Under Virginia Law, an abused or neglected child is any child whose parent or any other person responsible for the care of that child, does any of the following: Causes or threatens to cause, a physical or mental injury except for an accident. Fails to provide adequate food, clothing, shelter, medical or caring support. Abandons the child. Fails to provide the kind of supervision necessary for the child’s age or level of development. Commits, or allows to be committed, any illegal sexual activity involving the child-including incest, rape, fondling, exposure, prostitution-or allows the child to be used in any sexually explicit visual material.	In Virginia, a child is abused or neglected every 81 minutes and every 13 days a child dies from that same abuse or neglect.
Who are the Abusers? Abusive parents can be your friends, your neighbors or relatives. Child maltreatment affects all economic, racial, social, ethnic and religious groups.	How you can help Report Child Abuse and Neglect Contact the Virginia Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline 1 (800) 552 - 7096