National Child Abuse Prevention Month
Ending Generational Hurt…. Now!
Written by Case Manager, Antole T.
During the month of April and throughout the year, communities are encouraged to increase awareness and provide education and support to families through resources and strategies to prevent child abuse and neglect. Abuse and neglect take a long-term physical and emotional toll on individual children, their families, and the communities in which they live. It costs more than $128 billion each year. In 2018, there were more than 700,000 confirmed victims of child abuse and neglect in the United States.
Hundreds, even thousands, of American children’s lives can be saved each year by protecting those at highest risk for death due to abuse and neglect. By many measures, our communities suffer from the exponential growth of traumatized children impacting our schools, public health, and public safety. The economic impact of generational child abuse and the ever-increasing numbers of mothers without parenting skills, children with serious mental health problems, and inadequate coping skills is making America poorer and more dangerous.
Chambliss Center for Children, along with other local organizations, are continuing the prevention work by informing, teaching, and training the families within our community.
The video linked below shares how Chambliss Center for Children is an ongoing gateway to ending the fight against child abuse by providing keys resources that help install safe relationships for our children and foster families within our community.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfHOJe-KVmk
For additional resources and trainings, visit our website, www.chamblisscenter.org, and www.cachc.org.