This was only about 3,000 more calls than were received the previous fiscal year. Not all calls to the hotline result in a report of suspected child abuse or neglect.
Some calls are simply requests for information.
Only one in every 5 calls resulted in a report during the fiscal year. The number of calls received each of the last 10 fiscal years is presented in Figure 1 . For the past two fiscal years, the number of children reported has decreased from the previous year. This decrease is due, in part, to a change in the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act in fiscal year 1996, that amended the law to exclude children already living safely with relatives as being neglected children.