On Friday April 8, 2011 Española Mayor, Alice Lucero issued a proclamation at New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department offices declaring the month of April as Child Abuse Prevention Month. In her proclamation she acknowledges the City's partnership with NNMRAC and Moving Arts Española. At the event Governor Susana Martinez signed a new law preventing persons with records of child abuse from working for the State agency.
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