CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON LABOR, SOCIAL SERVICES, OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H.R. 15779 and H.R. 15918 TO ESTABLISH AN AGENCY FOR THE PREVENTION OF SUBCOMMITTEE ON LABOR, SOCIAL SERVICES, AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY ROMANO L. MAZZOLI, Kentucky, Chairman DONALD M. FRASER, Minnesota GILBERT GUDE, Maryland HENRY P. SMITH III, New York ROBIN L. BEARD, Tennessee KAREN E. FLEISCHER, Subcommittee Staff Consultant (μ) CONTENTS H.R. 15779, by Messrs. Stark, Stuckey, and Fraser (to establish an agency for the prevention of child abuse in the District of Columbia, and for Section-by-Section Analysis of H.R. 15779_-- H.R. 15918, by Mr. Fraser (to establish an agency for the prevention of child abuse in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes). Steele, Barbara, MSW. Fraser, Hon. Donald M.. Galdi, Ms. Martha, Representative, Community Task Force on Child Wel- Law Center, Juvenile Justice Clinic: Georgetown University Areen, Judy, Director_-- Mylniec, Wallace, Co-Director. Government of the District of Columbia : Gill, Vernon, General Counsel, Metropolitan Police Department__. Yeldell, Joseph P., Director, Department of Human Resources-- National Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Ne- glect, Brian Fraser, staff attorney-- Riley, Ms. E. Anne, president, Metropolitan Washington Chapter, National Stark, Hon. Fortney, H.- Stein, Ms. Mary Ann, attorney, For Love of Children, Inc.. MATERIAL SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD "Adoption-Parental Rights," opinion by Judge Ketcham, Daily Wash- 25 Chabon, Robert, M.D., president/medical director, Happy Hills Hospital, 145 Coleman, Allan B., M.D., D.C. Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics, 140 Draft Bill-To Establish an Agency for the Prevention of Child Abuse in the District of Columbia, and for Other Purposes. Examples of Children in Jeopardy Known to Washington Travelers Aid FitzGerald, Joan E., Children's Defense Fund of the Washington Research Green, Frederick C., M.D., associate director, Children's Hospital, National Medical Center, letter to subcommittee, dated September 6, 1974__. Greene, Hon. Harold H., Chief Judge, District of Columbia Superoir Court, Gruver, Clifton R., M.D., president, The Medical Society of the District of Guidelines for Early Recognition of Neglecting, Battering Families, excerpt Page 144 152 Hiatt, Miss Catherine C., ACSW, executive director, The Travelers Aid Society of Washington, D.C., letter to Chairman Mazzoli, dated July 24, 1974 Heiser-Ficker, Dr. Annette and Mrs. Barbara Steele, MSW, the Child 133 151 Joint Statement of: Gaughan, Dennis M., Social Services Institute__. 127 Hutchinson, Janet, R., Council on Adoptable Children, Inc., of Metro- 127 Ketcham, Hon. Orman E., Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Lundsford, William G., director, Washington office, Child Welfare League Schroeder, Hon. Patricia, letter submitted by Congressman Stark_ Simons, William H., president, Washington Teachers' Union, Local No. 6, 150 136 146 147 Theban, John G., executive director, Family and Child Services of Wash- 134 153 |