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S. 1141
STATUS INFORMATION
Concurrent Resolution
Sponsors: Senator Shealy
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Introduced in the Senate on March 3, 2020
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Family and Veterans' Services
Summary: Children's Advocacy Center Day
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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3/3/2020 Senate Introduced (Senate Journal-page 5)
3/3/2020 Senate Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services
(Senate Journal-page 5)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO RECOGNIZE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2020 AS "CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER DAY" IN SOUTH CAROLINA IN ORDER TO HIGHLIGHT THE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT AND THE IMPORTANT WORK BEING DONE TO COMBAT THIS PROBLEM.
Whereas, in 2019, 371,060 children were served by children's advocacy centers nationwide; and
Whereas, in 2019, children's advocacy centers throughout South Carolina served 10,690 child victims of abuse, providing victim advocacy and support services to them and their families. Of these 10,690 children, approximately 77 percent were twelve years old or younger; and
Whereas, although neglect is the most common form of child maltreatment, victims also suffer year after year from physical abuse, sexual abuse, drug endangerment, commercial sexual exploitation, and psychological maltreatment; and
Whereas, children's advocacy centers seek to model, promote, and deliver excellence in child abuse response and prevention through direct service, education, collaboration, and leadership; and
Whereas, it is entirely appropriate for the South Carolina General Assembly to pause in its deliberations to underscore the growing problem of child abuse and the serious impact its continued existence has on the citizens of South Carolina, as well as on those of the rest of the nation. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:
That the members of the South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, recognition Wednesday, April 1, 2020, as "Children's Advocacy Center Day" in South Carolina in order to highlight the significant problem of child abuse and neglect and the important work being done to combat this problem.
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