Prevention
Prevention strategies can reduce the harm of substance use and mental disorders while also decreasing the risk of maltreatment. The following resources help build resiliency among parents, children, and families.
Highlighted Resource
Harm Reduction in the Context of Child Well-Being
National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare, 2024
This series provides an overview of a harm reduction approach that meets the needs of children, parents, and family members affected by
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Harm Reduction in the Context of Child Well-Being
National Center on Substance Abuse and Child..., 2024
This series provides an overview of a harm reduction approach that meets the needs of children, parents, and family members affected by
... (Read More)Community Engagement: An Essential Component of an Effective and Equitable Substance Use Prevention System
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services A..., 2022
Reviews evidence related to leveraging community engagement to support the
... (Read More)Responding to Child Maltreatment: A Clinical Handbook for Health Professionals
World Health Organization, 2022
Enables doctors, nurses and other health professionals to identify child maltreatment
... (Read More)Prevention Resource Guide
Children’s Bureau, Office on Child Abuse and..., 2021
Designed for community-based service providers, policymakers, health care providers
... (Read More)Title IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse
Administration for Children and Families, 2021
Conducts an objective and transparent review of research on programs and services
... (Read More)Working Across the Prevention Continuum to Strengthen Families
Capacity Building Center for States, 2021
Defines primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention; identifies key partners who need
... (Read More)Visioning for Prevention: Protecting Children Through Strengthening Families
Capacity Building Center for States, 2021
Illustrates how shifting to a prevention-focused system helps families thrive and
... (Read More)Prevention Resources for Building Health Communities
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services A..., 2020
A comprehensive collection of relevant, practical, and evidence-based approaches for
... (Read More)Preventing the Use of Marijuana: Focus on Women and Pregnancy
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services A..., 2019
This guide supports health care providers, systems, and communities seeking to
... (Read More)A Guide to SAMHSA's Strategic Prevention Framework
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services A..., 2019
Provides an important starting point for engaging in a thoughtful, data-driven
... (Read More)Child Abuse Prevention and Child Welfare: Collaborating for Creative Solutions
FRIENDS National Resource Center for Communi..., 2019
Discusses how child welfare agencies should partner with communities as well as other
... (Read More)Child Maltreatment Prevention: Past, Present, and Future Brief
Child Welfare Information Gateway, 2017
Highlights best practices and emerging trends in the child protection field. Included
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We Can Do Better: Cross-System Approaches for Addressing Child Maltreatment
Date: March 25, 2021
Explores how cross-system collaboration across child and family-serving systems could help prevent child maltreatment. The speakers also
...(Read More)Evaluating Statewide Prevention
Child Welfare Information Gateway, 2020
This podcast shares how California compares diverse prevention programs and resources
... (Read More)Evaluating Prevention Programs
Child Welfare Information Gateway, 2020
Evaluating Prevention Programs is part of a podcast series focusing on Community
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Creating a Family First Prevention Plan - Washington, D.C.
Child Welfare Information Gateway, 2020
Across a ten-year span, Washington, D.C. reduced the number of children and youth in
... (Read More)Creating a Family First Prevention Plan - Utah
Child Welfare Information Gateway, 2020
As Utah's Department of Human Services developed their Title IV-E Prevention Plan
... (Read More)Considerations for Scaling Evidence-Based Prevention Programs under the Family First Prevention Services Ac...
Child Trends, 2020
Presents two evidence-based prevention models used successfully in New York City
... (Read More)Advancing Minnesota Families: Using the Implementation of Family First Prevention Services Act to Build a S...
Association of Minnesota Counties & Minnesot..., 2019
Details a reformed approach to child welfare in Minnesota that aims to support
... (Read More)Prevention Tools: What Works, What Doesn't
Washington State Health Care Authority, 2019
Discusses the importance of evidence-based interventions to prevent child abuse and
... (Read More)Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Programs
Child Welfare Information Gateway
Provides resources on standards for prevention programs, reports from State programs
... (Read More)Hampton Healthy Families Partnership, Inc.
Additional Resources
Substance Misuse Prevention for Young Adults: Evidence-Based Resource Guide Series
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services A..., 2019
This guide helps health care providers, systems, and communities prevent substance
... (Read More)Talk. They Hear You. Campaign
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services A..., 2019
This fact sheet contains the background and history of SAMHSA's "Talk. They Hear You
... (Read More)Prevent Child Abuse America
Prevent Child Abuse America is the nation’s oldest and largest organization committed
... (Read More)Preventing Child Abuse & Neglect
Child Welfare Information Gateway
This website features all topics, publications, training tools, and events related to
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