Item:
Title
Proclamation - Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month (10min)
Body
Date of BOCC Meeting: April 8, 2019
Request for Board Action:
Agenda Text
The Board is requested to Proclaim April Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Each year Child Abuse Month is celebrated annually throughout the country in April. This month of acknowledgement increases the awareness, education and opportunities that members of our community can engage in to promote healthy child development and help prevent child abuse and neglect. We all have a role to play in healthy child development, and our goal this April is to help others recognize that role and the ways we can maximize our impact.
Alignment with Strategic Plan: This recognition is in line with the Safe and Secure Community County Strategic Plans.
Resource Persons: Ben Rose, Director; Jovetta L. Whitfield, Assistant Director; and Ann Granby, Program Manager.
County Manager’s Recommendation: The County Manager recommends that the Board Proclaim April as Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Signature
County Manager: ____________________________