HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 4b. Family Court Awareness Month 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, and;
WHEREAS, the mission at 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 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 on the importance of empirically -
based education and training on domestic violence and child abuse, including emotional,
psychological, physical, and sexual abuse, as well as childhood trauma, coercive control, and post
separation abuse for judges and 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 at 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), and;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Erica A. Stewart Mayor of The City of San Luis obispo, do hereby proclaim the
month of November as “FAMILY COURT AWARENESS MONTH” in the City of San Luis Obispo and recommend
its observance to all citizens
Family Court Awareness Month
November 2022
November 1, 2022
Mayor Date