Title
Vote on a request to proclaim April 2017 as Child Abuse Prevention Month
Abstract
Action Requested: Proclaim April 2017 as Child Abuse Prevention Month
Introduction & Background: The Chatham County Commissioners passed a proclamation declaring April, fourteen out of the past fifteen years as Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month.
Discussion & Analysis: Community partners from many agencies including Chatham County Public Health Department, Coalition for Family Peace, Family Violence and Rape Crisis Services, Child Care Networks, Chatham County Department of Social Services, and Chatham County Partnership for Children, worked together to plan activities to promote awareness of child abuse and neglect during the month of April.
Budgetary Impact: No Local Funding Requested.
Recommendation: Vote on a request to proclaim April 2017 as Child Abuse Prevention Month.