The Association for Children of New Jersey (ACNJ) is committed to ensuring that decisions about children's lives are made on sound information and that state leaders and the public are fully informed. It is the public debate that has kept reform moving forward and will be necessary to ensure success. ACNJ believes that it is critically important to begin to create a baseline of data to ensure that decisions are grounded in fact and that there is strong accountability, not just for public dollars, but more important, for outcomes for children. That is why ACNJ has developed this child protection data report. While ACNJ has in the past included child protection data in their Kids Count and special reports, none have been as comprehensive a picture as they have attempted to present here. The data in this report show that despite the serious and continued problems in implementation, there has been progress in most of the key indicators of child outcomes. In some cases, the improvement has been slight. ACNJ sees this report as a baseline of data to provide a factual foundation for the continued debate about and measurement of reform efforts. These reports will also raise critical issues that must be addressed along the way to creating a system that truly protects children and strengthens family. Appended are: (1) Data Definitions and Sources; (2) Tabular data. (Contains 14 tables and 6 graphs.)