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Services for children who have suffered abuse/neglect
Studies on Child Abuse and Neglect
Child Abuse Statistics

Services for children who have suffered abuse/neglect

Advocates for Children
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Catholic Charities
Empowerment Somerset
Family and Community Services
Family Crisis Intervention Unit
Family Support Organization
Jewish Family Services of Somerset, Hunterdon and Warren Counties.
Middle Earth
New Jersey Department of Children & Families
Prevent Child Abuse New Jersey
Safe & Sound
Richard Hall Community Mental Health Center
Somerset County Youth Services
Visions & Pathways
Tri-County Care Management Organization (CMO)
Somerset County Youth Services Directory

Studies on Child Abuse and Neglect

Future of Children: Preventing Child Maltreatment
Report of the Attorney General’s National Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence
Adverse Childhood Experiences Study
Darkness to Light

Child Abuse Statistics

Children who experience abuse and neglect are 11 times more likely to be arrested as a juvenile, 2.7 times more likely to be arrested as an adult, and 3.1 times more likely to commit a violent crime. (1)

About 30% of abused and neglected children will later abuse their own children, continuing the horrible cycle of abuse. (1)

Five children die every day as a result of child abuse in America. (2)

A report of child abuse is made every ten seconds. (3)

4,154 New Jersey children were in out-of-home placements and not in their own homes in October 2020 (4)

NOTES:

(1) https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/systemwide/statistics/can/can-stats/

(2) http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d11599.pdf (at page 1)

(3) http://www.childhelp.org

(4) https://www.nj.gov/dcf/childdata/continuous/Commissioners.Monthly.Report_10.20.pdf

US Government Statistics on Child Abuse & Neglect
Using information collected through various monitoring and reporting systems, the Children’s Bureau analyzes and reports data on a variety of topics, including adoption, foster care, child abuse, and neglect.
https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/systemwide/statistics/

New Jersey Child Abuse & Neglect Statistics
Here you will find helpful information about the types of children involved with the Division of Child Protection and Permanency, DCP&P (formerly the Division of Youth and Family Services), including kids who are served in the homes of their birth parents and those who had to be removed into an out-of-home placement. You will also find up-to-date information about efforts to recruit new foster and adoptive families.
http://www.state.nj.us/dcf/ (look at “Data” tab)

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