About 100 Northampton County officials commemorated Child Abuse
Awareness Month on Monday by planting pinwheels, the movement's symbol,
in the building's front yard. Nearly everyone worked in human services,
so the event doubled as a rally for the county's children and youth case
workers.
Over the past year, those employees witnessed firsthand a massive surge in reported incidents: The number of suspected abuse cases in Northampton County rose 47 percent in 2015, going from an already record high of 723 reported cases to 1,076.
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/easton/mc-norco-child-abuse-prevention-month-20160418-story.html
Over the past year, those employees witnessed firsthand a massive surge in reported incidents: The number of suspected abuse cases in Northampton County rose 47 percent in 2015, going from an already record high of 723 reported cases to 1,076.
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/easton/mc-norco-child-abuse-prevention-month-20160418-story.html