Child maltreatment has immediate and lifelong consequences for health and well-being and is costly for governments. Child maltreatment constitutes all forms of child abuse including physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional ill-treatment, neglect, negligent treatment and exploitation of children.

This Evidence to Action note reports analysis from the Seeding Success study looking at the proportion of child involved with NSW child protection services before five years of age and discusses the implications for policy and programs.