As part of the process for preparing its Regional Prevention Plan, the Great Lakes Ohio Regional Prevention Council performed a needs assessment to identify factors affecting child abuse and neglect in the region.
The Needs Assessment compiled data about child and family protective and risk factors in the region in order to identify the scope of the problem in the Great Lakes Ohio Region and see where gaps in services exist. Once the Needs Assessment was complete, the Regional Prevention Council could develop a Prevention Plan to prioritize funding requests for programs to meet the identified needs.
Abuse & Neglect Reports in the Great Lakes Ohio Region
A snapshot from the Great Lakes Ohio Regional Needs Assessment provides these numbers related to child abuse and neglect reports in the region as of 2016, the last year for which the work group could obtain report data.
• Intakes Into Child Welfare — 46,074
• Reports of Child Abuse and Neglect — 24,827
• Screened in Reports of Child Abuse and Neglect — 14,697
• Total Maltreatment Allegations — 26,769
• Substantiated Maltreatment Allegations — 4,542
- Physical Abuse — 38.3%
- Neglect — 31.7%
- Medical Neglect — 1.9%
- Sexual Abuse — 16%
- Psychological/Emotional Maltreatment — 10.5%
- Other — 1.7%
It’s likely that many instances of child abuse and neglect go unreported. The federally-funded Fourth National Incidence Study (NIS) of Child Abuse and Neglect found that 2.5 times as many children are maltreated each year as are actually reported to Child Protective Service agencies, estimating one child in every 25 in the U.S. is maltreated.
Data in the Needs Assessment
For a full picture of factors affecting child abuse and neglect in the Great Lakes Ohio Region, the Needs Assessment provides data and analysis related to:
- Poverty and substance abuse in the region
- Family risk factors
- Community factors and supports
Access the full Needs Assessment for a comprehensive view of the scope of the child abuse and neglect issue in the Great Lakes Ohio Region.
