Child Maltreatment 2024

Government Record · Children's Bureau · 2026

The federal government's latest national report on child abuse and neglect: an estimated 532,228 victims, 63.3% of them neglect only. Foster parents were 1,988 of the perpetrator relationships counted, 0.4%. These counts cover all CPS cases, not foster care alone.

63.3% experienced neglect only

Executive summary

The federal government's latest national report on child abuse and neglect: an estimated 532,228 victims, 63.3% of them neglect only. Foster parents were 1,988 of the perpetrator relationships counted, 0.4%. These counts cover all CPS cases, not foster care alone.

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