April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Starke County Prosecutor Leslie Baker encourages individuals and organizations to help make the county a better, safer place for children and families.
Nationwide, about 700,000 children are abused or neglected per year. Indiana recorded 50 child fatalities as a result of abuse or neglect in 2020 according to Indiana’s Department of Child Services.
As a community, it is important to be on the lookout for signs that children may be victims of abuse and speak up to help them. Child abuse may include physical, emotional or sexual abuse, neglect, or failure to provide necessary food or clothing to children.
Call Indiana’s Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline at 1-800-800-5556 to file a report.
