Child welfare officials are worried that many cases of child abuse will go unreported during the pandemic, since children are no longer in school or activities.
The majority of ChildLine reports come from mandated reporters in the school systems and daycare workers, according to Matthew Salvatori, Assistant Director of Lycoming County Children and Youth. Other people who are mandated reporters include volunteer coaches in sports, doctors, and dentists.
The medical field comprises a bulk of the child abuse reports, but now “kids are not having routine care,” said Angela Liddle, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Pennsylvania Family Support Alliance, an organization that runs training programs to help educate families and prevent child abuse.
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