Senate Concurrent ResolutionChaptered/Signed
SCR 34: Child Abuse Prevention Month.
What SCR 34 does, verified December 13, 2025
This measure would acknowledge April 2025 as Child Abuse Prevention Month to raise awareness about child abuse and its prevention. It aims to educate the public about the importance of protecting children from abuse and neglect. The recognition of this month would also promote efforts to support families and children affected by abuse.
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Last action: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 71, Statutes of 2025. (2025-05-15)Alert me
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| May. 21, 2025 | Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 71, Statutes of 2025. |
| May. 21, 2025 | Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 2 p.m. |
| May. 15, 2025 | Read. Adopted. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1572.) Ordered to the Senate. |
| May. 15, 2025 | In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. |
| May. 15, 2025 | Read. Adopted. Ordered to the Senate. |
Latest bill textChaptered version, May 21, 2025 · 624 words
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 34
CHAPTER 71
Relative to Child Abuse Prevention Month.
[ Filed with Secretary of State May 21, 2025. ]
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SCR 34, Grove. Child Abuse Prevention Month.
This measure would acknowledge April 2025 as Child Abuse Prevention Month.
WHEREAS, Preventing child abuse and neglect means strengthening families so that their children can thrive; and
WHEREAS, Child abuse and neglect continue to pose serious threats to our nation’s children; and
WHEREAS, In 2023, according to the United States Department of Health and Human Services, 47,824 children in California were found to be victims of child abuse or neglect, and 164 children in California died as a result of child abuse or 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, California’s children deserve to grow up in a safe and nurturing environment, free from fear, abuse, and neglect; and
WHEREAS, Statewide, child abuse and neglect cases disproportionately involve children of color; and
WHEREAS, Effective programs succeed because of partnerships among human service agencies, community-based organizations, schools, faith-based organizations, law enforcement, and the business community; and
WHEREAS, Family resource centers continue to play a key role in preventing child abuse and neglect in their communities by being community-based, family-focused, and culturally sensitive collaborative organizations that provide programs and services based on the needs of families; and
WHEREAS, Child abuse and neglect have long-term economic and societal costs; and
WHEREAS, Maltreated children are 77 percent more likely to require special education than children who are not maltreated and are 59 percent more likely to be arrested as juveniles than their peers who are not maltreated; and
WHEREAS, Long-term health care costs for adult survivors of childhood physical and sexual abuse are 21 percent higher than for nonvictims; and
WHEREAS, Adolescent survivors of child maltreatment are twice as likely to be unemployed as adults and are more likely to receive public assistance than their peers who were not maltreated; and
WHEREAS, By one well-respected prevalence estimate, 11.5 percent of all children experience child maltreatment in any given year, which implies that the total economic burden in California could be as high as $284,000,000,000; 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 a 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, the California Family Resource Association, and other groups have organized campaigns 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, Pinwheels 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 Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby acknowledges the month of April 2025 as Child Abuse Prevention Month; and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
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