Advocacy groups, lawmakers say preventing child abuse will save Texas money [arklatexhomepage.com]

Alicia Doktor 1/18/194:00 AM

AUSTIN (Nexstar) -- Texas spent more than $55 billion in 2017 to help children faced with maltreatment.

That’s according to advocacy group TexProtects, who released a report Wednesday highlighting the costs of adverse childhood experiences, also known as ACEs. ACEs include child abuse, child neglect and household dysfunction.

“The research is clear, we know that trauma early in life can change the architecture of a child’s developing brain,” said TexProtects CEO Sophie Phillips. “Therefore, we must implement strategies to prevent it from occurring.”

[For more on this story by Steffi Lee, go to https://www.arklatexhomepage.c...xas-money/1706663060]

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