Child adversity, abuse in Arizona costs $23 billion [AZCentral.com]

Samantha Sangenito 10/23/154:00 AM

A family member in prison. A mother who was treated violently. Emotional or physical neglect. Even simply growing up with just one parent.

These are examples of "adverse childhood experiences," and they are ravaging Arizona. Anational survey released last year found that 44.4 percent of Arizona children ages 12 to 17 suffered two or more such traumatic experiences, far surpassing the national average of 30.5 percent.

On Thursday, a follow-up to that report will be unveiled by a coalition of child-advocacy groups, this one showing the economic impact of each adverse childhood experience.

[For more of this story, written by Perry Vandell, go to http://www.azcentral.com/story...23-billion/74356030/]

Attachments

Show

Add Comment

Comments (0)

<ul id="{%=id%}ButtonGroup" class="button-group h-popup-buttons even-button-group even-1">
    <li id="{%=id%}Okay_buttonContainer"><a id="{%=id%}Okay" href="javascript:void(0);" class="button success no-margin-bottom h-alert-modal-ok-button" role="button">OK</a><script type="text/javascript">
        (function() {
            function {%=id%}Okay_click(event, data) {
            {%=id%}Popup.hide();
        }
        
                $('#{%=id%}Okay').on('click', {%=id%}Okay_click);
        })();
    </script></li></ul><a href="javascript:void(0);" class="close-reveal-modal" aria-label="Close Modal">&#215;</a><div class="last-modal-focus focus-utility-element" tabindex="0"></div>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
        (function() {
            {%=id%}Popup = new SS.Popup.ModalPopup('{%=id%}');
        })();
    </script>

Skip to main content

Attachments

Add Comment

Membership Required

Remove From Your Block List

Manage Follow Preferences

Block

Please wait...