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Court Advocates for Children for Kittitas County
421 North Pearl St. #208 Ellensburg, WA 98926
Phone/Fax (509) 925-4871 kittitascasa@fairpoint.net
March 15, 2016
Board of County Commissioners
205 W. 5', Ste. 108
Ellensburg, WA 98926
RE: Child Abuse Prevention Proclamation
Dear Commissioners:
This is to request that the County of Kittitas proclaim the month of April 2016 as Child Abuse Prevention
Month. Child Abuse Prevention Month is recognized throughout the country annually during the month
of April.
For your convenience, I am attaching a proclamation that may be used. It would be appreciated if this
matter could be on the agenda for your first meeting in April.
Court Advocates for Children is the not for profit agency providing Kittitas County Superior Court with
trained volunteers to represent the best interests of abused and neglected children in dependency
proceedings. We would be happy to send a representative from our agency to speak briefly to the
proclamation at the meeting if that would be desired.
Very truly yours,
Carol Newell Pidduck, J.D.
Executive Director
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month
Whereas, children are vital to our county's future success, prosperity and quality of life
and are our most vulnerable assets;
Whereas, all children deserve to have safe, stable, nurturing homes and communities
to foster their healthy growth and development;
Whereas, child abuse and neglect affects both the current and future quality of life of
a community;
Whereas, communities help ensure that all children grow to their full potential by
providing parents with social support, knowledge of parenting and child development,
and concrete resources to help them nurture their children;
Whereas, effective child abuse prevention strategies succeed because of partnerships
among citizens, human service agencies, schools, faith communities, health care
providers, civic organizations, law enforcement agencies and the business community;
NOW, therefore, I do hereby proclaim APRIL as CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION
MONTH and call upon all citizens, community agencies, faith groups, medical facilities,
elected leaders and businesses in the County of Kittitas to participate in efforts to
support families, thereby preventing child abuse and strengthening the communities in
which we live.
County Commissioners: