Are you aware that April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month?
At Wynona’s House every month we work to eliminate is child abuse.
The team at Wynona’s House, the Essex County Child Advocacy Center, is dedicated to responding to and preventing child abuse, while promoting healthy families. With the input of Prevent Child Abuse New Jersey, we invite you to use the tips and tools to help you to understand your children as they grow while strengthening your role as a parent.
Click here to get 2008 Community Resource Packet.
The packet contains resources to promote community awareness of five important protective factors that can help families protect children from the risk of child abuse and neglect, including tip sheets for parents in English and Spanish. These resources were developed with input from numerous national organizations, Federal partners, and parents committed to promoting healthy families.
To obtain Promoting Healthy Families Resource Packet, please visit the Prevent Child Abuse website: http://www.preventchildabuse.org/publications/cap/index.shtml
On behalf of Wynona’s House Board of Directors, the Essex County Prosecutors Office, the Division of Youth and Family Services, and the Metro-Regional Diagnostic Center at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, we wish you and your family a safe and healthy month of April !
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