About Child Abuse & Neglect in Mendocino County

• The rate of confirmed child abuse cases in Mendocino County is almost 2.5 times more than California as a whole (source);
• Mendocino County HHSA Children and Family Services estimates that drugs and alcohol are involved in 75% of this county’s child abuse cases;
  

• Prevent Child Abuse America reports that each year the direct and indirect cost of child abuse and neglect in the United States is in excess of $103.8 billion in 2007 value (source).

Find out more about the long-term effects of child abuse and neglect.

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Data Source: Child Welfare Dynamic Report System