Bill Text: CA ACR125 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Child Abuse Prevention Month.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 51-23)

Status: (Passed) 2012-05-03 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 14, Statutes of 2012. [ACR125 Detail]

Download: California-2011-ACR125-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: ACR 125	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  14
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  MAY 3, 2012
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  APRIL 26, 2012
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 9, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 9, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Beall
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano,
Atkins, Bill Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford,
Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Campos, Carter, Chesbro, Conway, Cook,
Davis, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eng, Feuer, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani, Beth
Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto, Gordon, Gorell, Grove, Hagman,
Halderman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Roger Hernández, Hill, Huber,
Hueso, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Lara, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma,
Mansoor, Mendoza, Miller, Mitchell, Monning, Morrell, Nestande,
Nielsen, Olsen, Pan, Perea, John A. Pérez, V. Manuel Pérez,
Portantino, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Swanson, Torres, Wagner,
Wieckowski, Williams, and Yamada)

                        MARCH 12, 2012

   Relative to Child Abuse Prevention Month.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 125, Beall. Child Abuse Prevention Month.
   This measure would acknowledge the month of April 2012 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, Californian'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 2012 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.