Proclamation
Presentation of proclamation to SF Human Services Commission to declare April, Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Presentation of proclamation to SF Human Services Commission to declare April, Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Support local businesses and child abuse prevention at the same time. Local businesses are taking a stand to make child abuse prevention a priority in our community. Join them by dining, shopping and sipping with them all through April.
Join the Walk With Me Walk-A-Thon to help prevent child abuse and neglect! Every mile you walk (or run, hike, bike, etc.) will honor the victims of child abuse in our community and every dollar you raise will immediately be put to use protecting vulnerable children in our community.
In honor of Child Abuse Prevention Month, Safe & Sound embellished a tree with pinwheels that pledge to join us in preventing and reducing the impact of childhood abuse, neglect and trauma.
All are invited to write their names or initials on a pinwheel pledging to join us in the mission. Stop by the Waller or Bayview office at San Francisco to sign your name on the pinwheel.
Join us at this FREE family fun event where there will be many resources for parents and families, activities and games for children, entertainment, food and so much more. Get ready for a day of fun, festivity and family!
In honor of Child Abuse Awareness Month, San Francisco will light up the dome at City Hall blue.
Presentation of proclamation to Child Abuse Prevention Council to declare April, Child Abuse Prevention Month
The Office of Child Abuse Prevention, in collaboration with the Child Abuse Prevention Center of Sacramento and Casey Family Programs, brings an opportunity to further explore the paradigm shift from mandated reporting to community supporting as a model for being responsive to the needs of children, families, communities, and Tribes. An overview from Safe and Sound of the issue brief “Creating a Child & Family Well-Being System: A Paradigm Shift from Mandated Reporting to Community Supporting”.
Participants will explore all 5 Protective Factors and learn about the seven program strategies that keep children safe and families strong. Participants will have the opportunity to draw from their own personal and professional experiences to enhance and deepen their engagement with families.
Supporting month of the Military Child, Autism Awareness, Child Abuse Prevention Month, & SAPR Awareness month.
Pinwheel Garden in memory of Vacaville children who lost their lives through acts of child abuse and other preventable forms of violence.
650 Merchant Street. Vacaville, CA 95688
Grab something BLUE and wear it on April 7 to bring awareness to child abuse and to support prevention efforts in Alameda County. Post on your favorite social media and #wearblue4kids!
The Child Abuse Prevention Council and Children and Family Services invite you to learn about the signs of child abuse and neglect, reporting requirements, county trends, and get a glimpse into the next steps children and family follows once a report is made.
Over the course of a year, leaders from across the country came together for the Aspen Two-Generation Prenatal to Three Learning and Action Community (2GP3 LAC). Today, you will hear key findings from their work and explore lessons for truly centering prevention and upstream solutions in systems of care for families.
Participants will explore what it really means to “Take Care of Yourself” from a Protective Factors perspective. We will explore how Resilience, Positive Social Connections, and Concrete Supports in Times of Need helps parents/caregivers reduce stress which keeps children safe and families strong.
After a thorough discussion of the real-world impacts of moving from mandated reporting to community supporting, explore the data and disproportionality outcomes associated with mandated reporting.
Strong Families Alliance encourages Alameda County families to grab some chalk, head outside and create art and messages for child abuse prevention month.
Connecting with your children through play is a wonderful way to show them care and security. Grab some sidewalk chalk and draw, write, and play! Snap pictures and tag the Strong Families Alliance of Alameda County across your social media accounts!
Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors recognition of National Child Abuse Prevention Month.
This session brings an exciting opportunity to engage with local county child welfare and other child- and family-serving professionals who are implementing innovative practices to support families, reduce referrals to Child Welfare, and prevent entries into foster care.
Join us for an important training with Dr. Jessica Price that will focus on how leaders from child and family serving organizations can work to understand and mitigate the problems of racism, marginalization, and injustice in our systems of care. Dr. Pryce makes a compelling argument that for leaders to change systems, they must practice looking inward. She implores child welfare leaders, community partners, parents, foster parents, and educators to identify their own personal philosophies, mindsets and values and how shifting those towards anti-racism will lead to true systemic change. She includes a discussion on evolutionary versus revolutionary efforts and offers strategies that lead to profound revolutionary change.
The Auxiliary for the Child Abuse Prevention Council of Contra Costa County (ACAPC) invites you to join us for “Tea with CAPC”; our 16th Annual Silent Auction and Luncheon to benefit the Child Abuse Prevention Council of Contra Costa County (CAPC). Join us in helping protect the bright futures of so many children in Contra Costa County!
Four 90 minute workshops: Prevention Lessons – Strengthening Children, Families, and Communities; Medical Intervention, Current & Future; Child Welfare; Criminal Enforcement
UnPeeled, hosted by Bananas and sponsored by Strong Families Alliance of Alameda County, returns to magical Fairyland in Oakland on Saturday, April 22, 2023 from 10 :00 am – 1:00 pm.
This is a FREE event for the children and their caregivers, with LIVE shows from local performers. This is a great opportunity to let your little one tap into their creative side to sing along, dance and explore! Be sure to RSVP using the link and upon arrival, check in at the Bananas table.
This webinar will discuss new trauma-informed practice for reporting on family strengths when making child abuse reports. The training will benefit those who provide direct services to children and families.
Join the Court Appointed Special Advocates of Solano County by lighting a candle to commemorate the thousand of abused and neglected children and the many agencies and volunteers who bring hope back to them.
This Child Abuse Prevention Month webinar series will end by providing the perspectives of partners across the child and family well-being network to understand what it will take to get to a community supporting model. Support for families at the community level takes a collective and cross-system approach that goes beyond child welfare and includes an array of professionals and community organizations and members to take part in preventing families from entering the child welfare system.
A virtual Lunch & Learn titled Focusing Upstream: The Role of Communities in Keeping Families Together will present compelling data, share lived experience and engage in a dialogue of how to create communities that strengthen families so they can strive together.
Participants will explore the last two Protective Factors in the series. Knowledge of Parenting and Child Development and The Social and Emotional Competence of Children. Participants will also have the opportunity to begin drafting a plan to build Protective Factors with families by introducing small but significant changes in their everyday work with families, because even seemingly mundane and routine interactions are opportunities to enhance relationships and build protective factors.
Four 90 minute workshops: Prevention Lessons – Strengthening Children, Families, and Communities; Medical Intervention, Current & Future; Child Welfare; Criminal Enforcement
Children’s Memorial Flag Day is recognized by the Child Welfare League of America, on the fourth Friday of April each year. This annual ceremony is to honor the memory of children who have been lost through acts of child abuse and other preventable forms of violence in our county and across the United States.
Reading! Hula! Art! Food! FREE and in-person Family Story Time on 4/28/23, 3:30-4:30pm at Oakland Public Library’s main branch (125 14th St. Oakland). Open to parents/caregivers and their children.
A celebration every day of children, families, and reading that culminates yearly on April. The celebration emphasizes the importance of literacy for children of all linguistic and cultural backgrounds.Join us for an author talk and book signing with Newbery Medal–winning and New York Times bestselling author Matt de la Peña.