The Aitkin County Council has two goals: 1): Increasing the public’s awareness of child abuse and neglect, and 2): promoting healthy family relationships. Effort made in the last use to support these goals include:
Education and awareness efforts of the Council for 2019-20 included:
*blue ribbon campaign *promotional activities in local schools *CAPC Facebook page with postings of educational flyers/posters and a highway billboard with the theme of “Healthy Parenting: Words Matter.”

Promoting healthy family relationships for 2019-20 involved:
*brochures/posters to local agencies, schools, and libraries regarding child abuse prevention *Funding for special activities presented by various county communities to support healthy family relationships activities

Radiothon funding this past year was used to provide:
*assistance for the Family Engagement program in the McGregor Public Schools *assistance for the Need To Know Project developed by McGregor Kids Plus *assistance for the Let's Chat program developed by Support Within Reach *coordinating an awareness campaign using posters, Face Book, and a highway billboard around the theme as mentioned above

The Council plans to use funds from the 2020 Radiothon to continue efforts just like these. The year’s activities will be centered on promoting the Council’s ongoing theme for 2020-2021 – “Tough Times: Strong Families: Together families face fears, solve problems, make plans.”