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                                                                  ACR 134
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          Date of Hearing:   March 25, 2010

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                Nancy Skinner, Chair
                    ACR 134 (Adams) - As Amended:  March 23, 2010
           
          SUBJECT  :   Child Abuse Prevention Month.

           SUMMARY  :   Acknowledges the month of April 2010 as Child Abuse  
          Prevention Month, and encourages California citizens to work  
          together to support youth-serving child abuse prevention  
          activities in their communities and schools during the month of  
          April and throughout the year.  Specifically,  this resolution   
          makes the following legislative findings:

          1)Child abuse and neglect is a community problem; and finding  
            solutions depends on the involvement of people throughout the  
            community.

          2)In 2007, approximately 5.8 million children were reported to  
            child protective agencies in the United States as having  
            suffered abuse and neglect; and child abuse and neglect  
            continue to pose a serious threat to our nation's children.

          3)The National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse, in all its  
            forms, has proclaimed April as National Child Abuse Prevention  
            Month; and blue ribbons are displayed to increase awareness of  
            child abuse and as a strategy for Child Abuse Prevention  
            Month.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   None

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          None on file.

           Opposition 
           
          None on file.

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