"Each profession has held a different piece of the puzzle making up a child’s life, but no discipline could see the complete picture. As a result, children have fallen through the cracks.”
Eric H. Holder, Jr.,
Attorney General of the United
States
The
Safe Start Center
Children
Exposed to Violence Evidence Based Database
The
National Child Traumatic Stress Network
American
Psychological Association
Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: Youth Violence
Publications
Tips for
Talking to Children and Youth After Traumatic Events: A Guide for
Parents and Educators
Futures
Without Violence
National Institute
of Mental Health
Children and Violence
Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters: What Rescue Workers Can Do
Big
Brothers Big Sisters of America
If you're a victim of violence in your home, and
want HELP right away, call or visit:
National Domestic
Violence Hotline 800/799-SAFE 800/787-3224 (TTY)
National Child
Abuse Hotline 800/4-A-CHILD 800/2-A-CHILD (TTY)
Tips
for Agencies and Staff Working with Youth (PDF)
Tips
for Agencies Working With Immigrant Families (PDF)
Tips
for Child Welfare Staff (PDF)
Tips for Domestic
Violence and Homeless Shelters (PDF)
Tips for
Early Childhood Providers (PDF)
Tips for Engaging
Men and Fathers (PDF)
Tips for Parents
and Other Caregivers (PDF)
Tips for Teachers (PDF)
Safe
Start Center Online Toolkits and Guides
Greenbook Initiative’s tools
and resources to assist communities with the overlap of domestic
violence and child maltreatment.
Child
Development-Community Policing Program