Violence and its impact on children is a heartbreaking reality that impacts so many families in California each year. In 2016 alone for Sacramento County, 13 children died of homicide. Six were related to abuse and neglect, according to a recent report by the Child Abuse Prevention Center. “What we see in the data consistently over 25 years is that the most vulnerable children are those zero to five. And frankly, those in the first year of life are actually the most vulnerable and most likely to die of a child abuse and neglect homicide,” said Sheila Boxley, president and CEO of the Child Abuse Prevention Center (CAP Center)
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