South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley will visit Greenville Monday.
Haley will join with representatives from Greenville Health System to discuss the Silent Tears report on child abuse at the Greenville Health System Children’s Hospital.
Haley will leave Greenville for a stop in Rock Hill.
The Silent Tears study — a 336-page report — was released in late May and recommended numerous steps for the state to take to strengthen its response to child sexual abuse.
Though the state already has a strong and effective child protection system, National Child Protection Training Center executive director Victor Vieth said the report clearly showed the state could be doing more.Among the report's suggestions:
- Improve training at the undergraduate and graduate level
- Improve training in the field
- Improve the collection of evidence
- From crime scene to trial, resolving cases more quickly
- Develop partnerships between faith and child-protection communities
- Improve the mandated reporting system in SC
- Expand prevention initiatives in SC
- Improve the state's juvenile sex offender registry
- Reducing "vicarious trauma" among child protection professionals
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