Re: costs of child maltreatment

["Caren Kaplan" <ckaplan@xxxxxxxx>]

Colleagues:

Belatedly, I am providing some resources that I hope will be helpful to the discussion of child maltreatment costs... 

Mark Courtney published a relevant article in The Future of Children
Protecting Children from Abuse and Neglect
The Future of Children 
Vol. 8 — No. 1 — Spring 1998 
The article is entitled " The Costs of Child Protection in the Context of Welfare Reform" by Mark E. Courtney, Ph.D.
Abstract: A summary of public funding for child protection, contrasting expenditures for foster care versus family services, and tracing the links between public assistance and child protection policies.
http://www.futureofchildren.org/pcn/06_pcn.pdf

"The Cost of Child Maltreatment: Who Pays? We all do. " is organized in four segments - medical impact, mental health impact, societal impact, and economic costs. 
It is published by the Family Violence and Sexual Assault Institute; 6160 Cornerstone Court East, San Diego, CA 92121 (838) 623-2777 ext 405. There is a fee associated with its acquisition; although I can't remember the exact cost, I believe it is around $25 and worth the investment...

The Prevent Child Abuse America's document entitled Total Estimated Cost of Child Abuse & Neglect In The United States can be accessed at the following link:
http://www.preventchildabuse.org/research_ctr/cost_analysis.pdf 

Hope this is useful. Caren


Caren Kaplan
Program Manager
Child Welfare League of America
50 F street, NW, 6th Floor
Washington, DC 20001
Tel:  202/662-4295
Fax: 202/737-3687
Email:  ckaplan@cwla.org


>>> awicks@mindspring.com 09/19/01 02:40PM >>>
I have a copy of the materials from the presentation at the Second National
Conference on SBS readily available, if you are interested please let me know.

Amy Wicks
National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome
2955 Harrison Blvd., Suite #102
Ogden, UT 84403
801-627-3399

Dale Fitch wrote:

> Lori, Frasier, MD, Ken Bopp, PhD, and I did a study a few years ago while
> at the U. of Missouri-Columbia looking at the healthcare costs of Shaken
> Baby Syndrome survivors in Missouri compared to a cohort of non-abused,
> Medicaid eligible clients. It was presented at the 2nd national SBS
> Conference in Salt Lake City. If anyone is interested I could try to track
> down the report again.
> Dale
>
> Dale Fitch, Ph.D.
> Assistant Professor
> University of Michigan
> School of Social Work
> 1080 South University, Rm 2794
> Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106
> (734)763-6286
> (734)763-3372 (FAX)
> dale@umich.edu 
>
> --On Wednesday, September 05, 2001 3:35 PM -0700 Peggy Polinsky
> <ppolinsky@parentsanonymous.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi Sandi - thanks for your information.  Yes, I am aware of the PCAA and
> > Urban Institute reports.  However, I am looking for "lifetime cost"
> > related to the abuse, per child.  In other words, if a child is abused at
> > a young age and lives with the consequences for 60 years - needing
> > special medical, psychological, and/or social interventions - what is the
> > monetary cost to society, compared to the life of a child who has not
> > been abused?  I am really unsure of the parameters here because I can't
> > find the source of the 1990 Univ. of Minnesota quote of a lifetime cost
> > of $2 million per abused child per year.
> >
> > Margaret (Peggy) L. Polinsky, MSW, PhD
> > Director of Research
> > Parents Anonymous(r) Inc.
> > 675 West Foothill Blvd., Suite 220
> > Claremont, CA 91711
> > Tel:  909-621-6184, Ext. 213
> > Fax: 909-625-6304
> > E-mail: ppolinsky@parentsanonymous.org 
> >
> >   -----Original Message-----
> > From:         owner-CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu 
> > [mailto:owner-CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu]  On Behalf Of
> > Sandi McLeod
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 12:06 PM
> > To:   Child Maltreatment Researchers
> > Subject:      re: cost of child abuse
> >
> > Dear Peggy,
> >
> > In April, 2001, Prevent Child Abuse America released a report that was
> > funded by the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, Total Estimated Cost of
> > Child Abuse and Neglect in U. S.  The report estimates that the U. S.
> > "spends $258 million each day as a direct or indirect result of the abuse
> > of our nation's children".  The report is available online at
> > http://www.preventchildabuse.org.
> >
> > Also, you might be interested in a 2001 report released by the Urban
> > Institute, The Cost of Protecting Vulnerable Children II:  What Has
> > Changed since 1996 (Roseana Bess, Jacob Leos-Urbel and Rob Geen),
> > available at http://newfederalism.urban.org/fiscal.html.
> >
> > I hope this is helpful information.
> >
> > Sandi McLeod
> >
> > Sandi McLeod, Special Initiatives/Media Relations
> > National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse & Neglect Information
> > (800) 394-3366, ext. 352
> > mcleods@calib.com