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Child welfare workers made 13 visits to Queens parents before death of 5-year-old boy
"Child welfare investigators visited the Queens home of an epileptic 5-year-old boy 13 times — and found evidence of abuse on eight occasions — before he was found dead, police sources said."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, January 24, 2017.

Family of murdered Bella Vista child had been investigated by DHS twice in 2014, twice more in early 2000s
"The child fatality record maintained by the state Department of Human Services shows that DHS caseworkers had previously investigated the family of 6-year-old Maurice Isaiah Torres on multiple occasions. Isaiah Torres died on March 29, 2015 after being raped and severely physically abused while in the care of his parents, Mauricio Torres and Cathy Torres of Bella Vista. Both have been arrested on charges of capital murder, rape and first-degree battery."
https://www.arktimes.com, April 10, 2015.

1997 NCANDS REPORT, intentionally false report statistics
Child Maltreatment 1997: Reports from the States to the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (Government Printing Office, 1999) Page D-9, Tables 3.1 and 3.2

Four states (Florida, Missouri, Vermont, and Virginia) gathered data on intentionally false reports as a subgroup of unsubstantiated reports.

Intentionally false reports as a percentage of unsubstantiated reports:
.00999634 (less than 1 out of 100 unsubstantiated reports)

The table from which this data was compiled may be accessed at:

http://archive.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/pubs/ncands97/index.htm
ncands97/apd.htm

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