The Blue Kids on Losey Boulevard represent thousands of abused children
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month
April 1, 2021 6:51 PM
Martha Koloski
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These Blue Kid figures represent the thousands of children abused in Wisconsin and Minnesota each year.
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Children who experience abuse and neglect are nine times more likely to become involved in criminal activity.
Child abuse and neglect costs taxpayers $220 million every day, equating to $80 billion a year on foster care, medical & mental health treatment, special education, juvenile/adult crime, chronic health problems, and other costs across the span of life.