- In the United States, a report of child abuse is made every ten seconds.
- 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys are sexually abused before their 18th birthday.
- 4-5 children die of abuse and neglect every day in the U.S.
- 6 or more adverse childhood experiences decreases your life expectancy by two decades.
- Two-thirds of the people in treatment for drug abuse reported being abused or neglected as children.
- Lifetime expenditures of new cases of child abuse in the U.S. in one year adds up to $124 billion. This could send 1.7 million children to college.
- Today, 185 Texas children will be victims of abuse.
- Bexar County has the highest per capita confirmed cases of child abuse in the state of Texas.
-Sources www.cactx.org and www.childhelp.org