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          Date of Hearing:   April 3, 2006

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                Cindy Montanez, Chair
                     SCR 97 (Battin) - As Amended:  March 6, 2006

           SENATE VOTE :   33-0
           
          SUBJECT  :   Child Abuse Prevention Month

           SUMMARY  :   Acknowledges the month of April 2006 as Child Abuse  
          Prevention Month and encourages Californians to support  
          youth-serving child abuse prevention activities in their  
          communities and schools.  Specifically,  this resolution  makes  
          the following legislative findings:  

          1)In 1996, more than three 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 
           
          None on file.

           Opposition 
           
          None on file.
           








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           Analysis Prepared by  :    Anna McCabe / RLS. / (916) 319-2800