05/14/2026
🔴 $333 million dollars. 🔴 That's how much child abuse and neglect can cost San Francisco in 2025 — across healthcare, child welfare, criminal justice, and a lifetime of lost potential for 431 children.
When we invest in family support services, we build the conditions that prevent abuse and neglect before they start — and we spend less, save more, and keep children safer.
Safe & Sound CEO Dr. Pegah Faed reminds us: "Too often, families are pulled into costly systems when what they really need is support, such as stable housing, child care, or mental health services. Prevention is not just the morally right thing to do, it's the fiscally responsible choice."
San Francisco's numbers tell us where we've been. Prevention is how we change where we're going! 📊 Explore the full SF data at https://safeandsound.org/why-we-do-it/the-economics-of-abuse/california-impacts/
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