Media contacts:
Scatena Daniels Communications
Denise Scatena
office: 619-232-0222
cell: 619-218-4889
email: denise@scatenadaniels.com
Arika Anderson Daniels
(o) 619-232-0222
(c) 949-338-6672
arika@scatenadaniels.com
Facts and Figures about Child Abuse and
Foster Care
- On average, 4 children die each day as a result of child abuse (childhelp.org, childabuse.com, connectforkids.org)
- State funding only partially covers the costs of basic care for foster kids.
- Every 10 seconds a child abuse report is placed.
- Children ages 0-3 are the most likely to experience abuse.
- 25 percent of all children entering the foster cares system are infants
- 79% of the children killed as a result of abuse are younger than 4.
Also visit the Facts & Figures page of this website.