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Nationwide, there was a 2348% increase in hotline calls from 150,000 in 1963 to 3.3 million in 2009. [7] In 2011, there were 3.4 million calls. [8] From 1992 to 2009 in the US, substantiated cases of sexual abuse declined 62%, physical abuse decreased 56% and neglect 10%.
The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) is a federal law passed by Congress and signed into law in 1974 that requires States to have mandatory reporting laws in place to receive federal funding for child welfare but leaves States discretion over which individuals should be mandated reporters. In many states, mandated reporters ...
Those who need to report child abuse can contact the Wade Knox Child Advocacy Center at (501) 676-2552 or the Child Abuse Hotline within the Arkansas Department of Human Services at 1-800-482-5964.
The Arkansas State Police was created on 19 March 1935 through Act 120 of 1935, which was passed by the Arkansas General Assembly and signed into law by the 30th Governor of Arkansas J.M. Futrell. Upon the creation of the Arkansas State Police in 1935, the agency consisted of approximately thirteen Rangers who were charged with enforcing liquor ...
• Reporter Sarah Greenhalgh was found dead in her Virginia home in 2012 • Police named a suspect - the "bat-sh-- crazy boy" she wrote about in a Facebook post hours before her brutal murder ...
Arkansas Boll Weevil Eradication Committee; Arkansas Capitol Arts and Grounds Commission; Arkansas Capitol Zoning District Commission; Arkansas Catfish Promotion Board; Arkansas Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board; Arkansas Child Abuse, Rape, Domestic Violence Commission; Arkansas Code Revision Commission; Arkansas Corn and Grain Sorghum Board
Kentucky-based Wave 3 News anchor Maira Ansari is speaking out after unintentionally making insensitive jokes about an incredibly serious topic on-air.. The incident occurred during a PSA related ...
The Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying Act (PRESS Act, S.2074) is a bipartisan federal shield law designed to protect journalist-source confidentiality, with common-sense [neutrality is disputed] exceptions for cases involving terrorism, serious emergencies, or journalists suspected of crimes.