CHILD ADVOCATES FY 2009 STATISTICS
• Provided advocacy for 237 abused & neglected children in our four county region
• 183 of those children served last year were younger than 11 years old
• Trained 38 new volunteers
• Volunteers completed almost 5,000 hours of service
• Volunteers drove over 30,000 miles visiting children
CHILD ADVOCATES GENERAL STATISTICS
• Child Advocates has 4 full-time Case Supervisors
• Our annual budget is roughly $400,000
• Our expenses include cost of volunteer recruitment, training, and supervison
• On average about 86% of our budget is utlized for program expenses, with the remaining 14% utilized for administrative and fundraising expenses
LOCAL FACTS ON CHILD ABUSE
• In Wichita county 1 out of every 50 children are confirmed victims of abuse or neglect, an alarming number compared to the Texas statewide average of 1 out of every 95 children (CPS Data Book)
• In Montague county 1 out of every 55 children are confirmed victims of abuse or neglect
• In Clay county 1 out of every 77 children are confirmed victims of abuse or neglect
• In Archer county 1 out of every 370 children are confirmed victims of abuse or neglect
NATIONAL FACTS ON CHILD ABUSE (based on most recent data available)
• An average of five children die every day in our nation as a result of abuse and neglect, 80% of them are under 4 years old.
• In 2008, there were more than 700,000 children who were abused or neglected.
• A child is abused or neglected every 45 seconds.
• 3% of sexual abuse perpetrators were parents, 75% were friends or relatives.
