Child Abuse Prevention Month City of Clermont
Proclamation
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
14/3�ERE.A S,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
1'V3-(ERE..4S, 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
WHEREAS, 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
'WHEREAS, 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
1N3HERE. S, during the month of April, the Florida Department of Children and Families, along
with Prevent Child Abuse, 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, Gail L. Ash, Mayor of the City of Clermont, do hereby proclaim the
month of April as
ChiCd_Abuse Prevention Jvtonth
DV-WITNESS WHEREOF I, Gail L. Ash, Mayor of the City of Clermont, have hereunto set
my hand and caused the Seal of the City of Clermont to be affixed this 14th day of April,two thousand
fifteen.
ATTEST: Gail L Ash, ayor
Tracy A royd, MMC 0 _
City Clerk