Why we do it!!!

This was sent to me by Tammy Beilstein of the Prevent Child Abuse Calaveras Council. Says it all.
Calaveras County Children’s Services
2005 General Statistics
Hotline call reports (referrals) received:
We received a total of 813 reports of child abuse, involving a total of 847 children.
• 339 of the referrals were evaluated out.
• 474 of the referrals were investigated.
• 126 were responded to within 2 hours.
• The rest were usually investigated within 10 days.
The 813 reports alleged the following types of child abuse:
• Neglect = 463
• Physical abuse = 171
• Sexual abuse/Exploitation = 133
• Emotional abuse = 89
• “At risk” due to abuse of a sibling = 81
• Caretaker Absence/Abandonment = 60
NOTE: The total number of allegations exceeds the total number of referrals, because many referrals included multiple allegations.
The 813 referrals involved families living in the following areas:
• Altaville/Angels Camp = 98
• Arnold/Avery = 56
• Burson/Wallace = 18
• Camp Connell/Dorrington = 12
• Copperopolis = 59
• Douglas Flat/Vallecito = 11
• Glencoe/Mokelumne Hill = 25
• Mountain/Sheep Ranch = 32
• Murphys/ Hathaway Pines = 28
• Railroad Flat = 16
• San Andreas = 138
• Valley Springs/Jenny Lind = 182
• West Point/Wilseyville = 62
• “Unknown” = 10
• Out of County = 66
The 847 children who were alleged to have been victims of abuse fell within the following demographics:
• Ethnicity:
• Black = 9
• Cambodian = 1
• Caucasian = 637
• Hispanic = 42
• Native American = 13
• Vietnamese = 3
• Unknown = 143
• Gender:
• Female = 416
• Male = 427
• Unknown = 4
• Age Groups:
• 0-5 years = 241
• 6-9 years = 191
• 10-13 years = 169
• 14-17 years = 223
• 18 + years = 23
Of the 474 referrals that were investigated, we opened active cases on a total of 48 families.
CASES open during 2005 (number of children receiving CPS services):
There were 143 open cases at some point during the year 2005, as follows:
• Ethnicity:
• Black = 4
• Caucasian = 117
• Hispanic = 15
• Native American = 7
• Gender:
• Female = 75
• Male = 68
• Ages:
• 0-5 years = 29
• 6-9 years = 32
• 10-13 years = 26
• 14-17 years = 42
• 18-19 years = 14
Of the 143 open cases, 114 children have been in an out-of-home placement for at least 5 days during the year 2005, in the following placement categories:
• Foster Care = 103
• Relative Home = 37
• Legal Guardianship (non-relative) = 18
• Group Home = 13
NOTE: The total exceeds 114, because some children were placed in more than one type of home.
26 children received on-going CPS services in the home of at least one parent in our Family Maintenance Program.