The Healthy Relationships Project is a child sexual abuse prevention program for schools and youth serving organizations. It is trauma informed, developmentally appropriate, and includes parent engagement and training for school educators and staff.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month
Mental health has many long-lasting implications and plays an important role in our ongoing primary prevention work.
Mental Health & Wellness is Prevention
Learn more about mental health prevention and ways to help our nation’s youth. We have curated an array of resources and tools on social connection, helping others, community outreach, and more now available to you and your family.
Together for Prevention National Conference
Join us for the first in-person meeting of our state chapter and home visiting networks, policy and community partners, and other collaborators since 2019.
The 2023 Prevent Child Abuse America National Conference will host over 1,000 attendees, features more than 40 workshops, symposia, and presentations highlighting effective prevention strategies, programs, and practices, and will provide countless networking opportunities and sales leads.
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What's happening in child abuse prevention
The latest news and updates from across the country.
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The Family Tree (PCA Maryland) provides space to bridge gap for families in Baltimore
MONSE’s Baltimore Visitation Center is celebrating 10 years of providing a safe space for children and families.
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Celebrating 25 years of ACEs Awareness and Understanding
A special message from Dr. Melissa Merrick, President and CEO of Prevent Child Abuse America, on the 25th anniversary of the seminal Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) study.
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AAP Chapter Partnerships with Healthy Families America and Prevent Child Abuse America
In late 2022 through early 2023, 3 AAP Chapters engaged in projects to enhance collaboration among community organizations, to better support children and families.
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Train the Trainer Events from Prevent Child Abuse Vermont
If you want to bring empirically based, effective child sexual abuse prevention to your school, check out these Virtual Train the Trainer opportunities! These programs fulfill the Act 1 child sexual abuse prevention education mandate, show which national health standards are addressed, and keep children safe! Email mhambrick@pcavt.org for more information.
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Watch real stories of Healthy Families America caretakers
“One of my main priorities with Jayden is for him to know that I’m there for him. Sometimes I’ll put him to bed, and I walk out and I remember ‘Oh, I didn’t give him a hug, I should probably go give him a hug.’”
What do strong families look like? Check out our CAP Month PSA and find out!
Watch our Child Abuse Prevention Month PSA and join us this April to learn how we are Building Together to help keep kids safe!
About PCA America
Prevent Child Abuse America is the nation’s oldest and largest organization committed to preventing child abuse and neglect before it happens. We promote programs and resources informed by science that enable kids, families, and entire communities to thrive—today, tomorrow, and for generations to come.
Our success relies on a nationwide network of state chapters and nearly 600 Healthy Families America home visiting sites, which provide parents and caregivers a wide variety of services and resources in communities across the country. Our respected experts also develop innovative research that our vast network then puts into action. And we raise public awareness and engagement and advocate for family friendly policies at the national, state, and local levels to support programs that ensure children and families get what they need to succeed.
Ariela’s Story
Hear from Ariela and her experiences with PCAA’s signature home visiting program, Healthy Families America.
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Tools for Building Better Childhoods
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. In recognition, we’re proud to have partnered with Social Current to develop and now roll out Building Better Childhoods: a set of new, easy-to-use resources to help organizations communicate about childhood adversity as a public, preventable, and solvable issue.
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2022 State Public Policy Strategies
Prevent Child Abuse America (PCA America) is committed to advancing a range of policy options and services aimed at supporting families and preventing child abuse and neglect before it occurs. Prioritizing and investing in supportive state policies–from evidence-based home visiting programs to concrete and economic supports–are a critical foundation for the healthy development of our children.
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Balancing Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) With HOPE: New Insights into the Role of Positive Experience on Child and Family Development
This report presents evidence for HOPE (Health Outcomes of Positive Experiences) based on newly released, compelling data that reinforce the need to promote positive experiences for children and families in order to foster healthy childhood development despite the adversity common in so many families.
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