Coconino Coalition for Children & Youth update for April 10 — 2019 Flagstaff Field of Hope Ceremony puts spotlight on April as Child Abuse Prevention Month

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The always moving Field of Hope Dedication put a poignant focus on annual Child Abuse Prevention Month efforts throughout Coconino County.

More than 50 local residents gathered for the ceremony presented by the Exchange Club of Flagstaff on Friday, April 5, 2019 at the Coconino County Courthouse lawn.

This year, the event paid tribute to the 79 children who died last year in Arizona from child abuse and neglect, with the hope the number will continue to decrease each year.

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National Crime Victim’ Rights Week through April 13

Arizona Center for Afterschool Excellence update for April 6 — 2019 STEM Grant Application is now open. Deadline is April 29

Registration deadline approaching for Arizona Center for Afterschool Excellence 2019 Professional Development Workshops

SOAR summer youth employment program now accepting applications for June 3 through 27 session

ASU Morrison Institute for Public Policy update for April 3 — Teen suicide prevention and the LGBTQ kids

Northland Family Help Center seeking to raise $6,000 by April 12 to support Human Trafficking Services at the youth center

April 10 — Flagstaff Festival of Science’s Lunar Legacy Series presents — ‘Telling Time by the Moon’

April 11 — Space still available for the Arizona Center for Afterschool Excellence ‘RESILIENCE — The Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope’ in Flagstaff

April 15 deadline — Nominations due for 18th Annual Arizona Out-of-School Time Awards of Excellence

2019 Health and Welfare Resource Networking meetings in Coconino County

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2019 Page Regional Events

2019 Tuba City, Navajo Nation regional events

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