HR 52: Recognizing Ohio Child Abuse Prevention Month.
The resolution recognizes April 2025 as Ohio Child Abuse Prevention Month. This acknowledgment aims to raise awareness about the issue of child abuse and neglect, which has reached alarming proportions in the state. The resolution encourages various educational activities and events to seek and apply solutions to this problem. It emphasizes the importance of community, family, and social connections in ensuring children's safety and well-being. Effective child development is hindered by toxic stress resulting from abuse and neglect, and the resolution encourages parental resiliency, social connection, and concrete support. The trust of Ohio's most valuable resource, its children, is held sacred, and the resolution resolves to provide opportunities for them to thrive.
| Mar. 19, 2025 | Adopted: Rules and Reference |
As Adopted by the House
136th General Assembly Regular Session 2025-2026
H. R. No. 52
Representative White, A.
A R E S O L U T I O N
Recognizing Ohio Child Abuse Prevention Month.
WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the 136th 1
General Assembly of Ohio are pleased to recognize April as Ohio Child 2
Abuse Prevention Month 2025; and 3
WHEREAS, The incidents and prevalence of child abuse and neglect 4
have reached alarming proportions, and in an effort to address this 5
issue, Governor Mike DeWine designated April 2025 as Ohio Child Abuse 6
Prevention Month. During the month of April each year, various 7
educational activities and events are coordinated in an effort to seek 8
and apply solutions to this escalating problem; and 9
WHEREAS, Childhood is a formative time, and communities, family 10
members, educators, public officials, and faith-based organizations 11
all play important roles in helping to ensure that our children are 12
safe and can grow surrounded by love and stability. Every Ohioan has a 13
responsibility to support children and promote stable families across 14
our state; and 15
WHEREAS, Child abuse prevention is one of the most critical issues 16
we can address for the long-term prosperity of our country. Effective 17
child development is hindered by toxic stress resulting from abuse and 18
neglect, yet we can strive for a more promising future for this next 19
generation of leaders by encouraging parental resiliency, social 20
connection, concrete support, and knowledge of the social and 21
emotional aspects of parenting. We hold sacred the trust of Ohio’s 22
most valuable resource, our children, and the future of our country 23
depends on the opportunities we provide them today; therefore be it 24
RESOLVED, That we, the members of the House of Representatives of 25
the 136th General Assembly of Ohio, in adopting this Resolution, 26
H. R. No. 52 As Adopted by the House
recognize April 2025 as Ohio Child Abuse Prevention Month; and be it 27
further 28
RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives transmit 29
duly authenticated copies of this Resolution to the news media of 30
Ohio. 31