CINCINNATI (OH)
WCPO
April 29, 2020
By Paula Christian
Reports of child abuse and neglect plunged throughout Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky almost immediately after governors closed schools and urged people to stay home in mid-March to stem COVID-19 from spreading.
Now, more than six weeks into the quarantine, calls to all three states’ child abuse hotlines are down by nearly 50 percent.
That isn’t good news, child advocates warn.
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