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CASA Executive Director, Leigh Anne McKelvey, was interviewed on 95.7 BEN FM's Her Story with Kathy Romano, it is now available at: 957benfm.com/episodes/casa/
Check it out, to learn more about CASA's work and their need for volunteers!
CASA shares Her Story with Kathy Romano
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Claudia Baker, volunteer recruiter for CASA Philadelphia and Leigh Anne McKelvey, Executive Director of CASA Youth Advocates in Chester and Delaware Counties both speak about the importance of having ...IF YOU SUSPECT CHILD ABUSE , CALL CHILDLINE AT 1-800-932-0313.
"In the weeks after aggressive social-distancing measures were put in place across the state, including the shuttering of schools, there was a 50% decrease in the average daily calls to the state's ChildLine child abuse reporting hotline, according to the Department of Human Services. Between May 1 and May 28, calls to ChildLine were down about 40% from the previous year."
www.delcotimes.com/news/local/lack-of-child-abuse-reports-amid-coronavirus-crisis-worries-experts...
Lack of child abuse reports amid coronavirus crisis worries experts
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State Department of Human Services Secretary Teresa Miller earlier this month warned that the lack of reports likely doesn't mean that abuse isn't happening, but that it's simply not being