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*Content Warning: child abuse, sibling abuse, emotional, sexual, medical and physical violence of children. Free and confidential resources + Safety Tips : somethingwaswrong.com/resources Artwork by the amazing Sara Stewart @GreaterThanOkay - Instagram.com/greaterthanokay *Sources: Child Welfare Organizations by State https://www.childwelfare.gov/organizations/?CWIGFunctionsaction=rols:main.dspList&rolType=custom&rs_id=5 CDC on Child Abuse Prevalence https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/childabuseandneglect/vacs/onebillion-children.html CDC Fast Facts on Child Abuse https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/childabuseandneglect/fastfact.html Child Sexual Abuse Disclosure Rates https://www.d2l.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Child-Sexual-Abuse-Disclosure-Statistics-and-Literature-Review.pdf Child Sexual Abuse Prevalence & Statistics https://www.d2l.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Updated-Prevalence-White-Paper-1-25-2016_2020.pdf California Partnership to End Domestic Violence https://www.cpedv.org/ Children’s Assessment Center https://cachouston.org/about-the-cac/a-message-from-our-director/ Domestic Violence Action Center https://domesticviolenceactioncenter.org/about/ Futures Without Violence https://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/our-mission/ Child Welfare.gov on The Consequences of Abuse https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubpdfs/long_term_consequences.pdf Child maltreatment, 19 September 2022, World Health organization https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/child-maltreatment Peterson C, Florence C, Klevens J. The economic burden of child maltreatment in the United States, 2015. Child Abuse Negl. 2018 Dec;86:178-183. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.09.018. Epub 2018 Oct 8. PMID: 30308348; PMCID: PMC6289633. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30308348/