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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: April 12, 2005 <br />Action Agen a~ <br />Item No. - <br />SUBJECT: Sexual Assault Awareness Month <br />DEPARTMENT: Board of Commissioners <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Proclamation <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Krista Park, Orange County Rape Crisis <br />Center, (919) 643-0722 <br />County Manager's Office, ext. 2300 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough <br />Chapel Hill <br />Durham <br />Mebane <br />245-2130 <br />968-4501 <br />688-7331 <br />336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider proclaiming April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month in Orange <br />County. <br />BACKGROUND: In the United States, one in six women and one in 33 men has experienced <br />complete or attempted rape at some time in their lives (U,S, Department of .Justice 1998). In <br />North Carolina, one in five women have been sexually assaulted at some point in their lives <br />(N,C, Department of Health and Human Services, 1999). There are 5,915 sex offenders and <br />sexual predators registered as living in North Carolina (State Bureau of 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 Rape Crisis Center has requested that the Orange County Board of <br />Commissioners proclaim April 2005 as "Sexual Assault Awareness Month" in Orange County <br />and encourage all people to speak out against sexual assault and support their local <br />communities' efforts to provide services to victims of this appalling crime. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: None, <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the <br />proclamation declaring April as "Sexual Assault Awareness Month" and authorize the Chair to <br />sign the proclamation. <br />