Some good news is that reports of child abuse in Iowa fell dramatically a year ago. The bad news,  advocates fear the number of incidents where children were harmed actually spiked while the number of reports lagged. Alli Moerman, the spokeswoman for Prevent Child Abuse Iowa, says as Iowa students started to go back to school, there was another shift.

Prevent Child Abuse Iowa is in the midst of a statewide awareness campaign.

The organization is inviting those who work with child abuse prevention to a virtual conference, scheduled for May 3rd through the 5th. Learn more at www.pcaiowa.org.