COVID isolation is a potential danger for child-abuse victims, according to health experts Posted on April 21, 2021 For much of 2020, COVID-19 forced many people to remain at home, quarantined and isolated, to keep the disease from spreading. Between late February and mid-March of 2020, hotline tips to ChildLine, Pennsylvania’s 24-hour hotline, fell from 17,693 calls to 9,068, according to data provided by the state Department of Human Services. Click here to read the full article »
For much of 2020, COVID-19 forced many people to remain at home, quarantined and isolated, to keep the disease from spreading. Between late February and mid-March of 2020, hotline tips to ChildLine, Pennsylvania’s 24-hour hotline, fell from 17,693 calls to 9,068, according to data provided by the state Department of Human Services.
