Project PAVE Statistics

Colorado

A child is abused or neglected in Colorado every 48 minutes.[1]

Less than half of children from low-income Colorado families receive critical mental health services. [2]

In 2008, Colorado domestic violence agency staff and volunteers answered 46,780 crisis intervention phone calls, a 20% increase from 2007.^{^[3]}

70% of families reviewed for child fatalities due to maltreatment had a history of domestic violence, domestic violence co-occurs in 30 - 40% of all reported incidents of child maltreatment.[4]

At Whittier K-8 School, the free/reduced lunch rate is 92%, and 87% of students are children of color.[5]

National and General

In the U.S., more than half of all children will be exposed to violence in their lives, including sexual assault, teen dating violence, child abuse and witnessing domestic violence.[6]

Children who experience childhood trauma, including witnessing incidents of domestic violence, are at a greater risk of having serious adult health problems including tobacco use, substance abuse, obesity, cancer, heart disease, depression and a higher risk for unintended pregnancy.[7]

Children from homes where domestic violence occurs are physically or sexually abused and/or seriously neglected at a rate 15 times the national average.[8]

Victimization has enormous consequences for children... it can affect personality formation, have major mental health consequences, impact on academic performance, and also is strongly implicated in the development of delinquent and anti-social behavior.[9]

15.5 million U.S. children live in families in which partner violence occurred at least once in the past year, and seven million children live in families in which severe partner violence occurred.[10]

Physical abuse during childhood increases the risk of future victimization among women and the risk of future perpetration of abuse by men more than two-fold.[11]

If a child is abused or neglected, the likelihood of arrest increases by 53% as a juvenile, by 38% as an adult, and by 38% for being involved in a violent crime.[12]

Psychotherapy designed for mothers and children together can increase the quality of parenting and increase positive outcomes for children. [13]

A safe, stable and nurturing relationship with a caring adult can help a child overcome the stress associated with intimate partner violence.[14]

Teen Dating Violence

Approximately one in three adolescent girls in the United States is a victim of physical, emotional or verbal abuse from a dating partner - a figure that far exceeds victimization rates for other types of violence affecting youth. [15]

Teen victims of physical dating violence are more likely than their non-abused peers to smoke, use drugs, engage in unhealthy diet behaviors (taking diet pills or laxatives and vomiting to lose weight), engage in risky sexual behaviors, and attempt or consider suicide.[16]

Nearly 1 in 5 teenage girls in a relationship said a boyfriend threatened violence or self-harm when presented with a break-up.[17]

1 in 3 teens (30%) say they are text messaged 10, 20, or 30 times an hour by a partner inquiring where they are, what they're doing, or who they're with.[18]

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