Please take a moment to download the resources below on reporting child abuse & neglect during this period of social distancing in response to the COVID-19 crisis. In times of crisis and economic instability, child abuse and neglect rates increase. However, reports of child abuse and neglect in Michigan have declined.

Children are not going to school, activities, places of worship, after-school programs or other public places where adults look out for their safety and well-being, or where they can disclose abuse to a trusted grown-up.