All Children Deserve #GreatChildhoods

The CDC’s latest Vital Signs report contains the most comprehensive estimates to date on the widespread impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and recommendations for preventing them to improve the health and prosperity of Americans. You can find a link to the report and numerous related resources, including key takeaways and links to infographics, on our website. There’s also a business-and-policy-focused press release available on our blog.

There is a maternal health and mortality crisis in this country. House Resolution 4768, the Home Visiting to Reduce Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Act, would double the federal government’s investment in evidence-based home visiting to reach more families and address risk factors associated with maternal mortality and morbidity. Please join me in contacting your member of Congress today, and urge him/her to support H.R. 4768.

There’s a brand new Healthy Families America website, and we can’t wait for you to try it out! New and upgraded features include:

• Tailored navigation for affiliates, parents & friends, and policymakers;
• Updated Site Finder;
• Rich-media success stories; and
• Much, much more

In case you missed them (or you simply want to revisit these inspiring presentations), the welcoming and award ceremonies and all three plenary sessions of “Moving Upstream,” the 2019 Prevent Child Abuse America national conference, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, are now available to view on our YouTube channel.

Chicago—Prevent Child Abuse America (PCA America) announced today that its signature evidence-based home visiting program, Healthy Families America (HFA), has received the highest rating—“well-supported”—from the Title IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse.