Child Maltreatment 2017

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) released this report on January 28, 2019. The report, prepared by the Children's Bureau of DHHS, includes data collection and analysis from states regarding child abuse and neglect information from 2017. One of the key findings in the report is that the national rounded number of children who received a child protective services investigation response or alternative response increased 10.0 percent from 2013 to 2017 . . .