All Children Deserve #GreatChildhoods

We’re pleased to announce our first-ever digital annual report, featuring highlights from the year, updates on our chapter and Healthy Families America networks, audited financials, and more. These accomplishments, realized in partnership with a wide range of collaborators, support a collective vision: a world where all children grow up happy, healthy, and prepared to succeed in supportive families and communities.

“…We cannot tackle these issues single-handedly—no one can—but neither can we sit idly by and allow our children, families, and communities to suffer. At moments like this, it is more important than ever for us to stand together to advocate for racial justice and equity…”

Please click on the link below for an updated video message from Dr. Merrick, explaining how Prevent Child Abuse America has pivoted and adapted its programs (e.g., virtual home visits and new chapter-developed resources) to address the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on America’s children and families:

Published in the Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal, this study provides social work and other advocates with state-level estimates of the economic burden of child maltreatment and facilitates the interpretation of the findings to be used in advocacy efforts.