# National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/the-administration-for-children-and-families/ndacan/  
**Provider:** The Administration for Children and Families — https://apis.io/providers/the-administration-for-children-and-families/  
**Base URL:** https://www.ndacan.acf.hhs.gov/  
**Documentation:** https://www.ndacan.acf.hhs.gov/

National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect is one of 5 APIs that [The Administration for Children and Families](https://apis.io/providers/the-administration-for-children-and-families/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Child Welfare, Data Archive, Federal-Government, and Research. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

NDACAN is the central repository for datasets related to child abuse, neglect, and child welfare at Cornell University, funded by ACF. Provides access to AFCARS (foster care/adoption), NCANDS (child abuse and neglect), and NYTD (youth in transition) datasets for research purposes. Includes data codebooks and user guides.

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **Documentation** — https://www.ndacan.acf.hhs.gov/

## Other The Administration for Children and Families APIs (4)

- [TANF Data Portal](https://apis.io/apis/the-administration-for-children-and-families/tanf-data-portal/)
- [ACF Data and Research Portal](https://apis.io/apis/the-administration-for-children-and-families/acf-data-research/)
- [The Administration for Children and Families plg_auth_check API](https://apis.io/apis/the-administration-for-children-and-families/the-administration-for-children-and-families-plg-auth-check-api/)
- [The Administration for Children and Families v1 API](https://apis.io/apis/the-administration-for-children-and-families/the-administration-for-children-and-families-v1-api/)

## Tags

Child Welfare, Data Archive, Federal-Government, Research

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