DEFINITION OF CHILD ABUSE:

Harm or threatened harm to a child’s health or welfare that occurs: Through non-accidental physical or mental injury, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, or maltreatment, by a parent, a legal guardian, or any other person responsible for the child’s health or welfare or by a teacher, teacher’s aide, or a member of the clergy, or an individual 18 years of age or older who is involved in a youth program.

Child Abuse: Physical Injury, Mental Injury, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Exploitation Includes Sex, and Labor Trafficking

DEFINITION OF CHILD NEGLECT:

Harm or threatened harm to a child’s health or welfare that occurs through either of the following: Negligent treatment, including the failure to provide adequate food, clothing, shelter, or medical care, though financially able to do so, or by failure to seek financial or other reasonable means to provide for the child. Placing the child at an unreasonable risk to the child’s health or welfare by failure of the parent, legal guardian, or other person responsible for the child’s health or welfare to intervene to eliminate that risk when the person is able to do so and has, or should have, knowledge of the risk.

Child Neglect: Physical Neglect, Medical Neglect, or Placing a child at Unreasonable Risk.

If you suspect child abuse or neglect, please contact Children’s Protective Services at: (855) 444-3911 or you can go online by clicking here.

When You Call...

  • You DO NOT have to give your name. If you do give your name, it will be kept strictly confidential. It is necessary to have the child’s name and address.

  • You will be asked who you think the abuser is, what sort of abuse has occurred, and how often it has happened.

  • Your call will initiate an investigation by trained personnel to determine if abuse or neglect exists. Every effort is made to keep the family together and help them work out their problems. In certain instances, such as severe abuse, the child may be removed from the home.

You would rather report and be wrong, than not and be right.

To schedule a mandated reporter training, in person or by Zoom, for your staff, contact CAN Director, Christi Rogers: CANCOUNCILMONROE@GMAIL.COM

To find out if you are a mandated reporter, please click here.

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