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          Date of Hearing: March 16, 2015  


                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES


                                Richard Gordon, Chair


          ACR 24  
          (Chu) - As Introduced February 13, 2015


          SUBJECT:  Child Abuse Prevention Month.


          SUMMARY:  Acknowledges the month of April 2015 as Child Abuse  
          Prevention Month and encourages the people of California to work  
          together to support youth-serving child abuse prevention  
          activities in their communities and schools during that month  
          and throughout the year.  Specifically, this resolution makes  
          the following legislative findings:


          1)Child abuse and neglect continue to pose serious threats to  
            our children, according to the United States Department of  
            Health and Human Services, `85 children in California died as  
            a result of child abuse and neglect in 2012.

          2)Prevention of child abuse and neglect depends on the  
            involvement of people throughout the community. Providing  
            community-based prevention services to families is less costly  
            than addressing the emotional and physical damage that can  
            result from child abuse and neglect, including the costs of  
            protective services, law enforcement, the judicial system,  
            foster care, and the treatment of adults recovering from abuse  
            as children.

          3)California's children deserve to grow up in a safe and  








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            nurturing environment free from fear, abuse, and neglect.  
            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.

          4)In recent years, child abuse prevention groups have organized  
            Blue Ribbon Campaigns to increase public awareness and promote  
            ways to prevent child abuse and neglect. Pinwheels 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.

          FISCAL EFFECT:  None


          REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:




          Support


          None on file




          Opposition


          None on file




          Analysis Prepared by:Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800








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