borough 77 13 16.88% Merchantville Borough 69 8 11.59% Mount Ephraim Borough 58 16 27.59% Oaklyn Borough 70 7 10.00% Pennsauken Township 522 48 9.20% Pine Hill Borough 235 21 8.94% Runnemede Borough 152 44 28.95% Somerdale Borough 59 4 6.78% Stratford Borough 56 8 14.29% Voorhees Township 150 17 11.33% Waterford Township 182 16 8.79% Winslow Township 775 95 12.26% Woodlynne Borough 71 9 12.68% Camden County Total 9,184 1,205 13.12% CAMDEN Page 6
Avalon Borough 4 0 0.00% Cape May City 154 16 10.39% Dennis Township 46 0 0.00% Lower Township 321 36 11.21% Middle Township 389 53 13.62% North Wildwood City 52 7 13.46% Ocean City 100 18 18.00% Sea Isle City 6 3 50.00% Stone Harbor Borough 5 1 20.00% Upper Township 57 1 1.75% West Cape May Borough 2 0 0.00% West Wildwood Borough 15 4 26.67% Wildwood City 268 32 11.94% Wildwood Crest Borough 55 17 30.91% Woodbine Borough 79 4 5.06% Cape May County Total 1,553 192 12.36% CAPE MAY Page 7
Bridgeton City 937 84 8.96% Commercial Township 70 8 11.43% Deerfield Township 24 2 8.33% Downe Township 10 0 0.00% Fairfield Township 21 1 4.76% Greenwich Township 14 1 7.14% Lawrence Township 49 1 2.04% Maurice River Township 60 5 8.33% Millville City 1224 88 7.19% Shiloh Borough 2 0 0.00% Upper Deerfield Township 75 3 4.00% Vineland City 1178 148 12.56% Cumberland County Total 3,664 341 9.31% CUMBERLAND Page 8
Belleville Township 328 34 10.37% Bloomfield Township 280 20 7.14% Caldwell Borough 23 2 8.70% Cedar Grove Township 21 2 9.52% East Orange City 1270 181 14.25% Essex Fells Borough 3 0 0.00% Fairfield Township 52 4 7.69% Glen Ridge Borough 15 0 0.00% Irvington Township 1002 103 10.28% Livingston Township 77 9 11.69% Maplewood Township 155 6 3.87% Millburn Township 53 1 1.89% Montclair Township 145 12 8.28% Newark City 5355 622 11.62% North Caldwell Borough 15 0 0.00% Nutley Township 109 12 11.01% City Of Orange Township 369 32 8.67% Roseland Borough 5 0 0.00% South Orange Village 70 4 5.71% Verona Borough 37 1 2.70% West Caldwell Borough 25 1 4.00% West Orange Town 290 34 11.72% Essex County Total 9,699 1,080 11.14% ESSEX Page 9
Clayton Borough 198 25 12.63% Deptford Township 342 40 11.70% East Greenwich Township 37 1 2.70% Elk Township 47 4 8.51% Franklin Township 211 19 9.00% Glassboro Borough 316 15 4.75% Greenwich Township 49 2 4.08% Harrison Township 123 5 4.07% Logan Township 34 8 23.53% Mantua Township 385 36 9.35% Monroe Township 624 60 9.62% National Park Borough 60 11 18.33% Newfield Borough 83 7 8.43% Paulsboro Borough 293 43 14.68% Pitman Borough 142 11 7.75% South Harrison Township 2 0 0.00% Swedesboro Borough 106 7 6.60% Washington Township 113 14 12.39% Wenonah Borough 66 11 16.67% West Deptford Township 78 7 8.97% Westville Borough 180 21 11.67% Woodbury City 409 49 11.98% Woodbury Heights Borough 37 4 10.81% Woolwich Township 39 5 12.82% Gloucester County Total 3,974 405 10.19% GLOUCESTER Page 10
Bayonne City 607 49 8.07% East Newark Borough 24 4 16.67% Guttenberg Town 75 16 21.33% Harrison Town 93 2 2.15% Hoboken City 184 29 15.76% Jersey City 3528 521 14.77% Kearny Town 298 49 16.44% North Bergen Township 1154 160 13.86% Secaucus Town 78 5 6.41% Union City 190 39 20.53% Weehawken Township 22 2 9.09% West New York Town 441 70 15.87% Hudson County Total 6,694 946 14.13% HUDSON Page 11
Alexandria Township 22 1 4.55% Bloomsbury Borough 10 0 0.00% Califon Borough 45 8 17.78% Clinton Town 39 8 20.51% Clinton Township 23 4 17.39% East Amwell Township 25 4 16.00% Flemington Borough 317 64 20.19% Franklin Township 2 0 0.00% Frenchtown Borough 53 2 3.77% Glen Gardner Borough 31 0 0.00% Hampton Borough 19 3 15.79% High Bridge Borough 54 10 18.52% Kingwood Township 10 3 30.00% Lambertville City 36 4 11.11% Lebanon Township 39 2 5.13% Milford Borough 49 14 28.57% Raritan Township 6 0 0.00% Readington Township 13 1 7.69% Stockton Borough 48 3 6.25% Tewksbury Township 1 0 0.00% Union Township 3 3 100.00% Hunterdon County Total 845 134 15.86% HUNTERDON Page 12
East Windsor Township 136 13 9.56% Ewing Township 286 28 9.79% Hamilton Township 633 45 7.11% Hightstown Borough 32 3 9.38% Hopewell Borough 32 6 18.75% Hopewell Township 2 0 0.00% Lawrence Township 146 24 16.44% Pennington Borough 24 2 8.33% Princeton Borough 91 13 14.29% Princeton Township 17 1 5.88% Trenton City 2571 246 9.57% Robbinsville Township 33 2 6.06% West Windsor Township 51 7 13.73% Mercer County Total 4,054 390 9.62% MERCER Page 13
Carteret Borough 283 39 13.78% Cranbury Township 38 5 13.16% Dunellen Borough 96 5 5.21% East Brunswick Township 535 24 4.49% Edison Township 606 37 6.11% Helmetta Borough 29 0 0.00% Highland Park Borough 80 8 10.00% Jameburg Borough 112 6 5.36% Old Bridge Township 24 1 4.17% Metuchen Borough 74 4 5.41% Middlesex Borough 115 8 6.96% Milltown Borough 33 1 3.03% Monroe Township 79 1 1.27% New Brunswick City 1063 134 12.61% North Brunswick Township 256 17 6.64% Perth Amboy City 835 71 8.50% Piscataway Township 285 22 7.72% Plainsboro Township 110 6 5.45% Sayreville Borough 338 34 10.06% South Amboy City 178 9 5.06% South Brunswick Township 248 14 5.65% South Plainfield Borough 140 10 7.14% South River Borough 145 4 2.76% Spotswood Borough 72 1 1.39% Woodbridge Township 666 66 9.91% Middlesex County Total 6,440 527 8.18% MIDDLESEX Page 14
Allenhurst Borough 4 2 50.00% Allentown Borough 16 0 0.00% Asbury Park City 636 35 5.50% Atlantic Highlands 29 4 13.79% Avon By The Sea Borough 13 1 7.69% Belmar Borough 55 4 7.27% Bradley Beach Borough 38 4 10.53% Brielle Borough 17 0 0.00% Colts Neck Township 36 0 0.00% Eatontown Borough 145 12 8.28% Englishtown Borough 27 0 0.00% Fair Haven Borough 9 0 0.00% Farmingdale Borough 57 4 7.02% Freehold Borough 332 19 5.72% Highlands Borough 86 15 17.44% Holmdel Township 54 7 12.96% Howell Township 248 10 4.03% Interlaken Borough 7 1 14.29% Keansburg Borough 481 41 8.52% Keyport Borough 118 14 11.86% Little Silver Borough 20 4 20.00% Loch Arbour Village 1 1 100.00% Long Branch City 444 56 12.61% Manalapan Township 146 11 7.53% Manasquan Township 51 2 3.92% Marlboro Township 109 9 8.26% Matawan Borough 130 9 6.92% Aberdeen Township 146 10 6.85% Middletown Township 344 42 12.21% Millstone Township 8 0 0.00% Monmouth Beach Borough 5 1 20.00% Neptune Township 353 32 9.07% Neptune City Borough 54 1 1.85% Tinton Falls Borough 112 7 6.25% Ocean Township 202 28 13.86% Oceanport Borough 34 4 11.76% Hazlet Township 133 20 15.04% Red Bank Borough 153 14 9.15% Roosevelt Borough 2 0 0.00% Rumson Borough 12 0 0.00% Sea Bright Borough 7 0 0.00% Sea Girt Borough 10 1 10.00% Shrewsbury Borough 18 1 5.56% MONMOUTH Page 15
Shrewsbury Township 8 0 0.00% Lake Como (South Belmar Borough) 1 0 0.00% Spring Lake Borough 71 1 1.41% Union Beach Borough 71 2 2.82% Upper Freehold Township 20 0 0.00% Wall Township 126 5 3.97% West Long Branch Borough 51 4 7.84% Monmouth County Total 5,250 438 8.34% Page 16
Boonton Town 112 6 5.36% Boonton Township 16 2 12.50% Butler Borough 158 19 12.03% Chatham Borough 72 7 9.72% Chester Borough 30 0 0.00% Denville Township 143 15 10.49% Dover Town 63 19 30.16% East Hanover Township 56 3 5.36% Florham Park Borough 48 8 16.67% Hanover Township 74 12 16.22% Harding Township 15 3 20.00% Jefferson Township 188 13 6.91% Kinnelon Borough 42 5 11.90% Lincoln Park Borough 40 5 12.50% Madison Borough 43 7 16.28% Mendham Borough 40 8 20.00% Mendham Township 4 0 0.00% Mine Hill Township 56 4 7.14% Montville Township 94 5 5.32% Morris Plains Borough 91 12 13.19% Morristown Town 334 33 9.88% Mountain Lakes Borough 5 0 0.00% Mount Arlington Borough 31 2 6.45% Mount Olive Township 325 25 7.69% Netcong Borough 57 13 22.81% Parsippany Troy Hills 258 18 6.98% Long Hill Township 41 2 4.88% Pequannock Township 78 2 2.56% Randolph Township 198 17 8.59% Riverdale Borough 29 6 20.69% Rockaway Borough 200 18 9.00% Rockaway Township 193 37 19.17% Roxbury Township 58 5 8.62% Victory Gardens Borough 188 32 17.02% Washington Township 57 4 7.02% Wharton Borough 175 22 12.57% Morris County Total 3,612 389 10.77% MORRIS Page 17
Barnegat Light Borough 1 0 0.00% Bay Head Borough 1 0 0.00% Beach Haven Borough 24 4 16.67% Beachwood Borough 141 6 4.26% Berkeley Township 302 16 5.30% Brick Township 678 28 4.13% Toms River Township 1196 54 4.52% Eagleswood Township 42 1 2.38% Harvey Cedars Borough 9 0 0.00% Island Heights Borough 8 0 0.00% Jackson Township 504 23 4.56% Lacey Township 430 19 4.42% Lakehurst Borough 6 0 0.00% Lakewood Township 762 32 4.20% Lavallette Borough 16 0 0.00% Little Egg Harbor 472 16 3.39% Long Beach Township 24 0 0.00% Manchester Township 262 20 7.63% Mantaloking Borough 1 0 0.00% Ocean Township 128 8 6.25% Ocean Gate Borough 84 5 5.95% Pine Beach Borough 35 0 0.00% Plumsted Township 108 5 4.63% Point Pleasant Beach 240 4 1.67% Seaside Heights Borough 243 15 6.17% Seaside Park Borough 20 1 5.00% Ship Bottom Borough 6 0 0.00% South Toms River Borough 131 10 7.63% Stafford Township 298 15 5.03% Surf City Borough 8 0 0.00% Tuckerton Borough 144 7 4.86% Barnegat Township 412 12 2.91% Ocean County Total 6,736 301 4.47% OCEAN Page 18
Clifton City 704 44 6.25% Haledon Borough 91 1 1.10% Hawthorne Borough 102 6 5.88% Little Falls Township 64 5 7.81% North Haledon Borough 38 1 2.63% Passaic City 1038 87 8.38% Paterson City 3028 207 6.84% Pomptons Lakes Borough 73 2 2.74% Prospect Park Borough 105 7 6.67% Ringwood Borough 55 3 5.45% Totowa Borough 81 9 11.11% Wanaque Borough 146 9 6.16% Wayne Township 241 8 3.32% West Milford Township 186 15 8.06% Woodland Park Borough 78 5 6.41% Passaic County Total 6,030 409 6.78% PASSAIC Page 19
Alloway Township 34 3 8.82% Elmer Borough 32 1 3.13% Lower Alloways Creek 2 0 0.00% Oldmans Township 20 1 5.00% Penns Grove Township 291 25 8.59% Pennsville Township 213 19 8.92% Pilesgrove Township 22 1 4.55% Pittsgrove Township 125 9 7.20% Quinton Township 23 0 0.00% Salem City 363 28 7.71% Carneys Point Township 5 1 20.00% Upper Pittsgrove Township 123 10 8.13% Woodstown Borough 62 4 6.45% Salem County Total 1,315 102 7.76% SALEM Page 20
Bedminister Township 37 5 13.51% Bernards Township 139 7 5.04% Bernardsville Borough 42 3 7.14% Bound Brook Borough 194 31 15.98% Branchburg Township 69 3 4.35% Bridgewater Township 238 25 10.50% Far Hills Borough 10 2 20.00% Franklin Township 495 74 14.95% Green Brook Township 20 2 10.00% Hillsborough Township 230 35 15.22% Manville Borough 134 12 8.96% Millstone Borough 115 4 3.48% Montgomery Township 13 1 7.69% North Plainfield Borough 258 26 10.08% Peapack Gladstone Borough 18 0 0.00% Raritan Borough 121 17 14.05% Rocky Hill Borough 11 4 36.36% Somerville Borough 130 23 17.69% South Bound Brook Borough 61 10 16.39% Warren Township 76 6 7.89% Watchung Borough 23 3 13.04% Somerset County Total 2,434 293 12.04% SOMERSET Page 21
Andover Borough 88 5 5.68% Branchville Borough 5 0 0.00% Byram Township 2 0 0.00% Frankford Township 4 0 0.00% Franklin Borough 175 11 6.29% Fredon Township 5 0 0.00% Hamburg Borough 129 7 5.43% Hardyston Township 20 3 15.00% Hopatcong Borough 152 13 8.55% Lafayette Township 27 2 7.41% Montague Township 87 2 2.30% Newton Town 295 20 6.78% Ogdensburg Borough 21 3 14.29% Sparta Township 87 5 5.75% Stanhope Borough 89 4 4.49% Stillwater Township 29 0 0.00% Sussex Borough 184 11 5.98% Vernon Township 160 7 4.38% Wantage Township 120 7 5.83% Sussex County Total 1,679 100 5.96% SUSSEX Page 22
Berkeley Heights Township 37 3 8.11% Clark Township 73 6 8.22% Cranford Township 56 8 14.29% Elizabeth City 1814 271 14.94% Fanwood Borough 8 0 0.00% Garwood Borough 37 2 5.41% Hillside Township 168 18 10.71% Kenilworth Borough 46 2 4.35% Linden City 377 55 14.59% Mountainside Borough 13 0 0.00% New Providence Borough 38 5 13.16% Plainfield City 781 120 15.36% Rahway City 234 27 11.54% Roselle Borough 219 24 10.96% Roselle Park Borough 76 5 6.58% Scotch Plains Township 65 8 12.31% Springfield Township 46 5 10.87% Summit City 87 5 5.75% Union Township 236 21 8.90% Westfield Town 66 3 4.55% Union County Total 4,477 588 13.13% UNION Page 23
Allamuchy Township 9 0 0.00% Alpha Borough 47 3 6.38% Belvidere Town 80 4 5.00% Blairstown Township 62 8 12.90% Franklin Township 25 1 4.00% Frelinghuysen Township 4 1 25.00% Greenwich Township 41 2 4.88% Hackettstown Town 215 9 4.19% Hardwick Township 9 5 55.56% Hope Township 9 1 11.11% Independence Township 1 0 0.00% Knowlton Township 29 3 10.34% Liberty Township 41 13 31.71% Lopatcong Township 18 4 22.22% Mansfield Township 15 1 6.67% Oxford Township 35 3 8.57% Phillipsburg Township 732 45 6.15% Washington Borough 168 14 8.33% Washington Township 1 0 0.00% Warren County Total 1,541 117 7.59% WARREN of Incident (1) Municipality of Incident (1) OUT OF STATE Out Of State 75 12 16.00% Out of State Total 75 12 16.00% Grand Total 93,699 9,326 9.95% (1) Incident and Municipality of Incident is based on the street address (when available) and zip code of the incident location. (2) A CPS Report and an Investigation can include several children, or a child with several allegations, or both. This report counts children included in a CPS report. If a child is the subject of several allegations related to the same CPS report, the child is counted once; but if the child is the subject of multiple CPS reports that occurred on separate occasions, the child is counted multiple times, once for each CPS report. (3) The address of the CPS Report was recorded in NJSpirit at the county level. Page 24
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Institutional Abuse Report Data By Month Received Calendar Year 2010 of Month of Incident Children Reported January 398 February 333 March 521 April 459 May 531 June 530 July 359 August 274 September 328 October 347 November 328 December 259 Grand Total 4,667 Page 26
Institutional Abuse Report and Substantiation Data by County Calendar Year 2010 Incident (1) of Children Reported (2) of Children Atlantic 121 1 0.83% Bergen 313 10 3.19% Burlington 310 4 1.29% Camden 536 9 1.68% Cape May 42 0 0.00% Cumberland 133 4 3.01% Essex 773 7 0.91% Gloucester 151 3 1.99% Hudson 306 6 1.96% Hunterdon 13 0 0.00% Mercer 248 9 3.63% Middlesex 264 8 3.03% Monmouth 217 5 2.30% Morris 115 0 0.00% Ocean 154 4 2.60% Passaic 264 4 1.52% Salem 59 1 1.69% Somerset 256 3 1.17% Sussex 71 0 0.00% Union 284 10 3.52% Warren 34 1 2.94% Out of State 3 2 66.67% Grand Total 4,667 91 1.95% (1) Incident is based on the street address (when available) and zip code of the incident location. (2) A CPS Report and an Investigation can include several children, or a child with several allegations, or both. This report counts children included in a CPS report. If a child is the subject of several allegations related to the same CPS report, the child is counted once; but if the child is the subject of multiple CPS reports that occurred on separate occasions, the child is counted multiple times, once for each CPS report. Page 27
New Jersey Department of Children and Families Referral Sources for IAIU CPS Reports January - December 2010 Self 1% Total = 3,655 Agency 14% School Staff 25% Anonymous 10% Relative 2% Police 4% Parent 13% Facility 11% Agency 5% Other 6% Legal & Court 1% Health 6% Friend/Neighbor/ Community 2% Page 28