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Article: Cities promoted Child Abuse Prevention Programs during April.(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Nation's Cities Weekly
- Article date:
- May 3, 2004
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During the month of April thousands of people donned blue ribbons, the official symbol of the fight against child abuse and neglect, in recognition of Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Leaders in cities around the nation are implementing programs in their communities to combat child abuse, a serious problem that transcends geographic and socioeconomic lines to affect the youngest members of society.
A report released in early April by the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System found that child protective service agencies received about 2,600,000 reports of possible maltreatment in 2002.
There were 896,000 substantiated cases of maltreatment of ...