 Total Estimated Cost of Child Abuse and Neglect
Prevent Child Abuse America has recently released its economic impact analysis fo child abuse and neglect in the United States. Last year, spending on child abuse rose to nearly $104 billion in 2007. This includes more than $33 billion in direct costs for foster care services, hospitalization, mental health treatment, and law enforcement. Indirect costs of over $70 billion include loss of productivity, as well as expenses related to chronic health problems, special education, and the criminal justice system.
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Website: http://member.preventchildabuse.org/site/PageServer?pagename=research_child_abuse
 
Grants to Tribes, Tribal Organizations, and Migrant Populations
The Administration on Children, Youth, and Families has recently announced its fudning opportunity for grants to tribes, tribal organizations, and migrant programs for community-based child abuse prevention programs. The goal of the programs to be supported is to prevent the occurence or recurrence of abuse or neglect within tribal and migrant populations. The funds must support more effective and comprehensive child abuse prevention strategies and activities and applicants are strongly encouraged to implement evidence based practices.
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Website: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2008-ACF-ACYF-CA-0050.html
New Video Helps Prepare Children for Court
A new video was developed by the National Children's Advocacy Center called "Home Court Advantage" designed to help put children at ease when facing a court appearance. The primary audience of this video is child sexual abuse victims, but non-offending family members or guardians may also benefit from this resources. This is an animated, interactive, instructional video where children take a virtual "tour" of a courtroom and are introduced to the various people he or she may encounter during the trial, and an explanation of why each one is there and what they will be doing.
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Website: http://www.nationalcac.org/professionals/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=118&Itemid=61
Testifying in Court: Guide for Child Protective Service Workers
The Arizona State University, School of Social Work, has designed a video and discussion guide to prepare child protective service workers for testifying in dependancy cases. Part 1 presents a demonstration of a progress review hearing and Part 2 discusses the different roles of each individual and offers strategies often used during hearings to achieve desired outcomes.
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Website: http://coppfs.asu.edu/ls/sswcurrent/childwelfare/cwtppurchase.html
New York State Laws
Several new laws were recently signed in New York State, which define and strengthen the multidisciplinary response to child abuse investigations - including the establishment and use of a Child Advocacy Center and Child Fatality Review Teams. If you are interested in learning more about the new laws and how they may impact child abuse investigations, please contact our office.
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Email: nyscarcc@safehorizon.org
California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse
The California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare is a new website that was designed to provide up-to-date information on evidence-based child welfare practices and to facilitate the utilization of evidence-based practices as a method of acheiving improved outcomes. The resources provided could be useful to child welfare professionals in other states as well
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Website: http://www.cachildwelfareclearinghouse.org
WHO Child Maltreatment Guide
The World Health Organziation (WHO) recently issued a new practical guide to help countries prevent violence against children.
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Website: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2006/pr57/en/index.html
ISPCAN Research Questionnaires
The International society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN) has developed three questionnaires and a guide for each, for collecting data on the extent and depth of child abuse. The tools are developed in conjunction with the UN Secretary General's Study on Violence Against Children in order to gather information for parents, young adults, and children over 11 years of age. These instruments provide a method to make reported incidence of all forms of violence against children more accurate and more representative of the true scope of the problem.
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Website: http://www.ispcan.org/questionnaires/htm
Child Abuse Website for Medical Professionals
The new Child Abuse website for medical professionals is a comprehensive site designed to help medical professionals in New York State diagnose and treat suspected and known victims of abuse. It is a resource for medical providers who do not have a background or expertise in forensic pediatrics and are striving to develop best practice standards for their patient care setting.
This site was developed and written by Dr. Ann Botash, a nationally-recognized expert on the care and treatment of sexually abused chidlren.
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Website: http://www.childabusemd.com
Please note that resources provided on this site are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement.
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