Child Abuse and Neglect in California (2023)

1,265,843

Estimated Survivors, based on national estimates of child abuse prevalence.

444,755

Reported Survivors, or 0.85 every minute.

47,963

Substantiated Survivors, or 131 children each day.

86

Fatalities from child abuse and neglect.

$16.5 billion - Total economic burden incurred by California communities for the lifetime costs of survivors of child abuse and neglect in 2023.

1.37 million - Number of children that could be sent to preschool for that same amount.

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