protecting america's abused children

General statistics

•A report of child abuse is made every ten seconds.

•Almost five children die every day as a result of child abuse. More than three out of four are under the age of 4.

•It is estimated that between 60-85% of child fatalities due to maltreatment are not recorded as such on death certificates.

•90% of child sexual abuse victims know the perpetrator in some way; 68% are abused by family members.

•Child abuse occurs at every socioeconomic level, across ethnic and cultural lines, within all religions and at all levels of education.

•31% percent of women in prison in the United States were abused as children.

•Over 60% of people in drug rehabilitation centers report being abused or neglected as a child.

•About 30% of abused and neglected children will later abuse their own children, continuing the horrible cycle of abuse.

•About 80% of 21 year old that were abused as children met criteria for at least one psychological disorder.

•The estimated annual cost of child abuse and neglect in the United States for 2007 is $104 billion.

•Abused children are 25% more likely to experience teen pregnancy.

•Abused teens are 3 times less likely to practice safe sex, putting them at greater risk for STDs.

Protecting America's abused children

paacnv.org

A project of Creative Fundraisers Corporation A Section 501 (c) (3) Charitable Non Profit Organization of California Established 1988 and Registered in Nevada

Vision

Protecting America's Abused Children's founders began research in 2001 to better understand child abuse, the impact of child abuse over time in a victim's life, how abuses relate to productivity, quality of life, and relationships in marriage and their own children.

In 2005, Protecting America's Abused Children beganworking with Clark County as a charitable organization eligible to offer work for people required to do community service as ordered by a court.

In most cases, (PAAC) discovered community services workers were party to abuse related offenses such as domestic violence, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, unpaid child support (neglect-abandonment) and various low level crimes related to a pattern of one or more of those abuses.

Further research revealed that apart from a few community service workers involved in drug or alcohol abuse (which alters behavior), workers were from multicultural backgrounds with a lifestyle of being and/or were currently misfortunate.

The commonality between cultural and geographic backgrounds is narrowed to human behaviors, inner-city/urban, and misfortune despite differences cultural and environmental conditions.

We believe that America's most valuable resource for a strong future is in the children, yet the most overlooked as a resource for America's future is misfortunate childrenwho by no choice of their own are robbed of the opportunities available to those who are not from misfortunate families... simply because they lack the resources and a level playing field because they are misfortunate.

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