Prevent Child Abuse Plates Available In Oklahoma

The Oklahoma State Department of Health Office of Child Abuse Prevention is offering specialty license tags to raise money to help prevent child abuse in the state.

Applications for the specialty tag called "Start Right" are available at local tag agencies. The specialty license tag costs $35. Of every tag purchased, $20 of the proceeds will go into the child abuse prevention fund to support prevention programs across the state.

State officials say that last year, there were more than 11,400 confirmations of child abuse and/or neglect in Oklahoma.

“The simple act of buying a tag raises awareness in the community about the important issue of child abuse and neglect and is a call to action to get involved with prevention efforts in our state,” said OSDH Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP) Grant Coordinator Sherie Trice.

Trice says they are also seeking volunteers and active participants for year-round to help plan ways to reach local communities with information about positive parenting and child abuse prevention programs in their area.

Oklahoma Tax Commission speciality tag form

The Associated Press contributed to this report.