Child Abuse Prevention Month 2023
April is National Child Abuse Prevention (CAP) Month, a time when child wellness and child welfare organizations across the U.S. elevate the importance of creating systems and programs that put children and families first.
Building Together
Prevent Child Abuse America recognizes that all community members have a role in ensuring children have positive experiences and families have the resources they need when they need them, well before they are in crisis. The theme of this year’s awareness and impact campaign that we lead in partnership with our national network of state chapters, is “Building Together: Prevention in Partnership.”
Child abuse and neglect are preventable, and all communities benefit when children and families are well supported.
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How to get involved
Wear blue on Friday, March 31, 2023
Wear blue on March 31st to show support for children and families as we build momentum leading into Child Abuse Prevention Month. Pick up a shirt today and post a photo or video on social media with the hashtag: #WearBlueDay2023 and tag us @pcaamerica.
Mark your calendars for April 19, 2023 — Digital Advocacy Day
You can participate in Prevent Child Abuse America’s nationwide digital advocacy day on April 19th. Contact your member of Congress to advocate for increased investments for Title II, Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP) grants, of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to provide states and communities the resources to implement community-based solutions to the prevention of child abuse and neglect. You can also SHARE how CBCAP funding has helped improve your communities. Sharing your stories can help everyone, including lawmakers, realize the critical role of CBCAP funding!
Plant a virtual pinwheel to show your support
In 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic shut down real events, the first virtual pinwheel garden was born to allow anyone – anywhere – to participate in planting a new kind of pinwheel garden and help support happy and healthy families everywhere. Enjoy the newest version of the pinwheel garden – back and better than ever!
Support Public Policy
Learn more about how to support PCA’s public policy initiatives and visit our public policy page for more information about our current policies that need your support now.
Social Media Kit
Make sure to catalog all posts/tweets you can with the hashtags: #CAPMonth2023 #PreventioninPartnership #IamPrevention. Similarly, include calls to action whenever possible. Twitter users, for instance, are more likely to engage in content that asks a question or that has a picture, video or link that they can easily retweet and share, so try to include as much of this varying content as you can. Additionally, make sure to retweet those that mention you, and reply to those who are wanting to start a dialogue. It’s very important to interact with your followers! We also want to encourage you to live-post and tweet any events you host or are a part of during April.
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Support families during Child Abuse Prevention Month
New mom Alejandra says that Healthy Families America has helped her to heal from own childhood trauma and helped her to “see that I can raise my kid differently than how I was raised and give my boys the best version of me.”
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