Cost of Child Maltreatment


		Child Advocacy Team Alaska

$258 MILLION / DAY The DAILY Cost of Child Abuse and Neglect in the United States
	DIRECT COSTS PER DAY $ 17,001,082 . . . . Hospitalization 8,186,185 . . . . Chronic Health Problems 1,164,686 . . . . Mental Health Care 39,452,054 . . . . Child Welfare System 67,698 . . . . Law Enforcement 934,725. . . . Judicial System $ 66,806,430 . . . . TOTAL DIRECT COSTS		INDIRECT COSTS PER DAY $ 612,624 . . . . Special Education 12,678,455 . . . . Mental Health / Health Care 24,124,086 . . . . Juvenile Delinquency 1,797,260 . . . . Lost Productivity to Society 151,726,027 . . . . Adult Criminality $190,938,452 . . . . TOTAL INDIRECT COSTS
	Above data is from the 2001 Annual Cost of Child Maltreatment Report from Prevent Child Abuse America. Data used in this report was based on conservative estimates.