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Cumberland County commissioners declare April for child-abuse prevention, public-safety telecommunicators and second-chance reentry efforts
Summary
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners on April 13 read and adopted proclamations recognizing April 2026 as Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness Month, National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week (April 12–18) and Second Chance Month, highlighting local nonprofit work and public-safety dispatch functions.
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners on April 13 adopted a series of proclamations honoring local child-welfare work, telecommunicators and reentry services. Vice Chairman Sherman Jones read the Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness Month proclamation noting the Child Advocacy Center’s role and multidisciplinary approach; the proclamation text in the meeting packet cited the center’s founding year (1993) and described its goal of reducing trauma for child-victims.
John Webster, executive director of the Child Advocacy Center, told the board the center provided 531 forensic interviews in the county in the last fiscal year and described outreach efforts including pinwheel displays and short-term blue lighting of landmark buildings to raise awareness. “We saw 531 children for forensic interviews in this county, and that's a lot of children in Cumberland County,” Webster said, and invited the public to a free child-abuse summit and the center’s spring fundraiser.
Commissioner Tyson read the proclamation recognizing April 12–18 as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week and thanked local dispatchers while noting the board’s ongoing PSAP consolidation discussions. The proclamation described telecommunicators as “the single vital link” for emergency services and commended their professionalism.
Commissioner Adams presented a proclamation declaring April 2026 Second Chance Month, summarizing reentry barriers and praising the county’s Reentry Council and Juvenile Crime Prevention Council for coordinating reentry efforts and identifying service gaps.
Each proclamation was presented during the meeting’s recognition segment and the board recessed briefly for related district business later in the agenda. No formal votes were recorded for the proclamations beyond the routine adoption and presentation during the meeting.
The board’s packet and presentation materials (as described during the meeting) include additional event details and contact information for the Child Advocacy Center.
