Child Abuse and Neglect in California (2024)

1,307,329

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

428,815

Reported Survivors, or 0.82 every minute.

46,568

Substantiated Survivors, or 127 children each day.

105

Fatalities from child abuse and neglect.

$16.8 billion - Total economic burden incurred by California communities for the lifetime costs of survivors of child abuse and neglect in 2024.

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

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