Thursday, April 7, 2011

Child Abuse Prevention Could Be Hurt By Budget Cuts

During this National Month of Child Abuse Prevention, the question arises… what affect will the federal budget woes have on prevention? Bryan Samuels, Commissioner of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says while, at the federal level, there are no plans for cuts regarding prevention, it may be another story at the state level.






According to Samuels, child abuse is harmful both to children and society and the most effective interventions are to prevent child abuse from ever occuring.

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