2020 State Policy Agenda
When communities, policymakers, and resources are invested in prevention strategies, we can begin to envision a world where the negative impacts and outcomes from child maltreatment will be nonexistent. State legislative policies ought to prioritize programs that emphasize the prevention of child abuse and neglect.
PCA America recommends that states prioritize children and families in both their legislative and budgetary decisions in 2020 through strategies that strengthen families and reduce child abuse and neglect. These priority areas represent a select group of strategies, based on the best evidence, to inform the prevention activities in states:
- Implement family-friendly work policies
- Strengthen economic supports to families
- Eliminate the use of corporal punishment in public institutions
- Prevent child sexual abuse
- Expand evidence-based home visiting
- Prioritize primary prevention
