6,000 Suspected Arizona Child Abuse Calls Went Ignored
On November - 22 - 2013
BLUNDER: A shocking 6,000 potential child abuse cases have gone uninvestigated since 2009
Thousands of Arizona children may be suffering abuse despite bravely calling government help hotlines that then ignored their pleas for help. A shocking 6,000 potential child abuse cases have gone uninvestigated since 2009 because a blunder in the system meant the calls were mis-classified, the state’s director of child welfare revealed today. And the department also admitted it had no idea if those children are still at risk of abuse. Department of Economic Security Director Clarence Carter said all 6,000 cases will be reviewed after they were incorrectly logged as not requiring investigations by a staffer in the agency’s call center. READ MORE HERE
By the time you finish reading this, 15 children will have been abused; In the next five minutes, 30 more; Within the next hour, 360 more; And by tonight, close to 8,000+ children will have suffered from abuse, 5 of which will die. Child abuse has increased 134% since 1980 and is now considered a worldwide epidemic. The high jump in child abuse deaths and the shocking increase in statistics highlights the frightening lack of public knowledge.
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