April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month
Make meaningful connections with children and families
Protective Factors
- Nurturing and Attachment
- Knowledge of Parenting and Child Development
- Parental Resilience
- Social Connections
- Concrete Supports for Parents
- Social and Emotional Competence of Children
Publications
Find information on preventing child abuse, protecting children from the risk of abuse, and promoting healthy families.
What's New
A special series of short videos from child abuse prevention partnerships that focus on strategies and programs to prevent child maltreatment.
Family Engagement Inventory (FEI)
An interactive tool to showcase how family engagement is implemented across human services.
Presents national data about child abuse and neglect during the federal fiscal year 2013.
Presents the Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention: Exemplary Practices.
Protective Factors for In-Risk Populations
Presents literature on the protective factors for populations served by ACYF.
Protective Factors in Practice
Illustrates how to use the protective factors to support and strengthen families.
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