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Article: American Humane Testifies for Reauthorization & Expansion of Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, Plus Increased Use of 'Differential Response' and Other Approaches.
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- Health & Medicine Week
- Article date:
- November 16, 2009
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In testimony today before the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor's Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities, Caren Kaplan, MSW, director of child protection reform for the American Humane Association, strongly urged Congress to reauthorize and increase funding for the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA), the landmark 1974 legislation that addresses child abuse and neglect. The hearing was titled "Preventing Child Abuse and Improving Responses to Families in Crisis."
American Humane, a national nonprofit organization, was created 132 years ago to protect the welfare of both children and animals. Kaplan's testimony reflects well over a ...