CHILD SUPPORT AWARENESS MONTH AUG 2017.DOC

Maricopa County
PROCLAMATION
CHILD SUPPORT AWARENESS MONTH
AUGUST 2017
WHEREAS, the state of Arizona joins the Nation in recognizing August as Child Support Awareness
Month, and reaffirms its commitment to strengthening Arizona’s families by providing child support
services to improve the economic stability and well-being of children; and
WHEREAS, child support awareness month salutes the diligent working parents who spend time with their
child and who make regular child support payments, to safeguard their children’s future; and
WHEREAS, community partnerships serve children and families through a variety of programs and
targeted resources, which helps support Arizonans by promoting awareness of needs, and assistance to meet
those needs, while encouraging individual responsibility and working toward greater self-sufficiency; and
WHEREAS, a child who receives emotional and financial support is more likely to feel safe and secure and
are better equipped with the courage to be their very best in life; and
WHEREAS, strengthening individuals and families with an emphasis on fiscal responsibility promotes the
safety and well-being of children, provides stability, improves the lives of children, and provides
opportunities for families to be able to enhance their children’s future; and
WHEREAS, an informed parent can help make the child support system work, and with the state, local,
and tribal child support programs, legislatures, and courts rallying to improve collaborative efforts for
families; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Economic Security Division of Child Support Services, is robustly
committed to putting Arizona’s children first and to humbly serving Arizonans with excellence, respect,
integrity and kindness, as well as being an overall champion for economic growth and opportunity.
NOW THEREFORE, the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors hereby proclaim the month of August
2017 as CHILD SUPPORT AWARENESS MONTH
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 26th day of July, 2017.
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Denny Barney, Chairman
Maricopa County Board of Supervisors
ATTEST:
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Fran McCarroll
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors