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Ribbons tied by children alert citizens to child abuse issues
 Head Start children participated in the blue ribbon project. Pictured from left to right are: Lindsey Keel, Mattison Cooley, Ty’Ray Poorbuffalo, Jose Lainez Ortiz II and Chloe Miller.
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Contributed by Karissa Pickett, Tribal Media Relations
As a part of Child Abuse Prevention Month in April, the Chickasaw Nation Department of Family Advocacy and Youth Services sponsored a ribbon tying project throughout the City of Ada.
Volunteers tied blue ribbons on trees located on traffic medians to remind citizens that child abuse prevention is everyone’s duty.
According to the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (OKDHS), almost 62,000 incidents which contain allegations of serious or immediate threats to a child’s safety are investigated each year. On average, OKDHS confirms more than 13,000 of those incidents are abuse and/or neglect.
The Chickasaw Nation hopes to raise awareness of child abuse prevention with the blue ribbon project.
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