Child Abuse Prevention Month
This is the national month dedicated to raising awareness and preventing child abuse.
What is April?
This state-funded initiative focuses on early childhood and strengthening families to prevent child abuse and neglect.
What is HOPES (Healthy Outcomes through Prevention & Early Support)?
This local campaign features decorated cutouts placed around the community to represent children who have suffered abuse or neglect.
What is Cardboard Kids?
This framework, developed to strengthen families and reduce the risk of child abuse, focuses on five key areas of support
What is the Protective Factors Framework?
All states have laws requiring certain professionals, like teachers and doctors, to report suspected child abuse. These individuals are called this.
What are mandatory reporters?
This national awareness day, held on the first Friday in April, encourages people to wear this color to show support for child abuse prevention.
What is blue?
What UWSA impact council helps ensure children are ready for school and life?
What is Ready Children?
This local agency utilizes a multidisciplinary, trauma-informed approach to help children and their families recover and navigate the legal process when abuse has occurred.
What is ChildSafe?
This protective factors helps caregivers manage stress, cope with challenges, and recover from difficult situations.
This state department oversees child protective services in Texas.
What is DFPS (Texas Department of Family & Protective Services)?
The national symbol for child abuse prevention, this object represents a happy and safe childhood.
What is a pinwheel?
The ReadykidSA coalition works to bolster the early childhood system so that children are these 3 things.
This organization trains and supports volunteers to advocate for children who have experienced abuse and neglect. Volunteers ensure the child's interests are represented in legal proceedings.
What is CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates)?
Providing parents with access to food, housing, and medical care helps build this protective factor.
What is concrete supports?
In Texas, anyone who suspects child abuse is required by law to report it within this timeframe.
What is immediately, but no later than 48 hours?
This day is an annual event where churches pray for the victims of child abuse and those who care for them.
These are 2 of the 9 HOPES partners providing family support services throughout Bexar County.
What are Any Baby Can, Catholic Charities, Family Service, DePelchin, Center for Healthcare Services, The Children's Shelter, Respite Care, Empower House, and KLRN?
What are CASA and Guardians of the Children?
Strong relationships with friends, family, and neighbors contribute to this protective factor by providing emotional and practical support.
What are social connections?
This legal protection allows individuals to report suspected child abuse in good faith without fear of retaliation.
What are Good Samaritan Laws?
This organization leads the national effort to raise awareness and prevent child abuse.
What is Prevent Child Abuse America?
This RCIC Indicator # tracks the number of confirmed victims of child abuse or neglect per 1,000 children
What is Indicator 2.1 (new) / 1.1 (previously)?
This program offered by several San Antonio agencies provides parents with strategies to manage challenging behaviors and build positive relationships with their children to reduce the risk of abuse.
What is Triple P (Positive Parenting Program)?
Teaching parents about child development and positive discipline techniques supports this protective factor.
What is knowledge of parenting and child development?
This federal law, passed in 1974, was the first major legislation aimed at preventing child abuse and providing funding for child protection services.
What is CAPTA (Child Abuse Prevention & Treatment Act)?