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Prevention CCFH focuses its attention on the prevention of child abuse and neglect in children between the ages of 0–5. Through Healthy Families Durham, an intensive, home-based support program for low-income, high risk families, CCFH works to prevent child abuse, identify special needs, and promote child health and development.
The National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect (NCCAN) is a national center that was established within the Children's Bureau, Department of Health and Human Services, an agency of the Federal government of the United States. It was created by the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) of 1974.
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%.
Child abuse and neglect, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) calls “serious public health problems,” are critical and widespread. At least 1 in 7 U.S. children ...
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Examples of child maltreatment include physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, exploitation, deprivation and neglect. [52] The long-term impact of abuse on victims often includes physical injury, psychological and behavioral harm, and can potentially be carried across generations.
The counties’ child welfare systems are under state supervision with one under full control of the state following an 8-year-old child’s death. Learn more details on these counties’ cases.