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THIRD READING
Bill No: ACR 24
Author: Chu (D), et al.
Amended: 4/9/15 in Assembly
Vote: 21
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: Read and adopted, 4/9/15
SUBJECT: Child Abuse Prevention Month
SOURCE: Child Abuse Prevention Center
DIGEST: This resolution acknowledges the month of April 2015 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 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
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protective services, law enforcement, the judicial system,
foster care, and the treatment of adults recovering from abuse
as children.
3)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.
4)California's children deserve to grow up in a safe and
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.
5)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.
This resolution acknowledges the month of April 2015 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
during that month and throughout the year.
Prior Legislation
HR 38 (Quirk-Silva, 2014), which was adopted by the Assembly,
recognized the month of April 2014 as Child Abuse Prevention
Month to support youth-serving child abuse prevention activities
in the communities and schools during the month and throughout
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the year.
ACR 34 (Cooley, Resolution Chapter 32, Statutes of 2013)
acknowledged the month of April 2013 as Child Abuse Prevention
Month.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:NoLocal: No
SUPPORT: (Verified4/16/15)
Child Abuse Prevention Center (source)
Association of Regional Center Agencies
State Public Affairs Committee of the Junior Leagues of
California
OPPOSITION: (Verified4/16/15)
None received
Prepared by:Karen Chow / SFA / (916) 651-1520
4/17/15 14:26:25
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