April is ‘National Child Abuse Awareness Month’ and in the age of Coronavirus and social distancing, community awareness is needed now more than ever.
April is ‘National Child Abuse Awareness Month’ and in the age of Coronavirus and social distancing, community awareness is needed now more than ever.
Next few- weeks.- - april is national child abuse - awareness month, and in the - age of coronavirus and social - distancing, - community awareness is needed - now more than ever.
- casa of hancock county- volunteers continue to do - their part in helping children- at-risk of abuse and neglect, - but - because of social distancing- guidelines now in place, they - can - no longer make monthly visits t- homes.- instead, they've turned to- weekly phone or video calls, an- drive-by visits so volunteers - can physically see what's - happening - at the child's house.
- in the last month of social - distancing, casa director - cynthia - chauvin says they have seen - different trends in regards to- investigations from child - protective services, and- reminds the community...if you- see something, say- something.- - "i know comparatively this time- two months- ago we had 50% more reports - called in to cps, so what we're- seeing because of - social distancing is less - children's reports or concerns- from the community are- coming in.
And we certaintly- attribute that to the fact that- less mandatory reporters- - - - like teachers and daycare - workers and other mandatory - reporters in our state- have access to kids."
- - - - chauvin says they expect to see- the more direct effects - of this when the economy- reopens.- despite the lack of in-person - contact though, judges are stil- holding emergency court - hearings, and emergent- child abuse cases are not being- postponed.- chauvin says children and the - elderly are the most vulnerable- right now and she encourages th- community to be viligant in thi- time of social distancing.- to help spread awareness, use - the hashtag eyes-on-kids on - social media.
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