April is Child Abuse Prevention Month

Christina Martinez (center), director of the Children’s Alliance of South Texas, and other child advocates, including Floresville police Chief Anthony Flores, join the Floresville city councilmembers, after the council proclaimed April as Child Abuse Prevention Month at their April 10 meeting. According to Martinez, an estimated 588,899 children were victims of neglect and child abuse in 2022, the most recent year for which there is national data. In Texas, one in four girls and one in six boys will be sexually abused before their 18th birthday, she said. Out of 417 cases seen by Children’s Alliance of South Texas-A Child...

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