City of Philadelphia - File #: 160251

• File #: 160251
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 3/31/2016
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 3/31/2016
• Title: Recognizing and honoring the Philadelphia Children's Alliance for their commitment to promoting healing and justice for victims of child sexual abuse in Philadelphia and declaring April 2016 to be Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month in the City of Philadelphia.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Quiñones Sánchez, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Gym, Councilmember Green, Councilmember Parker, Councilmember Domb, Councilmember Taubenberger, Council President Clarke, Councilmember Oh, Councilmember Johnson, Councilmember Bass, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Squilla, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember Henon

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
3/31/2016	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar	Pass
3/31/2016	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED

Title
Recognizing and honoring the Philadelphia Children's Alliance for their commitment to promoting healing and justice for victims of child sexual abuse in Philadelphia and declaring April 2016 to be Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month in the City of Philadelphia.

Body
WHEREAS, For over the past 20 years, the Philadelphia Children's Alliance (PCA) has advocated for a team based approach, built cooperative relationships, introduced efficiencies into the system to provide rapid response and effectively changed how abused children are served and cared for in Philadelphia; and

WHEREAS, The Philadelphia Children's Alliance became a full member of the National Children's Alliance (NCA) in 1992 and was accredited by the NCA in 2001. Today, Philadelphia Children's Alliance not only meets all National Children's Alliance standards, but is a national best standards model for peer agencies nationwide; and

WHEREAS, The Philadelphia Children's Alliance exists to create a more effective and caring response to children who have been sexually abused and is dedicated to providing justice and healing for sexually abused children, working to protect victims, ending the cycle of abuse and improving the quality of abuse investigations; and

WHEREAS, Recently, PCA relocated to the Philadelphia Safety Collaborative within the Seventh Councilmanic District along with the Department of Human Services, the Special Victims Unit and the District Attorney's Office. With the addition of SEPTA's newest Route 53 this facility not only is more accessible, but it also allows for more stream lined investigations and a less traumatic experience for children; and

WHEREAS, In 2015 Philadelphia Children's Alliance conducted 2,108 forensic interviews, with 2,510 children and caregivers receiving victim advocacy. With the new medical clinic and the passionate and hard working staff at the Philadelphia Children's Alliance, 153 children received mental health therapy on site an...