Penn State is investing $12 million in an endowment, proceeds from which will advance the University’s academic mission of research, education and service, focusing on child maltreatment. These additional funds originated from $60 million that the University dedicated to assisting children who have experienced abuse or neglect and to prevent further child abuse from occurring. The remaining $48 million will help provide services to child victims across the Commonwealth.
University officials approved a proposal that allocates the endowment’s proceeds to the Network on Child Protection and Well-Being, a consortium of faculty researchers, clinicians and advocates committed to combatting child maltreatment. Launched in 2012, the Network builds on Penn State’s longstanding tradition of innovative and interdisciplinary research on children, youth and families.
The Network is a unit of Penn State’s Social Science Research Institute and is directed by Jennie Noll, professor of Human Development and Family Studies, an internationally renowned expert on child sexual abuse and its long-term health impacts.
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