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Del Norte County board proclaims National Public Health Week and Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Summary
The Del Norte County Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted proclamations recognizing National Public Health Week (April 7–13, 2025) and April 2025 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month and heard a presentation on a federal grant that funds local sexual-assault response services.
The Del Norte County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously April 8 to adopt proclamations designating the week of April 7, 2025, as National Public Health Week and proclaiming April 2025 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
The Public Health Week proclamation, presented by Supervisor Howard and requested by the county Director of Health and Human Services, highlights local public-health programs including vaccinations, nutrition education, home visiting and emergency preparedness. The proclamation notes the 30th anniversary of National Public Health Week and calls on residents to recognize public-health contributions to the county.
The proclamation for Sexual Assault Awareness Month was read by Supervisor Starkey and requested by the North Coast Rape Crisis Team (NCRCT). A representative of the NCRCT told the board the program received a three-year, $500,000 federal grant from the Office on Violence Against Women to support a Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) and related services. The NCRCT representative said the grant has funded additional SART nurses, bringing the county to five SART nurses available to provide 24-hour coverage, and that staff and law enforcement are preparing a local forensic-interview site and training for May.
The NCRCT speaker asked the board and members of the public to contact state and federal elected officials to avoid freezes of federal funding that would jeopardize the program. "We were very fortunate, earlier this year to receive a $500,000 grant from the Office of Violence Against Women to basically create a program to maintain our SART response here," the speaker said.
Votes and procedure: both proclamations were approved in a single vote called by Chair Borges; Supervisors Howard, Wilson, Short, Starkey and Chair Borges voted yes.
Why it matters: the proclamations recognize county public-health priorities and call attention to a federally funded sexual-assault response program that county speakers said depends on continued federal funding.
The board received brief public remarks of appreciation from local partners and moved to the next agenda items.
