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National Parent Leadership Month: February 2025City of Port Orchard 216 Prospect Street Port Orchard, WA 98366 cityhalIO-portorchardwa.ci 1 (360) 876-4407 www.portorchardwa.gov PROCLAMATION ORCHARD. WHEREAS: authentic Parent Leadership occurs when parents have the opportunity to partner with others and present a "parent perspective and lens" to inform policies and programs that support the growth of protective factors leading to strong families and communities; and WHEREAS: Parent Leadership and Partnership are a critical and effective way to help families identify and build upon their strengths for themselves and their families and the next generation of Kitsap County residents by preventing child abuse and neglect and WHEREAS: Kitsap Strong, as a collective impact initiative, supports, encourages and acknowledges partnerships between parents and community stakeholders, leaders, and policy makers as critical to developing strong communities in our county; and WHEREAS: Kitsap Strong has a vision of a community where each person flourishes and all parents raise their children with consistency and nurturance to develop resilience, with the goal to mobilize our community through dialogue involving parent leadership and action to prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences in the next generation through building individual and community resilience; and WHEREAS: Kitsap Strong as a partner to the Children's Trust Fund Alliance, a national prevention organization who supports, encourages and acknowledges partnerships between parents and community stakeholders, leaders, and policy makers as critical to developing strong communities nationwide; and WHEREAS: Parent Leadership can help with building strengths -based communities that thrive based on protective factors; and WHEREAS: Parent Leadership through Partnership is successfully achieved when parents are partners in the planning, implementation, oversight and evaluation of policies, practices, and programs that affect families and communities by receiving support and training and having multiple opportunities to share their expertise; and WHEREAS: parents each year are partnering with others so together they can build stronger, safer communities where all children can thrive; and WHEREAS: parents can have a powerful impact by sharing their lived expertise and they will continue to have a positive impact on the lives of families across our nation and world; and WHEREAS: many organizations across the community and state support and provide such partnership opportunities for parents; and WHEREAS: National Parent Leadership Month is an opportunity to recognize, honor, and celebrate these parents. They have a vital role in their local community, state and nation and across the world. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that I, Robert Putaansuu, Mayor of the City of Port Orchard, do hereby proclaim February 2025 as: National Parent leadership Month in the City of Port Orchard and urge its citizens to join me in this special observance. 1'�t�lµltl rurrlrlr�� QORT �RC����''�. �OGaRp OR qr�a �Ca•= - ' SEA ' $mod: 05 rlflllflll115 1��� Signed this 281h day of January 2025 Robert Putaansuu, Mayor