Harrison County, MO: Harrison County Commissioners Jack W. Hodge, Presiding Commissioner, Mike Smith, North District Associate Commissioner, and Jim Holcomb, South District Associate Commissioner signed a proclamation designating April as Child Abuse Prevention Month. Pictured here are Smith; Judy Casper, child and family advocate, North Central Missouri Children’s Advocacy Center; Jack Hodge; Amanda White, program manager, North Central Missouri Children’s Advocacy Center, and Jim Holcomb.
The commissioners called upon all citizens to increase participation in efforts to support families “thereby preventing child abuse and strengthening the community in which we live.” The proclamation states, “All children deserve freedom from verbal abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, physical abuse and neglect.--Submitted photo
Harrison County, MO: Harrison County Commissioners Jack W. Hodge, Presiding Commissioner, Mike Smith, North District Associate Commissioner, and Jim Holcomb, South District Associate Commissioner signed a proclamation designating April as Child Abuse Prevention Month. Pictured here are Smith; Judy Casper, child and family advocate, North Central Missouri Children’s Advocacy Center; Jack Hodge; Amanda White, program manager, North Central Missouri Children’s Advocacy Center, and Jim Holcomb. The commissioners called upon all citizens to increase participation in efforts to support families “thereby preventing child abuse and strengthening the community in which we live.” The proclamation states, “All children deserve freedom from verbal abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, physical abuse and neglect.–Submitted photo
