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Sutter County official outlines 2024 Domestic Violence and Child Abuse prevention work; trends vary by jurisdiction
Summary
Josh Thomas, chair of the county Domestic Violence Council and Child Abuse Prevention Council, presented the body's 2024 annual report, highlighting prevention programs, a Handle With Care pilot in Live Oak Unified, and mixed statistics—some agencies reported declines while sheriff-area reports rose.
Josh Thomas, branch director overseeing Children’s Services in Sutter County Health & Human Services and chair of the Domestic Violence Council and Child Abuse Prevention Council (DVCAPC), presented the council’s 2024 annual report to the Sutter County Board of Supervisors.
The report summarized three council priorities for 2024—organization, response and statistics, and community education and prevention—and described ongoing, multiagency work to reduce domestic violence and child abuse. Thomas said the council, “was established by ordinance in March 1995 and renamed by ordinance in December 2002,” and that it brings together probation, victim services, law enforcement, school officials and nonprofit partners to…
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