The Saville Center reported that sexual abuse was the largest category of case type followed by neglect. While servicing these cases, the Saville Center provided 810 free services including forensic interviews, mental health resources, sexual assault examinations, victim advocacy, prevention and access to the child abuse response, evaluations and support team (CARES team). That number is up from 775 services provided in 2022. A total of 472 individual children received services in 2023 with the breakdown of service type shown in Figure 33.
Reported Abuse Type
Number of Children Receiving Services
0
100 200
47
o
Onsite Forensic Interviewing
261
49
l
Medical Exam/Treatment
154
223
96
Referral to Counseling Therapy
57
h
88
5
Fig. 33, Source: Saville Center for Child Advocacy
Fig. 32, Source: Saville Center for Child Advocacy
Five-year Saville Center Case Trends Breakdown
Total Cases
500
400
300
200
402
324
380
382
412
415
100
0
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
Fig. 34, Source: Saville Center for Child Advocacy
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