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          Date of Hearing:   April 4, 2005

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                Cindy Monta?ez, Chair
                    SCR 13 (Battin) - As Amended:  March 14, 2005
           
          SUBJECT  :   Child Abuse Prevention Month.

           SUMMARY  :   Acknowledges the month of April 2005 as Child Abuse  
          Prevention Month and encourages Californians to support child  
          abuse prevention activities in their communities and schools.   
          Specifically,  this resolution  makes the following legislative  
          findings:  

          1)In 1996, more than 3 million children reported having suffered  
            abuse and neglect.

          2)For approximately every three dollars spent on the prevention  
            of child abuse and neglect, at least six dollars are saved  
            that might otherwise be spent on child welfare services,  
            special education services, medical care, foster care,  
            counseling, and the housing of juvenile offenders.

          3)This year's campaign is entitled "Safe Children and Healthy  
            Families are a Shared Responsibility".

          4)The National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse, which has  
            organized Blue Ribbon campaigns to increase public awareness  
            of child abuse, has proclaimed April as National Child Abuse  
            Prevention Month. 

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   None
            
           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          California Attorney General's Office

           Opposition 
           
          None on file.
           

          Analysis Prepared by  :    Lia Lopez / RLS. / (916) 319-2800 








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