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Hope Mills proclaims April as Child Abuse Prevention Month after Child Advocacy Center briefing
Summary
Child Advocacy Center prevention coordinator Faith Bamer briefed the board on services and statistics (transcript reports ~722 referrals last fiscal year and just over 500 forensic interviews) and offered training and pinwheels for awareness; Mayor Bellflower read a proclamation declaring April 2025 as National Child Abuse Prevention Month in Hope Mills.
Faith Bamer, prevention and volunteer coordinator at the Child Advocacy Center, told the board the center’s mission is to reduce trauma for children after disclosures of abuse and to coordinate forensic interviews, education and community supports. "We are a place of healing and hope," Bamer said, and said the center handled…
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