mr. paulson from minnesota. >> the report explains the primary sources of data that we have on child fatalities. what does hhs do with the data? >> because they oversee the state programs, it is used for things like checking to see if the states are abiding by expectations when they do these reviews. they have measures that they are expected to meet each year, for example, and no debt from maltreatment and foster care. as far as the more on the ground information, they have technical assistance centers. there is one that deals specifically with child protective services. the center has done training and the kind of thing to push the information out. >> what to the states do with how the data? >> i am not sure i am the right person to enter that. >> 44 states require that the use of data and how to publish an annual report. most states are really getting smart. almost all of the states have a and advisory board and then make recommendations to the governor's and their state legislatures on policy and practice. some of them have been very successful. >> altogether, there are about $30 billion spe