Child abuse and neglect costs taxpayers $3.7 billion dollars every year.*
In 2015, the Department and a team from Auburn University’s Human Development and Family Studies department began a systematic evaluation of its funded programs to document the effects of the Department’s outreach and of ADCANP/CTF program offerings for youth and parents around the state.
Reports:
* University of Alabama College of Human Environmental Science and Center for Business and Economic Research – Culverhouse College of Commerce, 2018 study
