Annual Cost of Child Abuse and Neglect in Pennsylvania
| Direct Costs | |
| State and county
services to families |
$1.3 billion |
| Including:
Investigations of reports by county agencies $46.6 million ChildLine (toll-free reporting line) $4.1 million Child abuse history and background checks $1.2 million OCYF Regional Offices (costs related to investigation of reports) $2.8 million |
|
| Mental health services to victims |
$69.8 million |
| Medical care to
victims |
$11 million |
| Public services |
$17.2 million |
| Foster care services |
$715.9 million |
| TOTAL DIRECT COSTS: |
$2.11 billion |
| Indirect Costs | |
| Special education |
$5.47 million |
| Juvenile justice
system |
$59.9 million |
| Lost productivity to society |
$157.4 million |
| Quality of life |
$1.2 billion |
| Adult criminal justice system |
$18.2 million |
| TOTAL INDIRECT COSTS: |
$1.44 billion |
| TOTAL COST: |
$3.55 billion |
