Child Abuse Prevention Month

Help Us Celebrate Child Abuse Prevention Month!

Individuals and communities throughout Tennessee are gearing up for Child Abuse Prevention Month, which is recognized throughout the month of April each year.  Child Abuse Prevention Month promotes the message that strong families and strong communities can help prevent child abuse and neglect before it even happens because we all play a part in strengthening [...]

March 28, 2011 2 comments CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Linking families to service opportunities

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April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, and we are continuing to talk about the five  “protective factors” that we know are effective to preventing abuse and neglect from happening.  When families and communities have these five things, families are healthy and safer. Often, child neglect can be a consequence of family crisis, a parental condition [...]

March 21, 2011 0 comments CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Responding to Family Crises

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April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, and we are continuing to talk about the five  “protective factors” that we know are effective to preventing abuse and neglect from happening. When families and communities have these five things, families are healthy and safer.  When families experience crisis, it is important that families can get connected to [...]

March 17, 2011 0 comments CONTINUE READING THIS POST →