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THIRD READING
Bill No: ACR 125
Author: Beall (D), et al.
Amended: 4/9/12 in Assembly
Vote: 21
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : Read and adopted, 4/9/12
SUBJECT : Child Abuse Prevention Month
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution acknowledges the month of April
2012 as Child Abuse Prevention Month, and encourages the
people 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.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following
legislative findings:
1. Child abuse and neglect continue to pose serious threats
to our children; and, according to the United States
Department of Health and Human Services, 120 children in
California died as a result of child abuse and neglect
in 2010.
2. Prevention of child abuse and neglect depends on the
involvement of people throughout the community, and
providing community-based prevention services to
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families is less costly than addressing the emotional
and physical damage that can result from child abuse and
neglect, including the costs of protective services, law
enforcement, the judicial system, foster care, and the
treatment of adults recovering from abuse as children.
3. California's children deserve to grow up in a safe and
nurturing environment free from fear, abuse, and
neglect; and, 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.
4. In recent years, child abuse prevention groups have
organized Blue Ribbon Campaigns to increase public
awareness and promote ways to prevent child abuse and
neglect by displaying blue ribbons during Child Abuse
Prevention Month.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
RJG:mw 4/25/12 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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