The incidence rates of child abuse and neglect are approximately ten times higher than the incidence rates of cancer. The incident rate for child abuse and neglect is 40 children per 1,000 each year. Incidence rates for cancer patients are 3.9 per 1,000 people each year. According to Frank Putnam (2005), “We find an incidence rate of child abuse and neglect that is approximately ten times higher than the incidence rate of all forms of cancer… There is a multibillion-dollar research base reliably renewed on a per-basis basis. annual for cancer treatment and prevention. There is nothing remotely like this for child abuse and neglect” (p. 1). The federal fiscal year 2001 budget was $3.74 billion for the National Cancer Institution. Considering all CAPTA grants combined, the total government monetary support amounts to approximately $72 million. While cancer research is an amazing thing, child abuse and neglect programs should be well funded to help more children. In addition to helping more children, if funding for abuse awareness increased, there would likely be more jobs open for social workers and other types of advocates. (The Leadership Council on Child Abuse and Interpersonal Violence, 2005). According to the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information (2005), “…few in-depth and rigorous financial analyzes have been conducted to give us a solid understanding of the full costs of maltreatment.” (p. 11). The reason we do not know the magnitude of the effects is that it is difficult to demonstrate a causal relationship between maltreatment and costs. The costs of maltreatment include child protective services, foster care, law enforcement, medical expenses and more. Studies show that the car... at the center of the paper... Child abuse: a comparison between communities with and without child protection centers. Tuscaloosa, AL. Retrieved from website: http://www.nationalcac.org/professionals/images/stories/pdfs/cba-finalreport.pdfS. 3817--111th Congress: CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010. (2010). In www.GovTrack.us.Stoltzfus, Emilie. (2009). The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA): Context, programs, and funding. Congressional Research Service. Retrieved from website: http://www.napcwa.org/Legislative/docs/CAPTACongressionalResearchReport.pdfThe Leadership Council on Child Abuse and Interpersonal Violence. (2005). The economic cost of child abuse to society. Retrieved from website: http://www.leadershipcouncil.org/1/res/costs.htmlOffice for the Prevention of Child Abuse. (2011). Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA). California Department of Social Services.