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THIRD READING
Bill No: ACR 139
Author: Thurmond (D), et al.
Amended: 4/4/16 in Assembly
Vote: 21
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: Read and adopted, 4/4/16
SUBJECT: Child Abuse Prevention Month
SOURCE: The Child Abuse Prevention Center
DIGEST: This resolution acknowledges the month of April 2016
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. According to the State Department of
Public Health, 85 children in California died as a result of
child abuse and neglect in 2012.
2)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.
3)Prevention of child abuse and neglect depends on the
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involvement of people throughout the community. Providing
community-based prevention services to families whose children
may be at risk of child abuse or neglect is less costly than
addressing the emotional and physical damage that can result
from child abuse and neglect, and can help avoid the costs of
protective services, law enforcement, the judicial system,
foster care, and the treatment of adults recovering from abuse
as children.
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, Prevent Child Abuse America, the Child Abuse
Prevention Center, and other groups have organized Blue Ribbon
Campaigns to increase public awareness of child abuse and to
promote ways to prevent child abuse. 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 2016 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.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:NoLocal: No
SUPPORT: (Verified4/13/16)
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The Child Abuse Prevention Center (source)
California State Association of Counties
OPPOSITION: (Verified4/13/16)
None received
Prepared by: Karen Chow / SFA / (916) 651-1520
4/13/16 16:16:42
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