NCJ Number
111380
Date Published
1988
Length
30 pages
Annotation
This report reviews the history and activities of California's Office of Child Abuse Prevention (OCAP), which develops innovative child abuse prevention services and coordinates public and private child abuse prevention activities throughout the State.
Abstract
Shortly after its establishment in 1977, the OCAP was staffed by eight permanent, full-time employees, and it selected and funded four child-abuse-and-neglect treatment and prevention projects. Today, with a staff of 28 employees, the OCAP funds and monitors nearly 300 child-abuse-and-neglect treatment and prevention projects and has implemented the Nation's first statewide school-based child abuse prevention and education training program. With a budget approaching $25 million, the OCAP administers the following programs: Child Abuse Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment Program; State Children's Trust Fund projects; In-Home Intensive Services Program; and the Child Abuse Prevention Training Act. The OCAP continues activities intended to develop a child abuse prevention and education system which will complement and enhance the public child welfare system. Appended supplementary information on OCAP activities. (Author summary modified)