Military Child Advocacy Programs-Victims Of Neglect

Abstract

Each military service has a child advocacy program for military families. However, inconsistencies in program regulations adversely affect program organization and management. Military installations GAO visited had efforts underway to deal with child maltreatment problems. Most of these could be greatly improved if greater priority and resources were given to child advocacy. The Department of Defense should establish a small centralized group to develop consistent policies, organization, and management for the services programs. This group should also develop educational materials to help improve installation-level programs. Also, DOD should develop a single departmentwide policy concerning the collection and use of child maltreatment information. DOD agreed, but was concerned that budget constraints could inhibit its ability

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 23, 1979
Accession Number
AD1177742

Entities

People

  • Elmer B. Staats

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • California
  • Child Abuse
  • Congress
  • Criminals
  • Department Of Defense
  • Digital Information
  • Education
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Families (Human)
  • Health Services
  • Law
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Families
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Police
  • Personnel Management
  • Social Problems
  • Social Welfare
  • Supreme Court
  • Therapy
  • United States

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