National Child Abuse Prevention Month, also known as Child Abuse Prevention Month in America, is an annual observance in the United States dedicated to raising awareness and preventing child abuse. April has been designated Child Abuse Prevention Month in the United States since 1983. 

Bishop Hicks has written a letter regarding Child Abuse Prevention Month. You may read it by clicking the link below:

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Please click on this link for additional information about Child Abuse Prevention Month found on the Diocese of Joliet Office for Child and Youth Protection’s website:  http://www.dioceseofjoliet.org/ct/content1.php?secid=12