15 million children

are exploited in the United States each year

One of the greatest mission fields in crisis is located within our backyards. Children are being exploited, abused, neglected, abandoned, and forgotten. They’re in our neighborhoods, churches, schools, and perhaps our own families. Child exploitation is all around us but do we see it?

unmasking

child exploitation in the united states

Reported victims

8M

children in the U.S. are reported for abuse each year. Approximately 70% are made by mandated reporters. Reports include children from ALL demographics.

unreported Abuse

2/3rds

of children never have their abuse reported according to many field experts.

Enter Foster Care

3%

of the annual reported victims receive protection through foster care. The other 97% are often left to fend for themselves. The 50 million adults in the U.S. who are survivors of sexual abuse can attest to these realities.

estimated actual victims

15M

children are estimated to be the actual number of victimized children within the U.S. each year based on the unreported abuse statistics.

We Define Child Exploitation As

“Using a Child for Another Person’s Gain or Benefit“

We have purposefully used the word “exploitation” over many other more common descriptions for a purposeful reason.

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Government Programs Can’t Meet the Need

Many Americans perceive that child exploitation in our country is rare. Often based on a surface-level promise that our government agencies will care for abused, missing, or exploited children. However, federal reports confirm the experiences of frontline workers; child exploitation is one of the most significant public issues our society faces today. Every report confirms a horrific reality, child exploitation in the United States is so immense that government programs cannot meet the need. Instead, a mass movement of “We the People” is now imperative. A 20-year review of federal reports reveals:

+58%

INCREASE IN CHILD MALTREATMENT REPORTS

-45%

REDUCTION IN REPORTED KIDS WHO ENTER FOSTER CARE

+87%

INCREASE IN CLOSED REPORTS W/ NO INVESTIGATION

+53%

INCREASE IN CHILD ABUSE RELATED FATALITIES

United States Children Who Are Exploited and Abused

STATISTICS NOW AVAILABLE!

OPEN EYE REPORT: Unmasking Child Exploitation in the United States

Click the button below to request a free digital copy of 10.18’s Open Eye Report which includes shocking findings from 20 years’ of cross-sectional confirmation of federal reports, expert analysis and experiences of frontline workers.

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The Rotten Tree of Child Exploitation

Child exploitation is a rotten tree growing rotten fruit, producing some of our most debilitating social and human issues. We often address the bad fruit, but the corrupt tree continues growing. We don’t do the norm because we don’t focus on the fruit (effects). As a PREVENTION organization, we are doing our best to follow the directives of Jesus and address the tree called child exploitation.