Public Awareness Tools

Family Support Awareness Month

• February 2021 was the 1st Parenting Education Awareness Month in NC. There was a slight change to the name for 2022 to be more inclusive of the broad range of family support programs across North Carolina.
• Family Support Awareness Month is an opportunity to:
  • Share the work of family support programs in your community
  • Advocate for increased investment in family support programs
  • Build relationships with other family support programs in your community and
    across the state

Family Support Awareness Month Toolkit

• Family Support Awareness Month 2022 Toolkit – English
• Family Support Awareness Month 2022 Toolkit – Spanish 

Submit a Proclamation Toolkit

• Submit a Proclamation Toolkit – English
• Submit a Proclamation Toolkit – Spanish

For More Information

If you have any questions or need assistance with the public awareness toolkit, please contact Melea Rose-Waters, Policy Director, at mrosewaters@preventchildabusenc.org.

Parent Leadership

• National Parent Leadership Month is celebrated every February. Parents Anonymous, Inc. established the month to recognize the important role parents play in their communities.
• Parent leaders represent the “parent voice” and are strong advocates for all families in their community. They provide input into family support program and community decisions and serve as role models and resources for other parents; thereby enhancing factors proven to prevent abuse and neglect.
• Empowering parents to take leadership roles in their communities not only strengthens the individual parent and his or her family, it also improves outcomes for all children. Research shows that health, education, and family support organizations achieve more positive results and use resources more effectively when they partner with parents.
• We invite you to join us in recognizing Parent Leadership Month, and have created the following materials to help you with your public awareness efforts.

Parent Leadership Month Public Awareness Toolkit

• Parent Leadership Certificate from Circle of Parents
• Parent Leadership Month Talking Points
• Parent Leadership Month FAQs
• 29 Ways to Recognize Parent Leadership Month
• Parent Leadership Month Proclamation Template
• Letter Template Inviting Businesses and Other Organizations to Join You in Recognizing Parent Leaders
• Parent Leadership Month Sample Social Media Posts

• For More Information

• If you have any questions or need assistance with the public awareness toolkit, please contact Kris Demers, Communications Manager, at kdemers@preventchildabusenc.org.
• For more information about Parent Leadership Month, visit Parents Anonymous, Inc.

Visit the Child Abuse Prevention Month Toolkit with assets to help your raise awareness of effective child maltreatment prevention strategies, including:

• Sample Social Media Posts
• Social Media Graphics
• Sample Press Release
• Sample Talking Points
• and more!

Downloadable files

• Recognizing & Responding Course Advocacy Toolkit – PDF
• Social Media Images – (Dropbox)

The FrameWorks Institute Beginners Guide to Strategic Frame Analysis Course

Tools & Resources to talk about Prevention

For the User

• Do’s and Don’ts of Framing
  Core Story
  Talking Points
  Core Handouts
  The Seven Stages of FrameWorks
  Reframing 101 Webinar
  

For the Trainer

• Core Handouts
• The Seven Stages of FrameWorks
  Tough Questions for Presenters
  Five Tips for Effective Presentations

More about how to talk about prevention

• Do’s and Don’ts of Framing
• The FrameWorks’ Strategic Frame Analysis
• The Swamp of Early Child Development

1. Protective Factors 
2. NC’s Safe Surrender Law
3. The impact of child abuse and neglect 
4. Parent leadership 
5. NC Children’s Trust Fund and Kids First License Plate 
6. Fatherhood Resource Center
7. Child maltreatment data and statistics 
8. Effective family-strengthening programs and implementation support 
9. Recognizing and responding to child maltreatment 
10. Child sexual abuse prevention 
11. Free, online, self-guided Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment Course available in English and Spanish
12. Free, online, self-guided What is Prevention? Course available at no cost to all NC citizens
13. Topic- and audience-specific webinars and trainings