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The latest COVID-19 relief package makes massive investments in child well-being.
We have not seen funding levels that are included in this bill for the community-based child abuse prevention programs in the entire history of that program, which is over 30 years old, Jim McKay said.
McKay, with the Children s Trust Fund Alliance, says the programs provide resources for families, helping to prevent abuse and neglect. And it s been a long time coming.
McKay, who is speaking at an Idaho-based conference on child abuse prevention this week, says the bill also invests in other provisions that prevent abuse and neglect, including 24 billion dollars to stabilize the child-care industry and 15 billion dollars in child-care subsidies.