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Child Advocacy Center of Cullman
Statistics Report
(Date Range: 10/1/2016 - 9/30/2017)

Client information

Age

0-6: 55
7-12: 94
13-18: 114
Greater than 18: 1
No Spec: 2
 

Gender

Male: 88
Female: 178
Not Specified: 0

Race

B: 4
H: 8
Not Specified: 1
W: 253

Client Sessions

New: 98
Total: 144

Type

Rescheduled: 229
Crisis: 14
Family: 120
Individual: 708
Initial: 98
No Show: 151
TOTAL: 1320

Interview Location

Brooks' Place: 255
Child's School: 7
Other: 3
TOTAL: 266

*Outreach Coordinator presented Child Abuse Awareness Curriculum to 2,665 Children

Services Provided

Victim's Compensation Assistance: 0
Criminal Justice Support: 6
Extended Forensic Evaluation: 0
Info Referral in Person: 2
Medical Referral: 92
Other: 6
Personal Advocacy: 247
Phone Contact/Referral: 1, 15
Referral for Counseling: 88
School Referral: 5
Survery: 182
Survey Received: 24

Medical Activity

Enter Doctor: 0
Exam Report Received: 20
Other: 0
Referred for Exam: 15
Requested Records Received: 1
Sent Records Requested: 2
Sexual Transmitted Disease: 0

Case Types

Emotional Abuse: 4
Other: 5


DHR Disposition
Not Specified: 52
Founded: 61


Perpetrator statistics

Gender

F: 34
M: 211
Not Specified: 4

Race

B: 13
H: 6
I: 0
Japanese: 0
Pacific Islander: 0
W: 208

Age

Under 13: 16
13-17: 24
18+: 92
Not Specified: 117

Relationship

Not Specified: 19
Other Known Person: 1
Other Relative: 48
Parent: 52
Parent's BF/GF: 5
Stepparent: 17
Unknown: 4

Grand Jury

Indicted: 30
No Billed: 2

Trial

Guilty: 15
Not Guilty: 0

Warrants

Number Issued: 18

Arrested

Number Arrested: 27
 

Prosecution

Accepted for Prosecution: 13
 

Economic impact

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Can child abuse and neglect affect our long-term economic stability?
Statistics provided by Alabama Network of Children's Advocacy Centers
 
  • The purpose of this study was to determine whether child abuse and neglect affects long-term economic productivity of those directly affected.
  • These results are part of the only long-term prospective cohort research study with a matched comparison group.
  • Prior published research has focused on mental health and behavioral outcomes.
  • The data were collected from 1967-2005 in one Midwestern metropolitan county.
  • All child abuse and neglect cases included involved children under the age of 11 and were substantiated in court proceedings.

Individuals with a history of child maltreatment:

  • Were significantly less likely to own a bank account, stock, a vehicle, or a home;
  • Earned almost $8,000 less per year than non-abused subjects.

Women abused in childhood appear to have greater long-term economic impacts than men who were abused in childhood.

Currie, J. & Widom, C.S. (2010). Long term consequences of child abuse and neglect on adult economic well-being. Child Maltreatment, 15(2), 111-120.

The economic burden of child maltreatment

The estimated average lifetime cost per victim of nonfatal child maltreatment is $210,012 in 2010 USD:

  • $32,648 in childhood health care costs.
  • $10,530 in adult medical costs.
  • $144,360 in productivity losses.
  • $7,728 in child welfare costs.
  • $6,747 in criminal justice costs.
  • $7,999 in special education costs.

The estimated average lifetime cost per death is $1,272,900:

  • $14,100 in medical costs.
  • $1,258,800 in productivity losses.

Total lifetime economic burden from both:
  • Approximately $124 billion – possibly as large as $585 billion.

Fanga, X.; Brown, D.S.; Florencea, C.S.; and Mercya, J.A. (2012). The economic burden of child maltreatment in the United States and implications for prevention. Child Abuse and Neglect.

For every interview conducted, the average savings to taxpayers is $1,000.

100% OF OUR FUNDING STAYS IN CULLMAN. All funding is provided by local donations.
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