“Every April, we raise awareness about child abuse prevention. We wear blue. We post statistics. We urge people to “see something, say something.” But most of what we call prevention still begins after a family is already in crisis. There are cases where children are experiencing real and serious harm, and investigation is both necessary and
“Few words appear more frequently in discussions of child welfare today than ‘upstream.’ The term is pregnant with meaning, and anyone who cares deeply about our society’s most vulnerable children would do well to give it full attention. Upstream thinking invites us to consider the tragic dilemma that lies at the heart of child-protection efforts — namely
“Why does child abuse happen? A new public service announcement says most people think it’s a ‘bad parent problem,’ but the ad suggests ‘the root causes may be different than you think.’ This message from Prevent Child Abuse America goes on to explain that child abuse is the result of families’ lack of financial resources — a
“Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wisc.) has been trying to separate poverty from neglect in federal policy for awhile now. She is trying again this year: Moore has re-introduced the Family Poverty is Not Child Neglect Act, a bill she first offered up in 2018 to revise the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, or CAPTA. States
