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liIIUUUUH WHEREAS, the problem of child abuse is an unacceptable social
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U . ; WHEREAS, approximately 3 million reports of suspected or
known child abuse and neglect are made to child
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_ n . WHEREAS, 588,000 American children are unable to live safely
with their families and are placed in foster homes
;Vol and institutions, and
WHEREAS, it is estimated 1,200 children, 85% under the age of 6 and 44% under the
age of 1, lose their lives every year as a direct result of abuse and neglect,
and
WHEREAS, the rate of infant homicide has doubled, reaching a 30 -year high, during a
period when overall Infant mortality decreased from all other sources, and
WHEREAS, this tragic social problem results in human and economic costs due to its
relationship to crime and delinquency, drug and alcohol abuse, domestic
violence and welfare dependency, and
WHEREAS, focusing the nation's attention on the plight of abused victims, Childhelp
USA, one of the oldest and largest national nonprofit organizations dedicated
to the treatment and prevention of child abuse and neglect, created National
Day of Hope, to be observed on April 2, 2003 during National Child Abuse
Prevention Month
NOW THEREFORE, I, JOHN LARSON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH, do hereby
proclaim the month of April, 2003 as
National Child Abuse Prevention Month
In the City of Seal Beach and urge the residents of Seal Beach to follow the goals and
Ideals of Childhelp USA by keeping these victimized children in their thoughts, giving them
hope for the future and encouraging the community, businesses, non - profit organizations,
and volunteers to commit their resources to assist abused and neglected children
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the City of
Seal Beach to be affixed this of Fourteenth Day of April in the Year Two - Thousand Three
Mayor John Larson
Attest
Joanne M Yeo, City Clerk
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