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April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, a time to focus on ways to support families and prevent child abuse now and throughout the year. Visit the 2008 National Child Abuse Prevention Month website at www.childwelfare.gov/preventing/
preventionmonth for resources and strategies on engaging communities and supporting families. The website features Promoting Healthy Families in Your Community: 2008 Resource Packet, a guide for service providers on strengthening families by promoting key protective factors that prevent abuse, which is available at www.childwelfare.gov/preventing/res_packet_2008.
Other online resources you may find useful are:
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Child Maltreatment 2006, which provides national and State-level findings about referrals for maltreatment, substantiated cases, and types of abuse and neglect and shows the extent of child maltreatment in this country
www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/pubs/cm06/index.htm
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), a joint ACF and CDC report on maltreatment of infants younger than 1 year
www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/CMP/child_maltreatment.htm
Thank you for all that you do to protect children and strengthen families. For more information on child abuse prevention, visit our website at www.childwelfare.gov/preventing
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