The 2013 Resource Guide plays an important role in these efforts—offering support to service providers as they work with parents, caregivers, and their children to prevent child maltreatment and promote social and emotional wellbeing.
To do so, the Resource Guide focuses on six protective factors that build family strengths and promote optimal child and youth development. Information about these protective factors is augmented with tools and strategies that help providers integrate the factors into community programs and systems. Agencies, policymakers, advocates, service providers, and parents alike will find resources in this book to help them promote these six important factors in communities and families.
It has been proven that effective early prevention efforts are less costly to our nation and to individuals than trying to fix the adverse effects of child maltreatment. This Resource Guide provides many strategies to help communities “get it right” when it comes to preventing child abuse and promoting well-being. We thank you for participating in this important effort and for the work you do each day to build promising futures for our nation’s children.