CRC/C/15/Add.170 page 11 (b) Amend the procedures for the disbursement of family allowances to ensure that this financial support is provided to the person(s) currently caring for the children intended to benefit from the allowances; (c) Consider increasing financial support to families living in poverty to the maximum extent of available resources. Abuse and neglect 50. While acknowledging the many activities of the Child Health Institute in the field of child abuse and neglect and the new bill to establish the “legal bystander” for the child victim, the Committee remains concerned: (a) At the absence of national data on the incidence of child abuse and neglect; (b) At indications that physical, psychological, and sexual abuse are prevalent within the family and in the context of institutional care; (c) That social, medical and other service resources through which the State party can respond to abuse and neglect are primarily limited to Athens and that even these are insufficient. 51. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Improve its data collection with regard to the abuse and neglect of children, including sexual abuse within the family; (b) Develop and implement a national programme for the prevention and reduction of the incidence of child abuse and neglect of children within the family and within institutions, inter alia by conducting awareness raising campaigns and providing adequate support to families at risk; (c) Develop and implement an effective system for reporting and referral of cases of child abuse and neglect and appropriate measures for the protection of child victims and the provision of rehabilitative assistance and the prosecution and treatment of alleged perpetrators of abuse and neglect; (d) Strengthen the capacity of social services across the country to identify and treat instances of abuse or neglect of children, including for physical and psychological recovery and social reintegration of the victims of rape, abuse, neglect, ill-treatment, violence or sexual exploitation, in accordance with article 39 of the Convention; take measures to prevent the criminalization and stigmatization of victims; strengthen the use of child-sensitive methods of investigation and presentation of court evidence and the availability of expert multidisciplinary child assistance teams, including psychosocial counsellors; and ensure that domestic legislation provides adequate protection for all children, both girls and boys, from sexual and other forms of abuse;