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Article: GOV. EASLEY PROCLAIMS APRIL AS 'CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH'
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- February 6, 2007
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Gov. Mike Easley, D-N.C., issued the following proclamation:
WHEREAS, child maltreatment is a community problem and finding solutions depend on involvement among people throughout the community; and WHEREAS, child maltreatment occurs when parents find themselves in stressful situations without community resources and unable to cope; and WHEREAS, over 100,000 children are reported as abused and neglected in North Carolina each year; and WHEREAS, the majority of child maltreatment cases stem from situations and conditions that are preventable with the help of an engaged and supportive community; and WHEREAS, the effects of child maltreatment are felt by whole communities and need to be ...