colorado child abuse and neglect hotline
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El Paso County continues to lead state in child abuse hotline calls, cases and investigations
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A pattern firmly entrenched for years – El Paso County receiving more calls of suspected child abuse and neglect to the state hotline, referrals for case review and full-blown investigations than any other locale in Colorado – continued during the pandemic, according to recently released statistics for 2021. While no one wants to see any instance of…
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Colorado child abuse hotline received 211,554 calls last year
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Last year, Coloradans called the Colorado Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline 211,554 times, the most since the line’s launch in January 2015. More calls could be the product of DHS’s public awareness campaign to the hotline, 1-844-CO-4-KIDS, to help people spot and report child abuse, neglect or sex trafficking. In 2016, DHS logged 206,107 calls.…
