Bill Text: CA AR38 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Resolution 38 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relative to Child Abuse Prevention Month.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-28 - Read. Adopted. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4639.). [AR38 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AR38-Introduced.html

BILL NUMBER: HR 38	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Quirk-Silva

                        APRIL 21, 2014

   Relative to Child Abuse Prevention Month.


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   WHEREAS, Child abuse and neglect continue to pose serious threats
to our nation's children; and
   WHEREAS, In 2010, according to the Center for Social Services
Research at the University of California, Berkeley, approximately
89,000 children in California were found to be victims of abuse or
neglect; and
   WHEREAS, In 2010, according to the United States Department of
Health and Human Services, 120 children in California died as a
result of child abuse and neglect; and
   WHEREAS, Children who have been abused or neglected have a higher
risk of developing various health problems as adults, including
alcoholism, depression, drug abuse, eating disorders, obesity,
suicide, and certain chronic diseases; and
   WHEREAS, California's children deserve to grow up in a safe and
nurturing environment free from fear, abuse, and neglect; and
   WHEREAS, Prevention of child abuse and neglect depends on the
involvement of people throughout the community; and
   WHEREAS, Child abuse and neglect have long-term economic and
societal costs; and
   WHEREAS, Providing community-based prevention services to families
whose children may be at risk of child abuse or neglect is less
costly than addressing the emotional and physical damage that can
result from child abuse and neglect; and
   WHEREAS, Providing community-based prevention services to those
families can help avoid the costs of protective services, law
enforcement, the judicial system, foster care, and the treatment of
adults recovering from abuse as children; and
   WHEREAS, 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; and
   WHEREAS, In recent years, Prevent Child Abuse America, the Child
Abuse Prevention Center, and other groups have organized Blue Ribbon
Campaigns in order to increase public awareness of child abuse and to
promote ways to prevent child abuse; and
   WHEREAS, Each year, the President of the United States issues a
proclamation announcing April as National Child Abuse Prevention
Month; and
   WHEREAS, Blue ribbons are displayed to increase the awareness of
child abuse and to focus on the positive message of preventing child
abuse and neglect by supporting families and strengthening
communities during Child Abuse Prevention Month; now, therefore, be
it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, That the
Assembly recognizes the month of April 2014 as Child Abuse Prevention
Month to support youth-serving child abuse prevention activities in
the communities and schools during the month and throughout the year;
and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.