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City expands Child Safe awareness campaign, council highlights child‑abuse prevention work
Summary
Council members and Child Safe representatives marked the citywide launch of a cardboard child awareness campaign and described the multidisciplinary response to child‑abuse and neglect cases.
The San Antonio City Council heard a presentation and joined a proclamation recognizing Child Safe’s citywide awareness campaign on child abuse prevention. Council members and Child Safe staff described a multi‑disciplinary team approach for investigating and supporting children who experience abuse and neglect, and they announced a public awareness rollout featuring cardboard child figures representing children affected by abuse.
Councilmember Alderete Gavito (as introduced in the meeting) and others praised the campaign’s educational components and urged residents to report suspected abuse. A Child Safe representative recounted an incident in which an employee who visited a child’s home was threatened by an alleged abuser; speakers used the anecdote to emphasize the risks faced by frontline investigators and the need for public support for protective services.
Speakers said the campaign has been carried out for 11 years and that staff distributed 1,000 cardboard child figures to raise awareness. Council members underscored that the city’s child abuse rates are high in the metropolitan area and urged continued cross‑agency work on prevention, investigation and support for families.
