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This information packet contains resources designed to help communities, organizations, and individuals raise public awareness about the prevention of child abuse and neglect. These materials were originally collected and presented by the Office on Child Abuse and Neglect (OCAN) and the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information, in partnership with Prevent Child Abuse America, for Child Abuse Prevention Month (April) 2003. The packet, now updated for 2004, includes the following: an overview of child abuse prevention (national scope of the problem, what is child abuse, and what is child abuse prevention); what organizations can do (leading your community through the gateway to prevention, and a press kit with information on how to involve the media, how to involve local spokespersons, tips for preparing parent spokespersons, sample talking points, sample press release for child abuse prevention month, a sample broadcast public service announcement solicitation letter, sample radio and television public service announcement, and where to find child abuse data for your State or local community); what individuals can do (building gateways to prevention in your community, prevention month calendar, reporting child abuse, and tips for being a nurturing parent including time out, the power of choice, winning the chore war, sibling rivalry, setting rules and consequences with teens, and what it takes to be a mom or dad); a resource directory containing national organizations with local chapters and national organizations that provide information, training, and technical assistance; and a poster.

Provides an overview of State laws that provide the legal basis for terminating the rights of parents who have been found unfit to parent their children. The circumstances under which the court may find that termination may not serve the child's best interests and under which a parent's rights may be reinstated also are addressed.