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April is Child Abuse Prevention Month! We all have a stake in nurturing positive childhoods. Download the toolkit and learn how you can get involved! 

Let’s Make Prevention a Priority.

Advocating for prevention. Building community capacity. Raising awareness. Prevent Child Abuse NC ensures that prevention is a priority in North Carolina and that all communities have the knowledge, skills, and resources to prevent child abuse and neglect at the local level.

Online Trainings

We encourage all NC citizens and professionals can take our free, online trainings: What is Prevention? and Recognizing & Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment. 

Prevention Action Network

An affiliation of agencies and individuals invested in developing strong families, supportive communities and improved outcomes for NC’s children.

Learning & Leadership Summit

Join us for the Virtual 2023 Learning and Leadership Summit designed to help us all support and strengthen families and activate support for effective prevention practice. 

Connections Matter NC

By building supportive, resilient communities, we’re creating strong foundations for healthy brain development. 

Latest News

Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina Presents Donna Stone Memorial Award Morrisville, N.C. (March 28, 2023) — Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina (PCANC) announced on March... read more
Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina Presents Sonia de la Cruz with Parent Leadership Award Morrisville, N.C. (March 28, 2023) — Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina... read more
March 6, 2023  Morrisville, North Carolina – Prevent Child Abuse NC has been named a Family Forward NC Certified Employer by the North Carolina Early... read more

From The Blog

By Elizabeth Fowler, Prevent Child Abuse NC Communications Associate Published February 27, 2023  February is Family Support Awareness Month, a time to recognize the importance... read more
By Sharon Hirsch, Prevent Child Abuse NC President & CEO Posted: February 14, 2023 Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina (PCANC) celebrates the passage of The... read more
Meet Taylor McDonald! Taylor is Prevent Child Abuse NC's (PCANC) Senior Partnership Engagement Manager and has been with the agency since 2018 serving various roles... read more