New Report about Child Deaths in America

This info is from: http://www.everychildmatters.org/


The Growing Crisis in Child Protection

According to “We Can Do Better,” our report released in October, nearly five children die in America every day from abuse or neglect. In fact, federal data show that 10,440 children in the U.S. died from abuse and neglect between 2001 and 2007, but experts say the real number may be as many as 5,000 higher. A weak economy and resulting state budget cuts are putting even more children at risk, as evidenced by the multitude of newspaper stories from across America that link an increase in child abuse to the worsening recession. This document, entitled “The Growing Crisis in Child Protection: A sampling of news stories from across America," shows a number of these stories.

To read more and see the detials please go to:

http://www.everychildmatters.org/National/Resources/The-Growing-Crisis-in-Child-Protection.html


Thanks for caring for the fatherless,

Jeff