Special :::Unedited Child Abuse Conversation with DeVaris Locket, MSW

Child abuse and neglect are common. At least 1 in 7 children have experienced child abuse and/or neglect in the past year, and this is likely an underestimate. In 2019, 1,840 children died of abuse and neglect in the United States. Children living in poverty experience more abuse and neglect.

For more in formation click the links below 

https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/can/

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/.../files/documents/cb/cm2019.pdf

https://www.cdc.gov/violenc.../pdf/can/CAN-factsheet_508.pdf