____________________________ Child Abuse Identification and Reporting: The Pennsylvania Requirement
– An individual 14 years of age or older makes a specific disclosure to the mandated reporter that the individual has committed child abuse. • Nothing in section 6311 of the PA CPSL requires a child to come before the mandated reporter in order for the mandated reporter to make a report of suspected child abuse. • Nothing in section 6311 of the PA CPSL requires the mandated reporter to identify the person responsible for the child abuse in order to make a report of sus- pected child abuse. • Nothing in the PA CPSL requires a person who has reasonable cause to suspect a child is a victim of child abuse to consider the exclusions from child abuse in order to make a report of suspected child abuse. • A mandated reporter is presumed to have acted in good faith when making a report of suspected child abuse.
RESOURCES
ChildLine: Pennsylvania Child Abuse Hotline 1-800-932-0313
https://www.dhs.pa.gov/keepkidssafe Child Welfare Information Gateway 330 C Street SW Washington, DC 20201 1-800-394-3366 To report abuse: 1-800-422-4453 https://www.childwelfare.gov
Child Welfare League of America 727 15th Street NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20005 202-688-4200 https://www.cwla.org National Council on Child Abuse and Family Violence P.O. Box 5222 Arlington, VA 22205 202-429-6695 https://www.preventfamilyviolence.org Pennsylvania Chapter of Children’s Advocacy Centers and Multidisciplinary Teams P.O. Box 3323 Erie, PA 16508 814-431-8151 https://penncac.org Pennsylvania Child Welfare Information Solution 877-343-0494 https://www.compass.state.pa.us/cwis Pennsylvania Department of Human Services P.O. Box 2675 Harrisburg, PA 17105 1-800-692-7462 https://www.dhs.pa.gov University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Child Welfare Resource Center
WORKS CITED https://qr2.mobi/child-abuse-PA
403 East Winding Hill Road Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 717-795-9048 http://www.pacwrc.pitt.edu Pennsylvania Child Protective Services Law Section 6303: Definitions https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/CT/ HTM/23/00.063.003.000..HTM
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