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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 27, 2007 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. _~,~ <br />SUBJECT: Sexual Assault Awareness Month <br />DEPARTMENT: Board of Commissioners <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT (S): <br />Proclamation <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Donna Baker, 245-2130 <br />PURPOSE: To consider a proclamation recognizing April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month <br />in Orange County. <br />BACKGROUND: In the United States one in six women and one in thirty-three men has <br />experienced a complete or attempted rape at some time in their life (U.S. Department of Justice <br />1998) and in North Carolina one in five women have been sexually assaulted at some point in <br />their lives (N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, 1999). There are 5,915 sex <br />offenders and sexual predators registered as living in North Carolina (State Bureau of <br />Investigation, 2002). <br />Sexual assault is the most costly crime to its victims considering factors such as medical cost, <br />lost earnings, pain, suffering and lost quality of life. <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners would like to proclaim April 2007 as "Sexual <br />Assault Awareness Month in Orange County", to encourage all citizens to speak out against <br />sexual assault, and to support their local communities' efforts to provide services to victims of <br />these appalling crimes. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: None <br />RECOMMENDATION (S): The Manager recommends that the Board proclaim April as <br />"Sexual Assault Awareness Month in Orange County" and approve the proclamation and <br />.authorize the Chair to sign. <br />