To: Board of Supervisors
From: Marla Stuart, Employment and Human Services Director
Report Title: Proclaim January 2025 as Stalking Awareness Month
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ADOPT a resolution declaring January 2025 as Stalking Awareness Month in Contra Costa County as recommended by the Employment and Human Services Director.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No fiscal impact for this action
BACKGROUND:
Stalking Awareness Month is a national campaign dedicated to raising awareness and the public's understanding of the stalking. This is the first National Stalking Awareness Month proclamation by the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors.
For 2025, the theme for Stalking Awareness Month is "KNOW IT, NAME IT, STOP IT", emphasizing the collective responsibility of advocacy and support services, legal systems, victims, survivors, their friends, and family to recognize and address stalking.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
None.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
This resolution supports all five of Contra Costa County's community outcomes of the Children's Report Card: (1) "Children Ready for and Succeeding in School"; (2) "Children and Youth Healthy and Preparing for Productive Adulthood"; (3) "Families that are Economically Self-Sufficient"; (4) "Families that are Safe, Stable and Nurturing"; and (5) "Communities that are Safe and Provide a High Quality of Life for Children and Families."
The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County, California
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IN THE MATTER OF proclaiming January 2025 as Stalking Awareness Month in Contra Costa County:
WHEREAS, since 2004, January marks National Stalking Awareness Month, a critical time to recognize and respond to the serious, traumatic, and dangerous victimization of stalking, characterized by intrusive, persistent, and often obsessive pursuit behaviors; and
WHEREAS, the theme of this year's National Stalking Awareness Month is "KNOW IT, NAME IT, STOP...
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