Child Abuse (incl. Child Victims/Witnesses of DV)
- In 2024, CASDA’s Children’s Program provided direct service to 127 individuals with 433 hours of direct service. Children’s Program clients included 53 children and 74 non-offending parents or guardians.
- In 2024, CASDA’s Children’s Program presented education about protective behaviors, healthy relationships, and teen dating violence to 285 students at 14 area elementary, middle, and high schools.
- In 2024, Douglas County Child Protective Services received 1020 reports of suspected child abuse and neglect.
- In 2024, the state of Wisconsin received 37,532 reports of suspected child maltreatment (Source: WI Child Abuse and Neglect Report).
- In 2024, the state of Wisconsin confirmed 4,734 cases of substantiated child abuse and/or neglect, affecting 4,248 unique child victims (Source: WI Child Abuse and Neglect Report).
Domestic Violence
- CASDA provided Domestic Abuse Program services to 134 individuals in 2023.
- CASDA provided 890 hours of direct services to victims and survivors of domestic violence in 2023.
- In 2024, CASDA received 82 Immediate Response Program calls from law enforcement.
- In 2024, CASDA contacted 82 victims via telephone and/or mail through the Immediate Response Program.
- In 2024, 208 domestic violence-related calls were taken by the Superior Police Department and the Douglas County Sheriff’s Department.
- In 2024, 73 children were present during domestic violence incidents reported to CASDA.
- Intimate partner violence accounts for 15% of all violent crimes (Source: National Coalition Against Domestic Violence).
- One in three adolescents in the U.S. is a victim of physical, sexual, emotional or verbal abuse from a dating partner, a figure that far exceeds rates of other types of youth violence. (LoveisRespect.org)
Sexual Assault
- CASDA provided direct service to 22 victims and survivors of sexual assault in 2023.
- In 2024, CASDA provided 160 direct service hours in the Sexual Assault Program.
- In 2024, 43 adult survivors of sexual assault and/or domestic violence attended a CASDA support/education group.
- In Wisconsin, it is estimated that 50% of victims were assaulted by a former intimate partner (Source: WCASA).
- Nationally, an estimated 1 in 3 women and 1 in 5 men have experienced contact sexual violence in their lifetime (Source: WCASA).
- Nationally, nearly 50% of transgender individuals have experienced sexual assault (Source: WCASA).
- In Wisconsin, an estimated 1 in 3 women have been a victim of rape in their lifetime (Source: WCASA).
- It is estimated that more than 2 out of 3 sexual assaults go unreported (Source: RAINN.org)
- In 2024 the Superior Police Department received 27 reports of sexual assault.