The CDC reports at least 1 in 7 children experience child abuse in the United States. In addition, trafficking of children is on the rise - National Human Trafficking Hotline statistics showed a 25 percent jump in human trafficking cases from 2017 to 2018, and the National Center for Missing and exploited Children reported 1 in 7 runaways were likely victims of child sex trafficking.
Panelists
Dr. Thomas Novinger
Christopher Shelly
Task Force Officer, Stroud Area Regional Police
Ceil Bartolai
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Mary Kay Pivovarnik
Executive Director, CASA of Luzerne County
