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Creating Trauma-Informed Child Welfare Systems ... - Pal-Tech

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Why is this Important?The research is clear that the experience of abuse orneglect leaves a particular traumatic fingerprint on thedevelopment of children that cannot be ignored if the childwelfare system is to meaningfully improve the lifetrajectories of maltreated children, not merely keep themsafe from harm.Bryan Samuels, Commissioner for the Administration on <strong>Child</strong>, Youth and FamiliesTestimony to House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources, Congress

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