• Reach Counseling Services served 865 clients in their counseling division in 1999. This is an increase of 29% over 1998.
• Over 15,000 children were served in its prevention education program which is a 20% increase over 1998.
• Sexual assault increased by 18% in Winnebago County and 56% in the city of Oshkosh from 1997 to 1998.
• It costs upwards of $180,000 to try and incarcerate the average sex offender; sex offender treatment costs $2,000-$3,000 -- and it works -- recidivism is reduced substantially with appropriate treatment.
• There were 572 reports of child sexual abuse in Winnebago County in 1998.