The Stephens County Commissioners have declared April as Child Abuse Awareness Month.
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April is Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month in Stephens County, the state of Texas and the United States, and bringing the issue to the attention of the Breckenridge community are the eight women who make up the Stephens County Child Welfare Board.
On Monday, April 1, members of the Child Welfare Board gathered under overcast skies to put up their Child Abuse Awareness Month’s annual display on the Stephens County Courthouse lawn.
April is Child Abuse Awareness Month.
A candlelight ceremony honored local foster children last week.
April is Child Abuse Awareness Month.
Members of the Stephens County Child Welfare Board and others gathered for a candlelight vigil in front of the courthouse Thursday evening, April 29, to remember and pray for local children who are in foster care.
The Stephens County Child Welfare Board will hold a candlelight vigil with County Judge Michael Roach to honor victims of
It is a somber task that the members of the Stephens County Child Welfare Board take on each April as they honor the children of the world who have died from abuse or neglect in the past year. And, yet, the group of local women makes an effort to turn the annual Child Abuse Awareness Month display in front of the Stephens County Courthouse into a celebration of the children’s lives, rather than just a symbolic graveyard.
At their last meeting, the Stephens County Commissioners declared April 2021 as Child Abuse Awareness Month locally.
