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In Missouri:
- 50,565 reports of child abuse/neglect, involving 75,781 children
- 4,131 incidents, involving 6,732 children, were substantiated
- 30 Child abuse/neglect fatalities were substantiated
(Source: Children’s Division Annual Report, Calendar Year 2008)
In the Kansas City, MO Metro Area (Clay, Jackson, Platte Counties):
- 7,813 reports of child abuse/neglect, involving 11,578 children
- 679 incidents, involving 1,024 children, were substantiated
(Source: Children’s Division Annual Report, Calendar Year 2008)
In Kansas:
- Kansas received 53,888 reports of abuse and neglect statewide
- 2,020 were substantiated statewide
- There were 7,189 reports in the Kansas City, KS metro area
- 687 children were substantiated as victims of child abuse/neglect in the Kansas City Metro region
(Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitative Services, July 2007 - June 2009)
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