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Protecting Children Begins with Awareness
- Child abuse and neglect are the leading causes of death in children under age four.
- The annual cost of living for a family of one adult plus two children in the Twin Cities Metro Area is $45,036. Eighty-seven percent of Nursery families have an annual income of less than $10,000.
- Of the 8,000 victims of abuse last year in Minnesota, most victims were under age six.
- The Nursery shelters children newborn through age six.
- Last year, the Nursery was forced to turn away more children than we were able to shelter, solely due to funding cuts.
- The number of children the Nursery has sheltered over its history could fill the Target Center - twice.
- Last year, of the cases reported to the counties in Minnesota, 78 percent of all victims suffered from neglect.
- Healthy Families America recommends home visiting, the approach used in our 4th Day program, as one of the most effective ways to strengthen families and prevent child abuse and neglect.
- One in eleven Minnesota children live below the poverty line.
- In 2002, most instances of reported child abuse and neglect in Minnesota occurred in Hennepin and Ramsey Counties. The Nursery currently serves Hennepin County.
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