BILL NUMBER: ACR 39	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Tran

                        MARCH 10, 2005

   Relative to child abuse prevention.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 39, as introduced, Tran.  Child Abuse Prevention Month.
   This measure would recognize the month of April 2005 as Child
Abuse Prevention Month.
   Fiscal committee: no.




   WHEREAS, The problem of child abuse is an unacceptable social ill;
and
   WHEREAS, Approximately 3 million reports of suspected or known
child abuse and neglect are made to child protective services each
year; and
   WHEREAS, 588,000 American children are unable to live safely with
their families and are placed in foster homes and institutions; and
   WHEREAS, It is estimated that 1,200 children, 85% under 6 years of
age and 44% under 1 year of age, lose their lives each year as a
direct result of abuse and neglect; and
   WHEREAS, The rate of infant homicide has doubled, reaching a
30‑year high, during a period when overall infant mortality
decreased from all other sources; and
   WHEREAS, This tragic social problem results in human and economic
costs due to its relationship to crime and delinquency, drug and
alcohol abuse, domestic violence, and welfare dependency; now,
therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, that the Legislature of the State of California
hereby declares the month of April 2005 to be Child Abuse Prevention
Month in this state.