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2007 Child Abuse
Prevention Campaign
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Mission |
The mission of the Hidalgo County Child Welfare Board is to:
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- support victims of child abuse and neglect;
- ensure the needs of Hidalgo County children in foster care are met; and
- educate the local community regarding these issues.
- to help children in foster care lead the
most normal lives possible under less than ideal circumstance ; and
- to help reduce cases of child abuse and
neglect in the future
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Goals |
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The Goals of the Hidalgo County Child Welfare
Board are to: |
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- To ensure that the organization's goals,
activities and planning at all times be related to the total needs
of children and families in the community, and to cooperate with
other agencies, county authorities and municipal authorities to this
end
- To serve as public representative of the
organization by promoting and explaining its
programs and policies to the community.
- To consider and justify the financial
needs of the child Protective Services units operating in Hidalgo
County, use all means available to secure local funding to meet
those needs not funded by State and/or federal funds, and to justify
its budget to the community and the commissioner's Court of Hidalgo
County, Texas.
- To identify and secure private community
resources willing to help meet the needs of children under the care
of Child Protective Services and to use and account for these
resources through a fund which shall be called the Special
Children's Fund.
- To Coordinate operations and develop local
agreements, as necessary, with other community agencies serving
children.
- To Evaluate the programs and review the
quality of services of the Child Protective Services Units, and be
consistently observant of changing community needs.
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Contact Information
- Hidalgo County Child Welfare Board Inc.
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300 East Canton Road Edinburg, TX 78539
- Telephone 956.316.8704 * FAX
956.316.8690
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- Electronic mail
- General Information:
info@hccwb.org
Webmaster:
webmaster@hccwb.org
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