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THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: Councilmember Holton
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
Baltimore City Safe Childhood Task Force
FOR the purpose of creating the Baltimore City Safe Childhood Task Force to review and evaluate Baltimore City’s investigative, administrative, and judicial handling of cases of child abuse, child neglect, and child sexual exploitation; to review local, state, and federal coordinated interagency response to address the physical, mental, and social needs of the victims and to ensure the proper adjudication and long-range supervision of the perpetrators; and to evaluate the effectiveness of current efforts to educate the public about the dangers our children face and the steps adults can take to ensure Baltimore City’s children enjoy a safe and secure childhood.
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According to data recently released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) in Child Maltreatment 2006, an annual report of data collected from the States’ child protective services (CPS) agencies via the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System, an estimated 905,000 children were found to be victims of abuse or neglect in fiscal year 2006, representing a rate of 12.1 per 1,000 children in the population. The number and rate of victims has decreased since 2002, when there were an estimated 910,000 victims at a rate of 12.3 per 1,000 children.
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