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Chapter 2 Preventive Services The objective of child abuse and neglect prevention programs is to provide services to families and their children at risk of child maltreatment. Such services are designed to increase parental childrearing competence and knowledge of the developmental stages of childhood. This chapter reports the number of children who received preventive services, the types of service received, and the funding sources for these services. |
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2.1 Children Receiving Preventive Services
Nationwide, approximately 20 of every 1,000 children in the population, an estimated 1,397,000 children, received preventive services.1 Because of the complexity of collecting data on preventive services, which are often provided through local community-based agencies, these figures may be an undercount. 2.2 Types of Preventive Services and Funding Sources Some examples of preventive services cited by States include
respite care; parenting education; housing assistance; substance
abuse treatment; day care; home visits; and individual and family
counseling, homemaker, transportation, crisis and intervention, and
domestic violence services. |
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1National figures are based on data submitted to the SDC. Appendix E lists the complete SDC data tables. All statistics from the SDC presented in this volume can be examined in detail by State submission. National estimates have been calculated when fewer than 51 jurisdictions reported a given item. For each estimate presented in this volume, a supporting table showing how the estimate was calculated is presented in appendix G. See appendix G, table G2-1. return |