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• <br /> TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS <br /> Resolution 9-04 <br /> Proclaiming the Month of April <br /> Child Abuse Awareness Month <br /> WHEREAS, the Child Abuse Council of Santa Clara County is organized as a <br /> commission to the Board of Supervisors for the purpose of preventing child abuse and <br /> promoting healing from its effects; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Child Abuse Council has joined with the California Consortium <br /> to Prevent Child Abuse and other Child Abuse Councils state-wide since 1994 to carry <br /> out an intensive "Blue Ribbon" campaign each April to focus public attention on the <br /> prevention of child abuse; and <br /> WHEREAS, Santa Clara County receives well over 20,000 reports of child abuse <br /> every year and child abuse occurs in every age group, every race, every religion and every <br /> economic group and no community is untouched; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Child Abuse Council, made up of representatives from many <br /> different private and public agencies, professions, community volunteer programs, and <br /> diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds, assesses the service needs in Santa Clara County <br /> for the prevention, detection,treatment and legal processing of child abuse cases. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT, the City Council of the <br /> Town of Los Hills, does hereby proclaim the month of April "CHILD ABUSE <br /> AWARENESS MONTH". <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the Town of Los Altos <br /> Hills encourages its residents to participate in the special month-long activities designed <br /> by the Child Abuse Council to educate the public on the issue of prevention and treatment <br /> of child abuse and neglect. <br /> DATED: March 4, 2004 <br /> By ayor <br /> <br /> <br /> City <br />