PRINTER'S NO. 1695
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
336
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY BROOKS, HAYWOOD, SABATINA, WILEY, TEPLITZ,
BREWSTER, GREENLEAF, McGARRIGLE, ARGALL, DINNIMAN, SCHWANK,
FARNESE, BROWNE, BAKER, WHITE, COSTA, WARD, YUDICHAK AND
MENSCH, APRIL 12, 2016
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, APRIL 12, 2016
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of April 2016 as "Child Abuse Prevention
Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Each year, more than 1 million children in the
United States are documented victims of child abuse; and
WHEREAS, In 2014, there were 3,440 substantiated cases of
child abuse in this Commonwealth, with 38 children dying as a
result of abuse and neglect; and
WHEREAS, More than half of the perpetrators in 2013 had a
parental relationship with the child; and
WHEREAS, In 2014, 79% of substantiated reports were made by
mandated reporters; and
WHEREAS, Child abuse crosses all racial, economic and
geographic boundaries; and
WHEREAS, In 2010 through 2011, the Pennsylvania Coalition
Against Rape provided services to more than 7,786 child victims
of sexual violence; and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania Family Support Alliance trained more
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