AK HCR3

Proclaims April 2017 and April 2018 as Child Abuse Prevention Month in Alaska.

Proclaims April 7, 2017, and April 6, 2018, as Go Blue Friday, designating blue as the official color of prevention.

Encourages all state employees and residents to wear blue and participate in efforts to keep the state's children safe on Go Blue Friday.

Supports and encourages state employees and residents to support child abuse prevention and education efforts.

Documents that Alaska has one of the five highest rates of child abuse in the United States, with 42 victims per 1,000 children and over 40,000 allegations of harm received in fiscal year 2015.