Join us Monday, March 22, at 1:00-2:30 PM CT, to be among the first to hear new recommendations on reframing childhood adversity from the FrameWorks Institute.
The Family Tree, the Maryland chapter of Prevent Child Abuse America, announced that its executive director, Patricia K. Cronin, LCSW-C, is retiring on June 30, 2021. Cronin’s decision to retire from the nonprofit is the culmination of a remarkable 21 years of service to the organization and Maryland’s children.
2020 was a challenging year for many of us—for all of us—but I’m hopeful 2021 will be different…better. In this time of widespread change, we are acutely aware of the need to honestly assess where we’ve been and plot a deliberate course forward for ourselves, our organizations, and our communities. The choices we make and actions we take today will inform how we all flourish in the years to come.
With deep gratitude for his leadership and vision, the board of directors of Prevent Child Abuse New Jersey (PCA New Jersey) announced that the nonprofit organization’s executive director, Rush L. Russell (pictured below), will retire on April 2, 2021. Mr. Russell’s decision to retire will bring to a close a remarkable 12 years of service to PCA New Jersey.
Chicago—Prevent Child Abuse America (PCA America) announced today a $500,000 grant to support efforts that reduce the need for families to become involved with child protection agencies. The award will fund work advancing Thriving Families, Safer Children: A National Commitment to Well-being, an initiative that aims to reshape child welfare in the United States by focusing explicitly on equity and prevention across development, proactively creating the conditions and contexts for strong families and communities across the country.
“Thriving Families, Safer Children leverages partners across the public, private and philanthropic sectors to fundamentally transform a system that currently focuses narrowly on child abuse and neglect after the fact,” explained Dr. Melissa Merrick, president & CEO of PCA America. “Instead, we need to shift our attention to a more proactive and holistic approach that ensures the safe, stable and nurturing environments and relationships which enable children and youth, families and entire communities to thrive—today and for generations to come.”
Thriving Families, Safer Children partners PCA America with the Annie E. Casey Foundation, grantor of the $500,000 award; Casey Family Programs and the United States Children’s Bureau in a tiered project that brings together relevant agencies and stakeholders in competitively selected communit
Chicago—Prevent Child Abuse America (PCA America) announced today that Jennifer Jones (pictured below) will join the organization as its new Chief Strategy Officer, effective February 15. She currently serves as the director of the Change in Mind Institute and the co-director for Safety and Resilience for the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities (which recently announced a merger with the Council on Accreditation).
“Jennifer Jones is a well-respected leader in the areas of brain science, child welfare and child and family well-being, and I’ve had the very good fortune to collaborate with her and the Al
Many of you, like me, had to try to explain to your children the news and troubling images that flashed across our many screens yesterday. We attempted to answer questions and allay fears about safety and freedoms that we take for granted in a democratic society. As if parenting during a global pandemic was not hard enough, parenting during such deeply disturbing events shook many of us to the core.
Our commitment to keeping children safe now includes a partnership with the Doris Duke Fellowship for the Promotion of Child Well-Being, administered by Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago.
After a 47-year career serving children and families, nearly 30 of which have been spent advocating on behalf of Indiana’s children as CEO of The Villages (PCA Indiana), Sharon Pierce is retiring.
