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RESOLUTION NO. 92-250
WHEREAS, The Governor's Office for Children is the delegate
agency for the Children's Justice J~ct Grant under the Child Abuse
Prevention and Treatment Act, Section 109 [42 U.S.C. 5106c]; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the foregoing section of the act is
to make grants to the States for the purpose of assisting States
in developing, establishing, and operating programs designed to
improve:
1. the handling of child abuse cases, particularly cases of
child sexual abuse, in a manner which limits additional
trauma to the child victim, and
2. the investigation and prosecution of cases of child
abuse, particularly child sexual abuse, and
WHEREAS, the Children's Jus1:ice Task force in i t;s 1989
rE~port and subsequent revisions, recommended that interagency
counsels should be established to address issues of coordination
of child physical and/or sexual abuse cases within each of
Arizona's fifteen counties, and
WHEREAS, Mohave County believes it to be in its best
interest to enter into an intergovernmental agreement for the
purpose of establishing and developing and operating the programs
discussed in the foregoing,
NOW, THEREFORE, Mohave County does formally enter into the
intergovernmental agreement attached hereto, to fulfill the
purposes of the Children's .Justice Act and the recommendations of
the Children's Justice Task Force.
DATED this 20th day of July, 1992.
MOHAVE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
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LOIS J. HUBBARe, CHAIRMAN
of the Board