ERIC Number: ED273919
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986
Pages: 77
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Missing and Exploited Children. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary. United States Senate, Ninety-Ninth Congress, First Session on S. 1174 (Lexington, KY, August 21, 1985).
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
This document presents witness testimonies and prepared statements from the Senate hearing called to examine the issue of missing and exploited children. In his opening statement, Senator McConnell discusses S. 1174, a bill he introduced to provide some limited funding for a matching grant program to establish state missing children's centers around the country. McConnell lists three purposes of the hearing: to hear testimony about S. 1174; to provide an update on the number of instances of missing and exploited children; and to present a report on the progress of Kentucky's missing children center. Opening statements are also included by Senators Ford and Denton, and the text of S. 1174 is provided. Witnesses include: (1) Ronald J. Pregliasco, president of the Kentucky Alliance for Exploited and Missing Children; (2) Earl Dunlap, administrator of the Louisville and Jefferson County Exploited and Missing Child Unit; (3) Rebecca Wingate, project director for the Exploited and Abused Children in Lexington, KY; (4) Larry Wooldridge, director of the YMCA Shelterhouse in Louisville; (5) David VanMeter from the Kentucky State Police Missing Child Information Center; (6) Wanda Sellers Cotton, mother of a missing son; (7) Joanne Wunker Roach, a grandmother who relates the experiences of her grandchildren; and (8) Rosaline Mudd, from the Ann Gotlib Search Team. Materials submitted for the record are included. (NB)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Children, Federal Legislation, Hearings, State Federal Aid, State Programs
Publication Type: Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials
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Audience: Policymakers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Identifiers - Location: Kentucky
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