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This resolution declares April as Child Abuse Prevention Month in Oklahoma, emphasizing the critical importance of protecting and supporting children and families in the community. The resolution highlights several key points, including the understanding that child abuse can be prevented, every child deserves to be safe and nurtured, and the entire community plays a role in creating healthy environments for children. It acknowledges the significant economic and developmental costs of child maltreatment, which exceed one billion dollars annually in the United States and can be devastating to a child's growth. The resolution urges all citizens, businesses, and social institutions to support parents in raising safe and healthy children, emphasizing the need for community partnerships among families, social services, schools, businesses, law enforcement, faith-based organizations, and other child-serving agencies. The document underscores the philosophy that it is easier to build healthy children than to repair broken adults and calls for high-quality, evidence-based services to support children who have experienced maltreatment.

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