Bill Text: CA ACR34 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 53-23)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-09 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 32, Statutes of 2013. [ACR34 Detail]
Download: California-2013-ACR34-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: ACR 34 CHAPTERED BILL TEXT RESOLUTION CHAPTER 32 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE MAY 9, 2013 ADOPTED IN SENATE MAY 2, 2013 ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 18, 2013 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 18, 2013 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Cooley (Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom, Blumenfield, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chesbro, Conway, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gordon, Gorell, Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hernández, Jones, Levine, Linder, Logue, Maienschein, Mansoor, Medina, Melendez, Mitchell, Morrell, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, John A. Pérez, V. Manuel Pérez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Torres, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, and Yamada) MARCH 18, 2013 Relative to Child Abuse Prevention Month. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST ACR 34, Cooley. Child Abuse Prevention Month. This measure would acknowledge the month of April 2013 as Child Abuse Prevention Month, and encourage the people of the State of California to work together to support youth-serving child abuse prevention activities in their communities and schools. WHEREAS, Child abuse and neglect continue to pose serious threats to our nation's children; and WHEREAS, In 2010, according to the University of California at Berkeley, Center for Social Services Research, 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, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature does hereby acknowledge the month of April 2013 as Child Abuse Prevention Month and encourages the people of the State 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; and be it further Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.