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North Dakota task force urges statewide child abuse prevention network, resource guide and grooming bill draft
Summary
A bipartisan interim committee heard the final report from North Dakota's Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Task Force, which recommends a statewide prevention network, a resource and caregiver guide, continued primary-prevention funding and work toward a criminal grooming draft to be introduced in 2027.
A legislative interim committee in Bismarck on Sept. 30 heard the final report from the North Dakota Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Task Force, which documented an eight-year review of services, a year-long Richland County pilot and a set of recommendations to expand prevention, training and data-sharing statewide.
The task force, led by Dr. Christopher Johnson, chief executive officer of the Abuse Crisis Center of Fargo-Moorhead, and Lindsay Burkhart, director of prevention initiatives at Families Flourish ND, told the committee that the work produced a statewide resource guide, a caregiver guide and pilot outcomes showing measurable improvements in protective factors for children.
"Over half of the respondents reported that they do not provide child sexual-abuse education to children, staff, or volunteers," Burkhart told the committee, summarizing an environmental scan that…
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