Resource Guide
Reserve Your Copy of the 2023/2024 Prevention Resource Guide!
Thank you for your interest in the 2023/2024 Prevention Resource Guide. Customers can preorder up to 10 guides. Orders can be placed from February 20 to April 30, 2023. Preorders will be shipped via United Parcel Service (UPS) in May 2023. Please note, UPS cannot deliver to post office boxes. We cannot accept international or military overseas orders.
Questions about preorders for the 2023/2024 Resource Guide can be directed to Information Support at info@childwelfare.gov or 1.800.394.3366.
What's Inside?
Enhanced Content
Showcases how families, neighborhoods, communities, and States are successfully using the protective factors to protect children, strengthen families, and promote well-being.
More Examples
Includes new examples from the Children’s Bureau’s Federal partners, funded programs, such as Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP) State Lead Agencies, and other organizations that focus on strengthening families to prevent child maltreatment.
Conversation Guides
Engages parents and caregivers in personalized conversations with service providers about the protective factors and how parents can care for their children and themselves to create strong families. Available in English and Spanish.
Table of Contents
Note: The 2023/2024 Prevention Resource Guide chapters will become available when the guide is released in May 2023, however, the Conversation Guides remain accessible.
Chapter 1
Laying the Foundation
Chapter 2
Creating a More Supportive Society For All Families
Chapter 3
Building Proactive Child and Family Well-Being Systems
Chapter 4
Aligning Organizations for Family Resilience and Healing
Chapter 5
Embracing Community and the Wisdom of Families With Lived Expertise
Chapter 6
Protective Factors Conversation Guides for Partnering With Families
English (PDF - 554 KB) Spanish (PDF - 399 KB)Chapter 7
Partners and Resources
Looking for previous Resource Guides?
Check out our Protective Factors Toolkit for Activity Calendars, Protective Factors in Practice Vignettes, Tip Sheets, and past Resource Guides on the Information Gateway website.
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The Children's Bureau, within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, funds the National Child Abuse Prevention Month initiative each April on the Child Welfare Information Gateway.
