Some statistics: Child Abuse in Arizona (2022 report)¹

There were a reported 9954 child victims of abuse in 2020; that’s every 6 out of 1,000 children in Arizona. This is a 23% decrease since 2016, thanks to programs like Healthy Families, Prevention Programs for Youth and other resources available through CFR.
Of all the child victims in Arizona, 88% of abusers were biological parents.
452 Arizona infants were exposed to harmful substances prenatally.
There were a reported 22,258 children in the Arizona foster care system.
2,905 children were adopted, with an astonishing 3,643 still waiting to be adopted.
Children in foster care waited approximately 26.3 months to be adopted – that’s more that 2 years!
438,000 children are currently living in poverty; that’s 27% of children in Arizona
288,950 of Arizona’s children experience struggles with food stability and hunger

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