2018 Prevention Resource Guide
The 2018 Prevention Resource Guide was designed to support service providers as they work with families to promote child well-being and prevent child maltreatment. It focuses on protective factors that build on family strengths to foster healthy child and youth development. This Resource Guide is a joint product of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Children’s Bureau, its Child Welfare Information Gateway, and the FRIENDS National Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention.
Download or order your free copy of the 2018 Prevention Resource Guide today!
The guide gives service providers strategies to strengthen families by promoting key protective factors that prevent child abuse and neglect. Here’s what’s new in the 2018 Resource Guide:
- Chapter 1: Strengthening Individuals, Families, and Communities—Capacity Building Center for States’ Protective Capacities and Protective Factors: Common Ground for Protecting Children and Strengthening Families infographic
- Chapter 2: Working With Families Using the Protective Factors—Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP) State Examples of Working With Families Using Protective Factors
- Chapter 4: Protecting Children—Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Community Examples
- Updated child maltreatment statistics
The guide also includes dozens of tip sheets—available in English and Spanish—you can share with parents and caregivers, including Finding Housing Help for Your Family and Preparing Your Family for an Emergency (available online only).