Child Abuse and Neglect in California (2025)

1,297,108

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

409,401

Reported Survivors, or 0.78 every minute.

45,976

Substantiated Survivors, or 125 children each day.

106

Fatalities from child abuse and neglect.

$20.7 billion - Total economic burden incurred by California communities for the lifetime costs of survivors of child abuse and neglect in 2025.

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

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