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Southeast Nebraska CASA given courthouse display permission for Child Abuse Prevention Month
Summary
Shelby Pedersen of Southeast Nebraska CASA received approval from the Seward County commissioners to place a display table in the courthouse entrance, put lights in courthouse windows, and install a stair display to raise awareness for Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Shelby Pedersen, representing Southeast Nebraska CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates), asked the Seward County Board of Commissioners on March 17 for permission to use courthouse space and window lighting to promote Child Abuse Prevention Month.
The commissioners approved Pedersen’s request for a display table in the courthouse entrance, lights in the courthouse windows and a display on the courthouse stairs to help raise awareness of child-abuse prevention and CASA’s programing.
Why it matters: CASA volunteers advocate for children in abuse and neglect cases; courthouse displays are a public-awareness tool funded through the nonprofit’s outreach rather than county budget appropriations. The minutes do not record a formal roll-call for this approval.
