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 of Family Support programs like Home Visiting and Parenting Education. Family Support programs have proven long-term positive outcomes for families and children who receive services, bolstering protective factors for parents and caregivers and reducing the chance that children experience abuse and neglect. Home Visiting programs across the country have proven to have a positive impact on families and improve birth outcomes. These programs, such as Healthy Families America, Nurse-Family Partnership and Family Connects International,...
By Sharon Hirsch, Prevent Child Abuse NC President & CEO Posted: February 14, 2023 Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina (PCANC) celebrates the passage of The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA). When pregnant workers don’t have accommodations, it can lead to economic stress and poor maternal and child health, which are all risk factors for child maltreatment. Many of these stressors are now avoidable thanks to the PWFA, helping to prevent the long-term effects of child abuse and neglect from impacting children, their family and our society. When parents are provided with support – beginning in pregnancy – they are 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 and leading our Prevention Action Network (PAN). Taylor has worked with children and families in a variety of different environments, including Easter Seals, with The Ronald McDonald House, in nursing homes helping the elderly population and their families, and more. Her experience has always weighed heavily on the importance of relationship building and taking time to connect with people. Whether it be through the PAN, Community Prevention Action Plans (CPAPs), Protective Factors Trainings or other...
Posted: January 9, 2023 By Sharon Hirsch, Prevent Child Abuse NC President & CEO At Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina (PCANC), we work to prevent the long-term effects of child maltreatment from ever occurring – because child abuse and neglect is 100% preventable and solvable! We do this by ensuring all communities have the knowledge, support and resources to prevent child abuse and neglect through trainings, advocacy efforts, implementation support and public awareness. Read this blog for some updates and changes to our dedicated statewide team of prevention experts. 2022 was a year of big change for PCANC with a staff...
Posted: December 22, 2022 By Sharon Hirsch, Prevent Child Abuse NC President & CEO This time of year, we often gaze upon our children’s eyes to see them lighting up with wonder and delight at the twinkling lights, the gifts waiting to be opened, and the stories of traditions being shared. Yet, I wonder, are we lighting up, too, when they see the magic of the season in our children’s eyes? Can our kids tell from our reactions that they are treasured and loved? Don’t you find it amazing when you see and hear messages being reinforced about a topic...
