Glamsquad magazine april-may 2022

FEATURE
- What You Need to Know
National Child Abuse Prevention
Month recognizes the importance
of families and communities
working together to strengthen
families to prevent child abuse and neglect.
Through this collaboration, prevention
services and supports help protect children
and produce thriving families.
April is National Child Abuse Prevention
Month (CAP Month), a national campaign
with a focus on local-level advocacy
through statewide initiatives.
What is Child Abuse Prevention Month?
Many innovative strategies are employed
to promote National Child Abuse Prevention
Month. Events and activities have included
everything from kid’s art contests to
coordinated visits to state legislators and days
of prayer.
Many of our PCA America state
chapters have created guides
with suggestions to help with social
media campaigns, creating
community programs, and much
more.
This year’s national campaign
theme is “Every day, we help
positive childhood experience take
root!” We encourage our chapters,
affiliates, and stakeholders to use a
garden metaphor to reinforce this
message. Here are some talking
points to use as examples:
• Children are locally grown.
We work together to cultivate
relationships, connections, and
environments that help every child
thrive.
• We harvest what we
sow. We plant seeds of support
for all children to yield healthier
adults with abundant futures.
• Work is rooted in
science. We know positive
childhood experiences in
nurturing environments provide
fertile ground for physical and
mental health, learning, and
social skills to flourish. We
unearth the possibilities.
• We focus on innovation
every day to give every child
what they need and to build
bountiful, safe communities.
• Planning and purpose
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