The Center for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect is focused on innovative ways to address this important concern in our community.
Through the 2007 Community-wide Children's Health Assessment & Planning Survey, child abuse/maltreatment was identified as one of the top seven health issues affecting the children of North Texas.
Child abuse and neglect includes the issue of child abuse but is also a more all-encompassing term that describes a wide range of behaviors and related risk factors that are unacceptable and must be addressed. These include:
- Sexual abuse
- Physical abuse
- Psychological abuse
- Neglect
- Neglectful supervision
- Medical neglect
- Threat of gang violence
- Bullying
- Cyber bullying
- Related trauma
- Trafficking
Our Team
 Anu Partap, M.D.
Director, The Center for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect |
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 Jamye Coffman, M.D.
Medical Director, The Center for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect and CARE Team |
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 Breanna Anderson
Program Manager |
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 Lenee Bassham, MSSW
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Our current projects include:
Awards:
- 2015 Qualtrics Innovation Award
- The Community Heart Award from CASA Tarrant County
Questions or concerns?
If you are concerned about abuse or neglect and would like to follow up on a patient seen at Cook Children's, contact the CARE Team at (682) 885-3953.
If you need to report a suspicion of abuse or neglect, call 1-800-252-5400 or go to www.txabusehotline.org.
We're here to help – If you have any questions or would like more information, please email Breanna Anderson or call 682-885-2506.
Please do not email reports of child abuse or neglect.
