17%

of boys will be sexually abused before they turn 18

95%

of children know their perpetrators

25%

of children were not old enough to attend kindergarten

25%

of girls will be sexually abused before they turn 18

800

youth are on waiting lists

3000

young adults enter tranitional living programs funded by the family & youth servies bureau annually

28%

of youth assistedd are couch surfing or living at the homes of friends or relatives

35%

of youth assisted are living on the street or in a shelter

2.8M

youth run away each year

18%

decrease in the likelihood of high school graduation from youth running away from home multiple times

10%

decrease in the likelihood of high school graduation from youth running away from home once

47%

of runaway youth indicated that conflict between them and their parent or guardian was a major problem

children die each day in the U.S. from child abuse and neglect abd 70% of them are under 3

700,000

children are abused in the u.s. annually

407,000

children entered foster care in 2020

90%

of alleged abusers were related to the child victim

46%

of boys are sexually abused before they turn 18

25%

of girls are sexually abused before they turn 18

14%

of young people between the ages of 10 and 18 will run away

46%

of runaways and homeless youth report being physically abused

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