For immediate release: March 27th 2024
CONTACT: Nell Callahan nell@frontwoodstrategies.com
ICAC Task Forces are disastrously underfunded, and thousands of child abuse cases are not being investigated.
Washington, DC – Today, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), National Children’s Alliance (NCA), Raven, the National District Attorney’s Association, and the National Criminal Justice Training Center (NCJTC) will hold a briefing: The Impact And Cost Of Our Exploited Children, to highlight the need for more funding to allow law enforcement officers to deploy essential and life-saving protections for children across the United States.
Hear from experts across the field who know first-hand the atrocities taking place and are working to stop them. In the last 90 Days alone, there have been 99,732 IP addresses sharing images of infant and toddler rape and abuse. Only 638 are being investigated.
“Locating and rescuing victims is becoming increasingly difficult due to the lack of resources allocated and the advancement of technology and last year Congress decreased that funding despite needing a significant increase”, said John Pizzuro, CEO of Raven and former Commander of the NJ Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force. “It is our duty to protect these children, and Congress must act now to lend more support to help us rescue and prevent future child victims.”
What: The Fight to Save Our Children: A Briefing on the Impact and Cost of Exploited Children
When: Wednesday, March 27, 11:30-12:30 pm ET
Where: Russell Senate Building 188
RSVP: pmb@frontwoodstrategies.com
