Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina

Prevention Programs- Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina supported over 50 agencies across North Carolina that implement Circle of Parents, The Incredible Years, and/or the Strengthening Families Program, continued supporting local communities in child abuse prevention planning, and supported Local Implementing Agencies (LIAs) for Triple P. These key child abuse prevention programs teach strategies for handling challenges, understanding developmental milestones, and provide opportunities for parents to connect with one another for support. We know that effective implementation of these programs is crucial to ensuring parent support programs achieve intended results and has critical social, economic, and public health implications for our state. Research shows that programs are most effective when providers receive regular, on-going support.

Training & Professional Development - Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina provides training, consultation, and professional network opportunities statewide. This year we trained over 100 professionals in the Strengthening Families Protective Factors Framework and hosted over 10 webinars exclusively for Prevention Action Network members. Training includes online self-guided tools with built-in knowledge assessments, pre-service program training, parent support and leadership development, ongoing child maltreatment prevention webinars, and fatherhood engagement."

Partnership Engagement, Education, Awareness & Advocacy - Statewide public information and community awareness campaigns are designed to help individuals and communities understand the importance of healthy childhood growth and development and the ways individuals and organizations can prevent child abuse and neglect from ever happening. Toolkits, awareness campaigns, parenting brochures, statistics and research, and skill building tips are provided to organizations and individuals all 100 counties across the state. Information is provided to all interested citizens in regard to accessing parenting support in local communities, training on the Protective Factors is provided and we provide free web-based training on how to recognize and respond to child maltreatment. We work in coalition to build support for economic supports for families at the federal, state, and local levels including supporting Paid Family Leave with the Think Babies Coalition. This year over 400 individuals participated in our Statewide Virtual Policy Institutes.