This document was printed from the website of the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC), which you can access at http://www.cachildwelfareclearinghouse.org/
This document was printed from the website of the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC), which you can access at http://www.cachildwelfareclearinghouse.org/
Type of Maltreatment: Not specified
Target Population: All families with young children; families under stress
Brief Description:
The Strengthening Families through Early Care and Education initiative has been rated by the CEBC in the area of Prevention (Secondary). The Strengthening Families initiative is a research-based, cost-effective strategy to prevent child abuse and neglect by strengthening and supporting families. This initiative, which has been implemented in over 30 states, helps early childhood centers work with families to build five protective factors shown by research to correlate with child abuse and neglect prevention: Parental resilience, parental social connections, parental knowledge of parenting and child development, concrete parental support in times of need, and healthy social and emotional child development.
Contact name: Nilofer Ahsan, MPP
Affiliation/Agency: Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP)
Email: nilofer.ahsan@cssp.org
Phone: 847-491-6368
Fax: 847-556-6043
Website: http://www.cssp.org
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