April is Child Abuse Prevention & Child Sexual Abuse Awareness Month

Get the Facts

Florida Statewide abuse hotline reports 14,352 Child Abuse reports for Broward County in 2018. (Nancy J. Cotterman Center)

Every 92 seconds, a person experiences sexual assault in the United States. (RAINN)

One in 5 women and 1 in 71 men will be raped at some point in their lives. (National Sexual Violence Resource Center)  ·    

Nearly 700,000 children are abused in the United States annually. (National Children’s Alliance) 

 One in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys will be sexually abused before they turn 18. (National Crime Victimization Survey)

Every 8 minutes, child protective services substantiate a claim of child sexual abuse. (National Sexual Assault Hotline)

In an article published in 2013, the estimated population of female Child Sexual Assault (CSA) victims in Florida prisons was 918 684. 

The estimated portion of female inmates with a history of CSA was 35%. 

The annual cost per Florida inmate is $17,338, and the estimated annual corrections cost attributed to female CSA victims incarcerated in Florida prisons for violent crimes $15.9 million.

Let's Pledge to be Aware of Child Abuse this Month