Parental opioid/heroin use poses a life-threatening risk to children.
Angela M. Liddle, MPA, President and CEO of Pennsylvania Family Support Alliance, the state leader in child protection, issued the following statement in response to the PA Department of Human Services’ 2017 Annual Child Protective Services Report. The report found that 40 children died due to child abuse in Pennsylvania in 2017 and 88 children nearly died of abuse. All told, 4,836 children were the victims of child abuse in Pennsylvania last year.
“We ask every Pennsylvanian to take a few moments to read this report and to remember that behind each one of these numbers is a child – a precious, innocent human being – who cries out for our compassion and our protection. We ask every Pennsylvanian to remember that child abuse is preventable and that each one of us has a role to play in keeping kids safe in this commonwealth.