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Proc 10167ProclamationBiden · DCeremonial

Proclamation 10167

National Child Abuse Prevention Month, 2021

This proclamation designates April 2021 as National Child Abuse Prevention Month, calling attention to increased child abuse risks during the COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis. It highlights community-based prevention programs, thanks frontline workers, and encourages Americans to support children and families, but contains no binding policy directives, funding allocations, or agency mandates.

Federal Register Open PDF 86 FR 17679

Key directives

No discrete directives extracted.

Timeline

Immediate

  • Proclamation takes effect upon signing, designating April 2021 as National Child Abuse Prevention Month

Near term (90d)

  • April 2021 observance period

Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • Document acknowledges disproportionate COVID-19 burdens on children and families of color but proposes no concrete remedial actions
  • Vague call to 'galvanizing global action' lacks specific mechanisms or commitments
  • No funding or programmatic changes attached to proclamation
Proclamation 10167: National Child Abuse Prevention Month, 2021 · Executive Orders