Frederick County’s Child Advocacy Center received a grant to participate in the “Handle With Care Maryland” program under the Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention.

The program creates a process for first responders to alert and work with school systems in cases where a child may have witnessed or experienced a traumatic event or ACES (adverse childhood experience).

As reported in the Frederick News-Post:

Now, when a child witnesses a traumatic event, such as the arrest of a parent or an overdose, law enforcement or emergency medical personnel can alert the school system.
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Handle With Care targets schools because they are one place where most children will go and an ideal location to provide further support or a safety net, Assistant Superintendent Mike Markoe said.

Read Frederick News-Post to learn more.