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Funding Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Programs
Public and private grant funds provide the major portion of most prevention programs' budgets. This section lists some basic information, tools, and resources to help programs identify and access these funding sources. Resources include State and local examples.
Blending and Braiding Funds To Support Early Care and Education Initiatives (PDF - 1500 KB)
Flynn & Hayes (2003)
Presents financing strategies that State and local policymakers, community leaders, and program coordinators can employ to align, coordinate, and integrate discrete, categorical funding streams for early childhood programs.
A Case for Braided Prevention Research and Service Funding (PDF - 136 KB)
Society for Prevention Research (2004)
Explains why and how collaborative funding among research institutes and preventive services organizations can advance both knowledge regarding effective preventive interventions and the provision of evidence-based preventive services at a broader scale.
Communicating Program Value of Family Life and Parenting Education Programs to Decision Makers
DeBord
Journal of Extension, 43(2), 2005
Discusses the use of longitudinal data to support family life and parenting education programming and provides two examples of ways to convey program value.
Funding the Work: Community Efforts to End Domestic Violence and Child Abuse (PDF - 144 KB)
Trujillo & Test (2003)
Describes sources of funding for community programs to prevent the co-occurring problems of domestic violence and child abuse, including grants through Federal, State, and local governments and private organizations.
Leveraged Funding for CBCAP Grantees: Fact Sheet (PDF - 41 KB)
FRIENDS National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (2006)
Lists sources of leveraged funds, describes fundraising strategies, and provides examples of States' efforts to leverage funds.
Proactive Funding Strategies for Home Visitation: A Resource for Counties (PDF - 882 KB)
Galbraith (2004)
Provides long-term funding strategies for home visitation programs, including information on identifying Federal, State, and county funding sources.
Spending Smarter: A Funding Guide for Policymakers and Advocates to Promote Social and Emotional Health and School Readiness
Johnson & Knitzer (2005)
Helps legislators, agency officials, families, and other advocates improve their fiscal planning processes and maximize the effects of funding streams to build a system of supports and services for young children and their families.
Time for Reform: Investing in Prevention: Keeping Children Safe at Home (PDF - 475 KB)
Kids Are Waiting (2007)
Highlights prevention and reunification programs that have shown promising results and describes Federal legislative efforts to support these practices. The report recommends changes to the child welfare financing structure that could improve States' ability to provide services most likely to help children and families stay together.
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State and local examples
The Role of Philanthropy in Child Maltreatment Prevention Efforts (PDF - 90 KB)
Mabry
North Carolina Medical Journal, 66(5), 2005
Presents guiding principles for effective funding of child abuse prevention programs and describes an initiative funded by an endowment in North Carolina.
Smart Cuts or Dumb Cuts: Family Support Programs in Tight Budget Times (PDF - 236 KB)
Foundation Consortium for California's Children and Youth
What Works Policy Brief, 6, 2003
Presents financing strategies implemented by family support programs in California in response to a State budget crisis, including efforts to partner with other community organizations and identify a variety of dedicated funding mechanisms.
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