Charlottesville Community Coming Together to Prevent Child Abuse - Virginia

Community collaboration happening in Charlottesville, VA 

"Experts from almost 10 different Charlottesville groups have been planning Child Abuse Prevention Month for the past year to keep children safe and guarantee a stronger future....

"In an effort to change the trends, Charlottesville area organizations are coming together to try to end child abuse....

"It's important to remember that with issues that are so serious and so difficult as child abuse that it can take a while so it can certainly be a process of positive growth and positive change but amazingly we do see that," said Katie Anne Padalino, a treatment specialist in the Victims of Child Abuse Program.

"Change that counselors say will only happen through collaboration within the community.

"Child abuse is a community-wide problem and it's going to take a community-wide effort to make progress and succeed in actually preventing child abuse," Padalino said...."

http://www.nbc29.com/story/21839675/charlottesville-community-coming-together-to-prevent-child-abuse