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                                    THIRD READING


          Bill No:  ACR 34
          Author:   Cooley (D), et al.
          Amended:  4/18/13 in Assembly
          Vote:     21

           
           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  Read and adopted, 4/18/13


           SUBJECT :    Child Abuse Prevention Month

           SOURCE  :     Child Abuse Prevention Center


           DIGEST  :    This resolution acknowledges the month of April 2013  
          as Child Abuse Prevention Month, and encourages the people of  
          the State of California to work together to support  
          youth-serving child abuse prevention activities in their  
          communities and schools.

           ANALYSIS  :    This resolution makes the following legislative  
          findings:

           1. Child abuse and neglect continue to pose serious threats to  
             our nation's children.

           2. In 2010, according to the University of California at  
             Berkeley, Center for Social Services Research, approximately  
             89,000 children in California were found to be victims of  
             abuse or neglect.

           3. In 2010, according to the United States Department of Health  
             and Human Services, 120 children in California died as a  
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             result of child abuse and neglect.

           4. Children who have been abused or neglected have a higher  
             risk of developing various health problems as adults,  
             including alcoholism, depression, drug abuse, eating  
             disorders, obesity, suicide, and certain chronic diseases.

           5. Victims of child abuse, whether the abuse is physical,  
             sexual, or emotional, or any combination of these, should  
             have access to a safe place to live, appropriate medical  
             care, and counseling or mental health services.

           6. Blue ribbons are displayed to increase the awareness of  
             child abuse and to focus on the positive message of  
             preventing child abuse and neglect by supporting families and  
             strengthening communities during Child Abuse Prevention  
             Month.

          This resolution acknowledges the month of April 2013 as Child  
          Abuse Prevention Month and encourages the people of the State of  
          California to work together to support youth-serving child abuse  
          prevention activities in their communities and schools.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Fiscal Com.:  No

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  5/1/13)

          Child Abuse Prevention Center (source)
          Judge Talmadge R. Jones

          AL:k  5/1/13   Senate Floor Analyses 

                           SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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