State Poverty Rate4…………….……10.4% Poverty Rate, Children Under 185……14.7% Poverty Rate, Children Ages 5–176…..13.2% Poverty Rate, Children Under 57…..14.5% CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT

sexually abused.8 • The number of child victims has increased 9.2 % in comparison to the number of victims in 2007.9 • In 2011, 22 children in New Jersey died as a result of abuse or neglect.10 • In 2011, 6,440 children in New Jersey lived apart from their families in out-of-home care, compared with 7,172 children in 2010. In 2011, 2,873 of the children living apart from their families were age 5 or younger, and 604 were 16 or older.11 • The number of children living apart from their families in out-of-home care has decreased 28.9 % in comparison to the number of children in out-of-home care in 2007.12 • Of New Jersey children in out-of-home care in 2011, 25.7 % were white, 43.9 % black, 20.2 % Hispanic, 0.0 % American Indian/Alaskan Native, 0.3 % Asian or Pacific Islander and 3.4 % of more than one race or ethnicity.13 ADOPTION, KINSHIP CARE, AND PERMANENT FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN • Of the 4,811 children exiting out-of-home care in New Jersey in 2011, 53.8 % were reunited with their parents or other family members.14 • In 2011, 1,089 children were legally adopted through the public child welfare agency in New Jersey, a 14.6 % decrease from 1,275 in 2010.15 • Of the 6,440 children in out-of-home care in 2011, 2,260 or 35.1 % were waiting to be adopted.16 • In 2011, approximately 45,869 New Jersey grandparents had primary responsibility caring for their grandchildren.17 • Of the 6,440 children in out-of-home care in 2011, 2,247 were living with relatives while in care.18 • Of all New Jersey children in kinship care in 2010, 11.8 % were white, 12.6 % black, 6.8 % Hispanic, 0.0 % American Indian/Alaskan Native, 0.0 % Asian or Pacific Islander, and 12.6 % of more than one race or ethnicity.1