Love Shouldn't Hurt
Neglect
Goals/ Objectives
_To collect information about federal child maltreatment activities
_To provide a basis for collective action through which funding and resources can be maximized
Treatment Options
-Art Therapy/Expressive Arts Therapy
-Providing a safe environment to prevent further harm
-Separating the child, as well as any other children in the household, from the person suspected of abuse
-Counseling that focuses on how the child feels about themselves, their past experiences, their fears, and concerns they may have about the present and future
Methods for Preventing Abuse/Options Available
-They bring the Department of Defense's Military Community and Family Policy's Family Advocacy Program to educate the community about supporting military families during a deployment.
Federal Inter-Agency Work Group on Child Abuse and Neglect
Website: Www.acf.hhs.gov
Location: 20 F Street Northwest, Washington, DC, United States
Any Costs Incurred by the Individual
Types of Abuse that are Dealt with by the Agency
Stats
-In 2014, state agencies found an estimated 702,000 victims of child maltreatment
-A report of child abuse is made every ten seconds
-The U.S. Has one of the worst records amount industrialized nations -- losing on average between 4 and 7 children every day
Extra Info
-It represent over forty federal agencies
-There are three Subcommittees and related workgroups:
Domestic Violence Subcommittee
Prevention Subcommittee
Research Subcommittee: NIH Child Abuse and Neglect Working Group
-The agency meets in person on a quarterly basis, and subcommittees meet on a regular basis
- The following Departments and their subsequent Program Offices are members of the Interagency Workgroup:
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- U.S. Department of Defense
- U.S. Department of Education
- U.S. Department of the Interior
- U.S. Department of Justice
- U.S. Department of State