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US safety net helps protect children from abuse and neglect, and some of those programs are threatened by proposed budget cuts

  • Written by Todd Herrenkohl, Professor of Social Work, University of Michigan
US safety net helps protect children from abuse and neglect, and some of those programs are threatened by proposed budget cutsSafety net programs protect children in many ways.Energy/E+ via Getty Images

President Donald Trump and Republicans in the House of Representatives have put forward budget proposals that would slash spending by hundreds of millions of dollars over the next decade on several programs that support low-income U.S. families with children.

If those cuts...

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