Child abuse, a 'public health epidemic' in Genesee County, needs community collaboration for prevention, experts say

Shelley Calissendorff 3/16/159:11 AM

http://www.mlive.com/news/flin...ublic_health_ep.html

GENESEE COUNTY, MI -- Genesee County had nearly 2,000 child abuse victims in 2013.

The community needs to do better and needs to do more, local officials say.

Of those victims, 1,050 were under the age of 5. Of those, 35 were reported as severely beaten in 2013.

"We have to educate. You have to get mad about what's going on," said Robert Ennis, president for Ennis Center for Children in Flint.

Whaley Children's Center brought together more than 75 health care professionals, law enforcement officials, businesses and school and community leaders Friday, March 13, to discuss child abuse inGenesee County.

The meeting was in preparation for the Paint Our Town Blue campaign, which kicks off in April during Child Abuse Awareness Month.

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