HomeMy WebLinkAboutBOCC Packet 04142010 Child Abuse Prevention Proclamation,
~ A PR4CLAMA~'I~N OF ~'HE
~ ~~ARD OF COUN~'Y C0IVIMISSI~NERS ~F
~ P~TKIN CDUIVT~, CDLORAD~ RECOGNIZING '
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_ ~ CHILD ABUSE ~PREVENTION M~NTH ~ , ~
~ WHEREAS, child abuse and neglect is a complex and ongoi~g prob~em ~n ou~ ~society,
affecting many children in Pitkin County, Nationally, one in f ve girls and one in 10 boys
will be sexually vietimi~ed hefore adurthood; and ~
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WHEREAS, ever child is entitled to be loved, cared for, nurtured, to fe~l secu~e and
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be free fr~om ve~bal,. sexual, e~national and physical a~use, and neglect; ~nd ~
~~ WH.EREAS, ~itkin County Governme~t plays vital role in child and family safety with ~
its Health and Human Serviee Department, Social Services and Sheriff's D~f~ce working clo~sely
to ether to rotect childr~en and by dislribut~ng Healthy Community Grant funds ta support ou~
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n~n p~o~t partners in the education and preventron af chrrd abuse ar~d neglect ln our .
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WHEREAS, ou~ communities are st~onge~ when all citizens become aware of ch~ld
~ maltreatment r~evention and become invoZved in supporting parents to raise their~ children in
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a sa~'e and nurtu~ing environment; and . -
~ NOW, THEREFURE, BE IT PR~CLAI~VIED, by the Boara~ of County Commzs,sioners
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` that ~pril is Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Month in Pitkin County. ~
Dated this 14th day of ~Ipril, 2010 ~
Coun Mana er Pitkin County Board of Commis,sioners .
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Hila~ Fletcher George Newman - Chair
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