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Carlisle Mayor proclaims April 2026 Sexual Assault Awareness Month; YWCA describes services and local caseload
Summary
Mayor Sean Schultz presented a proclamation naming April 2026 Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Maddie, executive director of the YWCA, described services and said the YWCA handled 628 new sexual-assault reports across Cumberland County last year, more than half involving children.
Mayor Sean Schultz presented a proclamation declaring April 2026 Sexual Assault Awareness Month and invited Maddie, identified in the meeting as executive director of the YWCA, to describe the organization’s work.
“Maddie from the YW.C.A., the executive director of the YW.C.A.,” Schultz said as he introduced the proclamation. At the podium, Maddie thanked the mayor and council and described the YWCA’s crisis services: “We have eight full-time advocates and we have 20 trained volunteers who also work with us. We work 24 hours a day, seven days a week. There is always an advocate on call.”
Maddie said the YWCA provides emergency response in hospital emergency rooms, counseling and school-based prevention education, and runs a 24-hour crisis hotline. She told the council that last year there were “628 new sexual assaults across Cumberland County,” noting that “more than 50% of them were children.” She described partnerships with local law enforcement and hospital systems and highlighted upcoming activities for Sexual Assault Awareness Month and an April 28 human-trafficking simulation organized by the county coalition.
Nut graf: The proclamation recognizes local nonprofit response and aims to raise public awareness of prevention and support services. Council members thanked the YWCA for its work and noted the heavy emotional toll on advocates who respond to cases at all hours.
Council members and the mayor emphasized the role of partnerships in survivor services. The mayor said the borough would display the proclamation and that staff would help publicize the YWCA’s April events. The YWCA’s figures and operational claims were presented by Maddie during public remarks; the council did not vote on any new funding or ordinance in connection with the proclamation.
Ending: The council moved on to its scheduled presentations after the proclamation; no formal action beyond the proclamation presentation was recorded.
