Child Abuse Prevention Month City of Clermont
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WHEREAS, every child deserves a promise of love and protection and Florida's prosperity
depends on fostering the health development of its four million children currently living, growing and
learning within our many diverse communities; and
WHEREAS,we must make children a top priority and take action to support the physical, social,
emotional and educational development and competency of all children; and
4T3-(TRE..4 S, research demonstrates that safe and nurturing relationships and stimulating and
stable environments improve brain development and overall child well being, while neglectful and
abusive experiences and unstable, stressful environments erode positive childhood outcomes; and
1N3(EREAS, abuse and neglect of children can severely impact a child's physical, mental, and
emotional well-being, including school failure and criminal behavior that, in turn, causes lasting trauma
and economic hardships, affecting all of society; and
1N3-LEREAS, research also shows that effective child abuse prevention programs succeed due to
partnerships and alliances among parents, state agencies, schools, faith based, non-profit and business
organizations, law enforcement and the judicial system; and that parents and caregivers who are
connected to their local communities are more resilient and better able to provide safe environments
and nurturing experiences for their children; and
WHEREAS, during the month of April, the Florida Department of Children and Families, along
with KidsCentral Inc., Devereux Kids, The Boys & Girls Club of Lake & Sumter Counties, and the Lake
County Shared Services Network, will be engaging communities throughout Florida to renew a
collaborative commitment to break the cycle of abuse and neglect, to coordinate efforts to promote
awareness of healthy child development, and to empower positive parenting practices and the types of
concrete support families need within their communities;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Harold S. Turville, Jr., Mayor of the City of Clermont, do hereby
proclaim the month of April as
Child.Abuse Prevention Month
ININITNESS 14731TREOy I, Harold S. Turville,Jr., Mayor of the City of Clermont, have
hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City of Clermont to be affixed this 8th day of April,
two thousand and fourteen.
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