PAL  3 SNIXD H-X37) VA Proclamation June 3-7, - 2024  Fulton County Child Welfare Appreciation Week  WHEREAS, every day in Fulton County, children are at risk of child abuse and neglect or have been removed from their homes due to such abuse and neglect; and WHEREAS, Fulton County recognizes the risks and the need to protect the children of WHEREAS, the challenging task of investigating child abuse, providing services to families, assessing safety, and providing services to ensure that Fulton County's children are provided with nurturance, family connections, support as they transition into adulthood, and services that allow a child to remain safely in their home or return home as expeditiously as possible falls to the child welfare professionals of the child welfare  the County; and  system; and  WHEREAS, the work of child welfare professionals may require them to enter into WHEREAS, child welfare professionals work in difficult and emotional situations with children who have been victimized by physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, and other  situations in which their personal safety may be put at risk; and  forms of maltreatment; and  WHEREAS, child welfare professionals must develop great skill in working with families who are in crisis situations, struggling with mental health challenges, suffering  from drug and alcohol afflictions, poverty, and other difficult issues; and  WHEREAS, child welfare professionals must develop substantial knowledge and skills surrounding the rights of families, the laws surrounding child welfare, how to develop culturally sensitive services, and the legal processes governing the system; and    WHEREAS, child welfare professionals selflessly undertake the endeavor to protect Fulton County's children, often with low pay, long hours, tremendous demands, little appreciation, great criticism, and with dramatic impacts to their personal life; and WHEREAS, every year, child welfare professionals are injured or killed in their pursuit WHEREAS, workforce challenges have created tremendous challenges in the field of WHEREAS, innumerable injuries and deaths of children have been averted due to the efforts of child welfare professionals; therefore, in special recognition oft the efforts of the Child Welfare Professionals serving the children of Fulton County, we, the Commissioners of Fulton County, do hereby proclaim June 3-7, 2024 as FULTON COUNTY CHILD  to protect children across the United States; and  child welfare; and  WELFARE APPRECIATION WEEK.  Sincerely,  FULTON COUNTYBQARD OF COMMISSIONERS  Steven  Vice-Chair  y  L. Wible,  hpgann  Hervey P. Hann