CHS Records: Pandemic sent 210K more children in Florida into poverty
Children’s Home Society of Florida releases new figures during in National Child Abuse Prevention Month
Lena Pringle, Anchor/traffic and general assignment reporter
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – One in four children across the sunshine state will be in poverty due to the pandemic according to recent studies.
Kids in poverty are 7x more likely to experience child neglect and three times more likely to experience abuse.
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, a chance to raise awareness about an issue that is often kept silent.
“We know that no child deserves to be abused,” said Ernest Hamilton, Children’s Home Society of Florida Regional Executive Director.