American Bar Association Endorses Task Force Recommendations To Address Children's Exposure to Violence, Urges Immediate Implementation

"On August 12, 2013, the American Bar Association (ABA) House of  Delegates unanimously approved a resolution supporting the  implementation of the 56 policy recommendations set forth in the "Report of the  Attorney General's National Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence."  The report—commissioned as part of Attorney General Eric Holder's Defending Childhood  Initiative—is a blueprint for reducing the impact of trauma on children who  witness or experience violence. Describing the recommendations as timely and  significant, the ABA stated that the "comprehensive implementation of these  recommendations will ensure that federal, state, and local governments are held  responsible for the care and well-being of violence-exposed young people,  provide a fair legal process and meaningful access to justice, and offer  services to improve the lives, rehabilitation, and future of court-involved  youth."

Resources:

Learn more  about the Attorney General's Defending Childhood Initiative.

Learn more about  the ABA Commission on Youth at Risk."

http://www.ojjdp.gov/enews/13juvjust/130821.html

See also:

U.S. Federal Government Agencies Encouraging Trauma-Informed Practices (TIP)

http://acesconnection.com/profiles/blogs/u-s-federal-government-agencies-supporting-trauma-informed

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