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April Child Abuse Prevention Month
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Building Community, Building Hope With Children, Families, and Communities
April is National Child Abuse Prevention month, a time to remember that we all play a part in preventing child maltreatment. Learn how you can build community and hope with children and families. Raise awareness this April and all year long:
- Visit the National Child Abuse Prevention Month website to find useful resources.
- Download the 2016 Prevention Resource Guide: Building Community, Building Hope.
- Distribute the tip sheets ranging in topics from preventing child abuse and making healthy connections, to feeding your family, managing your finances, and ways to be a better dad. The tips sheets are available in both English and Spanish!
- Share three activity calendars-also available in English and Spanish-with activities related to the six protective factors.
- Access and share videos from our gallery to your social networks featuring State and national child abuse prevention programs.
- Download outreach materials to promote National Child Abuse Prevention Month in your community.
- Post widgets to your website and add them to your email signature.
- Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter with #PreventionMonth and #NCAPM2016
Visit the 2016 National Child Abuse Prevention Month website and take our survey! For more information on Prevention Month, contact Child Welfare Information Gateway at 1.800.394.3366 or [email protected].
National Child Abuse Prevention Month is a time to acknowledge the importance of families and communities working together to prevent child abuse and neglect, and to promote the social and emotional well being of children and families.
During the month of April and throughout the year, communities are encouraged to share child abuse and neglect prevention awareness strategies and activities and promote prevention across the country.
National Child Abuse Prevention Month 2016
CDC April Child Abuse Prevention Month
Prevent Child Abuse Georgia: April Child Abuse Prevention Month