Child Abuse and Neglect Collaborative

The event is Thursday morning at University Heights Baptist Church in Springfield.

The Greene County Child Abuse and Neglect Collaborative, a group of Greene County and southwest Missouri nonprofits, hosted its annual State of Child Welfare meeting Thursday.

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. According to Springfield’s Community Focus Reports, child abuse and neglect have been red flagged multiple times over the past decade.

The Community Partnership of the Ozarks’ Child Abuse and Neglect Collaborative has been working for two years to find solutions for problems children face…