The Building Community, Building Hope film series was developed to support the theme of the 20th National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect and has evolved over the years. It highlights innovative programs working to prevent and respond to child maltreatment by engaging parents and communities. The partnerships shown in the videos serve as examples of how to ensure the safety and well-being of children and families.

• Relationships Matter: Strengthening and Supporting Families
• Dad’s Rock: Xavier’s Story – Becoming a Role Model
• Dads Rock - Getting Real with Fathers
• Dads Rock Engaging Fathers - Seeing Their Strengths
• Dads Rock! Nurturing Father Engagement
• An Unlikely Partnership: Strengthening Families Touched by Incarceration
• Building Community, Building Hope: Magnolia Community Initiative
• Building Community, Building Hope: Fostering Hope Initiative
• Building Community, Building Hope: Partners United for Supportive Housing
• Building Community, Building Hope

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Relationships Matter: Strengthening and Supporting Families [Video]
National Child Abuse and Neglect Technical Assistance and Strategic Dissemination Center, Children’s Bureau (2020)
Highlights innovative programs working to prevent and respond to child maltreatment by engaging parents and communities and forming the partnerships needed to ensure the safety and well-being of all children and families.

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Dad’s Rock: Xavier’s Story – Becoming a Role Model [Video]
National Child Abuse and Neglect Technical Assistance and Strategic Dissemination Center, Children’s Bureau (2020)
Highlights the importance of fatherhood engagement, through the Nurturing Parenting Program, for at-risk school-aged boys. This film is part of the BCBH series. 

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Dads Rock - Getting Real with Fathers [Video]
National Child Abuse and Neglect Technical Assistance and Strategic Dissemination Center, Children’s Bureau (2020)
Highlights the importance of engaging fathers through the Nurturing Parenting Program. The Nurturing Parent Program a family-centered trauma-informed initiative designed to build nurturing parenting skills as an alternative to abusive and neglecting parenting and child-rearing practices. This film is part of the BCBH series.

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Dads Rock Engaging Fathers - Seeing Their Strengths [Video]
National Child Abuse and Neglect Technical Assistance and Strategic Dissemination Center, Children’s Bureau (2020)
Highlights the importance of agencies and service providers being strength-based in their assessment of and engagement with fathers. This film is part of the BCBH series.

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Dads Rock! Nurturing Father Engagement [Video]
National Child Abuse and Neglect Technical Assistance and Strategic Dissemination Center, Children’s Bureau (2017)
Highlights the work of the Children's Trust of Massachusetts Fatherhood Initiative by providing a look at home visiting with dads, father support groups, and professional men's family service providers' groups to provide insights into working differently with dads and addressing existing biases. This film is part of the BCBH series.

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Building Community, Building Hope: Magnolia Community Initiative [Video]
National Child Abuse and Neglect Technical Assistance and Strategic Dissemination Center, Children’s Bureau (2016)
Tells the story of one of the programs featured in the film Building Community, Building Hope, the Magnolia Community Initiative in Los Angeles, California. Leaders explain the Magnolia Community Initiative’s goals and practices, and shows partners working together as part of a learning community, using data and creating ‘micro experiments’ to improve community outcomes.

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Building Community, Building Hope: Fostering Hope Initiative [Video]
National Child Abuse and Neglect Technical Assistance and Strategic Dissemination Center, Children’s Bureau (2016)
Presents the Fostering Hope Initiative in central Oregon, a neighborhood-based collective impact initiative. It is designed to promote the positive development of children, strengthen families, and build community by mobilizing natural neighborhood supports and building an integrated system of community support and services. 

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Building Community, Building Hope: Partners United for Supportive Housing [Video]
National Child Abuse and Neglect Technical Assistance and Strategic Dissemination Center, Children’s Bureau (2016)
Tells the story of Partners United for Supportive Housing (PUSH-CR) in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a special program designed for families in the child welfare system who are facing homelessness or a housing crisis. It is one of five national supportive housing projects funded by Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (Children’s Bureau).

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Building Community, Building Hope [Video]
National Child Abuse and Neglect Technical Assistance and Strategic Dissemination Center, Children’s Bureau (2015)
Highlights three innovative programs working to prevent and respond to child maltreatment by engaging parents and communities and forming the partnerships needed to ensure the safety and well-being of all children and families.

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