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Public Awareness Tools

Toolkits & Resources

Download resources to guide you in raising awareness for effective child maltreatment prevention strategies with toolkits for the following campaigns: Family Support Awareness Month, Child Abuse Prevention Month, Parent Leadership Month, Prioritizing Child Maltreatment Prevention: A Toolkit for Strengthening North Carolina’s Children and Families, Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment Online Training Promotion Toolkit, and Talking About Prevention Toolkit.

Please contact Kris Demers, Director of Communications and Marketing, at kdemers@preventchildabusenc.org with any questions, to receive support or to request materials.

Child Abuse Prevention Month – April 2023

Visit the Child Abuse Prevention Month page to download our free toolkit access free assets to help your raise awareness of effective child maltreatment prevention strategies, including:

  • Social Media Calendar
  • Social Media Graphics, Cover Photos, Profile Photo, Gifs, and Story Graphics
  • Sample Press Release
  • Sample Talking Points
  • Sample Letter to the Editor
  • Website Banner
  • Newsletter Copy
  • Email Signature
  • Custom resource guides for faith communities, school counselors and early care and education providers
  • and more!
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Family Support Awareness Month – February 2023

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 and build relationships with other family support programs in your community and across the state.

Please fill out the form below to download the Family Support Awareness Month 2023 Communications Toolkit and assets. After clicking the “Download the Toolkit” button the zip file should automatically start to download. You may need to enable pop-ups if the zip file does not download automatically.

Share Your Story! Stories have the power to evoke emotion, be remembered, explain complex topics and move people to take action. We encourage families and program practitioners to tell their stories so we can collectively highlight the positive impact of family support programs in North Carolina!

  • For Families: How did your participation in a home visiting or parenting education program impact you or your family? Share your story in English or in Spanish.
  • For Practitioners: Family support program practitioners, how do family support programs strengthen families in your community? Tell your story in English or in Spanish.

Parent Leadership Month – February 2023

Parents Anonymous, Inc. established National Parent Leadership Month in February 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.

We invite you to join us in recognizing Parent Leadership Month! Please fill out the form below to download the Parent Leadership Month 2023 Toolkit and assets. After clicking the “Download the Toolkit” button the zip file should automatically start to download. You may need to enable pop-ups if the zip file does not download automatically.

DSS Campaign Toolkit: Prioritizing Child Maltreatment Prevention

DSS Prevention Toolkit & Public Awareness Campaign

Prevent Child Abuse NC recently launched a new, statewide public awareness campaign specifically for NC DSS agencies. This public awareness campaign, made possible by NC DHHS, can help DSS agencies prioritize, reframe, and align efforts for child maltreatment prevention. 

Visit the Campaign Toolkit

All DSS employees are encouraged to learn about the new public awareness campaign by watching this recording of our training introducing the campaign and toolkit.

About the Campaign Toolkit:

This public awareness campaign, made possible by NC DHHS, can help DSS agencies prioritize, reframe, and align efforts for child maltreatment prevention across the seven DSS regions. The campaign toolkit includes research-based messaging, information about effective child maltreatment prevention strategies, and materials to help DSS agencies create a shared vision, understanding, and messaging around child maltreatment prevention. All DSS employees are encouraged to review the toolkit and implement it within their agency and communities throughout the year. If you have any questions, please contact PCANC’s Director of Communications and Marketing, Kris Demers by email kdemers@preventchildabusenc.org or by phone: 919.829.8009 ext. 619. 

 

Visit the Campaign Toolkit

Downloadable Tools & Materials:

Other Resources:

Recognizing & Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment Course - Social Media Toolkit

Downloadable files

Kids First License Plates: Driving Prevention Toolkit

Kids First License Plates: Driving Prevention Toolkit & Materials

Toolkit

Flyer

  • English – JPG
  • Spanish – Coming soon!

Postcard

  • English – PDF
  • Spanish – PDF

Brochure

  • English – PDF
  • Spanish – PDF

English Sample Letters

Spanish Sample Letters

Social Media Content

Twitter List of NC CTF Grantees – Follow the NC CTF Grantee Twitter List we created to retweet and engage with tweets from other NC CTF Grantees about #KidsFirst.

Talking About Prevention Toolkit

The FrameWorks Institute Beginners Guide to Strategic Frame Analysis Course

Tools & Resources to talk about Prevention

For the User

For the Trainer

More about how to talk about prevention

Web-based Resource Centers
  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 

Contact

For more information, technical assistance or to request pre-printed materials or eps files, please contact Kris Demers, Director of Communications and Marketing, at 919-829-8009, ext. 619 or kdemers@preventchildabusenc.org.

Free Online Trainings

Take our free, online trainings: Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment and What is Prevention!

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Drive Prevention

Purchase your Kids First specialty license plate to drive prevention on the roads and help children thrive!

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Become a Connections Matter Trainer

Bring the Connections Matter training to your community! Apply now to become a trainer!

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