The Racine (WI) Journal Times (1/3) reports, “Reports of child abuse and neglect have dropped nationwide for the fifth consecutive year and abuse-related child fatalities also are at a five-year low,” according to the latest annual report from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families. The report, “released last month, estimates that there were 681,000 cases of child abuse or neglect across the nation in the 2011 fiscal year.” The piece quotes George Shelton, the HHS acting secretary for children and families. Shelton, who praised the progress made, said that “what this report tells me is that we still have 681,000 children out there who need our help.”
Related Links:
— “COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER: Reports of child abuse and neglect have dropped nationwide for 5th straight year, The Journal Times, January 2, 2013.