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Kentucky continues to rank first in child abuse, neglect cases


Blue pinwheels placed outside the Big Sandy Child Advocacy Center, also known as Judi’s Place for Kids, are intended to help raise awareness of child abuse issues during April, National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Officials said that, despite strides made on the problem of child abuse in recent years, work must be done to increase awareness and reporting of child abuse.
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For a third consecutive year, Kentucky’s child abuse rate has outranked the rest of the nation, and local child advocates continue to urge the public to raise awareness on the issue.
This year, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Children’s Bureau released its “Child Maltreatment 2019” report, which stated that Kentucky had more than 20,000 abuse and neglect cases in 2019. That equated to about 20 out of every 1,000 children in the state who experienced some type of child maltreatment. In compari ....

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