Backup Documents 11/08/2022 Item # 4E 4E
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the mission of the Family Court Awareness Month Committee (FCAMC) is to increase
awareness on the importance of a family court system that prioritizes child safety
and acts in the best interest of children which aligns with Collier County's
commitment to their children, and
WHEREAS, the mission of the FCAMC is fueled by the desire to create awareness and change in
the family court system for the conservatively estimated 58,000 children a year
ordered into unsupervised contact with physically or sexually abusive parents, while
honoring the hundreds of children who have been reported as murdered during
visitation with a dangerous parent, and
WHEREAS, the mission of the FCAMC is to increase awareness of the importance of
empirically-based education and training on domestic violence, childhood trauma,
child sexual, emotional and psychological abuse, coercive control, and post separation
abuse for all professionals working on cases within the family court system, and
WHEREAS, the mission of the FCAMC is to increase awareness on the importance of using
scientifically valid, evidence-based, treatment programs and services that are
proven in terms of safety, effectiveness, and therapeutic value, and
WHEREAS, the mission of the FCAMC is to educate judges and other family court professionals
on evidence-based, peer-reviewed research. Such research is a critical component
to making decisions that are truly in the best interest of children. This research
includes The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Study (co-principal investigator:
Vincent Felitti, Kaiser Permanente-CDC); Child Custody Evaluators' Beliefs About
Domestic Abuse Allegations (principal investigator: Daniel Saunders, University of
Michigan, sponsored by the National Institute of Justice); and Child Custody
Outcomes in Cases Involving Parental Alienation and Abuse Allegations (principal
investigator: Joan S. Meier, GW Law School, sponsored by the National Institute of
Justice);
NOW THEREFORE, be it proclaimed by the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County,
Florida, that November 2022 be designated as
FAMILY COURT AWARENESS MONTH IN COLLIER COUNTY
DONE AND ORDERED THIS 8th Day of November 2022.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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