Child Abuse Prevention Month CLER ONT LE�hoic
Ce of Champion
1N3-fEREAS, 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; 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
WHEREAS, 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
W3-rEREAS, 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
1473-1EREALS, research 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 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; and
NOW, `F3-{EREJ'ORE, I, Gail L. Ash, Mayor of the City of Clermont do hereby proclaim
the month of April, 2019 as
Chia('Abuse Prevention .Month
IN'WI/NESS 1V31EREOy; I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the
City of Clermont to be affixed this 9th day of April, two thousand and nineteen.
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Gail L. Ash, Mayo
ATTEST:
Tracy Ackroyd Howe, MMC
City Clerk