White County Domestic Violence Prevention (WCDVP) Child Abuse prevention services provide a proactive approach to child abuse and support to at-risk families. These services include the following,
- Public Awareness: presentations, pamphlets, flyers, etc. to engage and inform the community.
- Parenting classes
- Child assessments
- Opportunities for the family to attend social events with their children
- Information and referrals for education resources for both children and parents
- Referrals and assistance in finding other services, (housing, food, employment, rehab, and more)
Child Abuse Statistics
Child Abuse is defined as any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caregiver (e.g., clergy, teacher) which results in death, physical, or emotional harm, sexual abuse or, exploitation.
More than 600,000 children are abused in the U.S each year.
Younger vulnerable. Children in the first year of their life are 15% of all victims. 1 in 40 infants under 1 year are victimized by abuse every year.
Child abuse is deadly. In 2020, an estimated 1,750 children died from abuse and neglect in the United States. Boys have a higher child fatality rate at 2.99 per 100,000 compared to girls at 2.05. African American child fatalities (5.9 per 100,000) is 3.1 times greater than that of white children (1.9), and 3.6 times greater than hispanic children (1.65).
Most child victims are abused by their parents. In 2020, a reported 483,285 perpetrators abused or neglected a child. In substantiated child abuse cases, 77% of children were victimized by a parent.