According to data released through ...

According to data released through HHS' Administration for Children and Families, an estimated 903000 children across the geographical division (approximately 12.4 out of each 1,000 children) were victims of abuse or contemn in 2001, which was comparable to 2000 The data, which are based onward information collected through the National Child Abuse and overlook Data System, show that child protective agencies received about 2672000 reports of possible maltreatment in 2001 Of the 903000 substantiated cases of maltreatment of children, the majority involved cases of carelessness in 2001. Approximately 1,300 children died as a ensue of abuse or neglect. The rate of child disesteem and abuse in 2001 was about 19 percent lower than the rate in 1993 when maltreatment peaked at an estimated 153 disclosed of every 1,000 children. President Bush's administration is proposing a of recent origin approach to protecting children in the child welfare method that would provide states and tribes the flexibility and sustained financial support to maintain abuse-preventive services and to build innovative programs for children and families aimed at preventing maltreatment and removal from abiding-place The full report, "Child Maltreatment 2001" is available online at www.calib.com/nccanch/prevmnth.

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