Advocacy is critical in ensuring our legislative representatives are creating policies and laws that strengthen families and protect children in Arizona. Last month, PCAAZ Executive Director Claire Louge graduated from Leading for Change, a fellowship that teaches legislative advocacy skills to leaders advancing social justice in Arizona. Through the program, fellows create a vision statement that anchors their focus and application of the skills they learn. Claire’s vision statement: "All families have what they need to nurture their children."
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Impact Story
Child Abuse Prevention Month
On Saturday, April 30, 2022, Prevent Child Abuse Arizona celebrated Child Abuse Prevention month with a Pinwheel Party in Prescott Valley (home to our headquarters). This free event was hosted by Yavapai Communities for Kids, a Child Abuse Prevention Council made up of dedicated volunteers and partner agencies.
“This is the first time I’ve ever attended this event and I thought it was remarkable. I enjoyed interacting with the parents as well as the children. ” says a family resource agency who participated in the event.
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Advocacy
The law that authorizes MIECHV will expire in September 2022. The House and Senate committees with jurisdiction over MIECHV will begin to hold hearings in the spring in preparation for the reauthorization of the program, which funds early childhood home visiting programs across the nation. Early childhood home visiting programs such as Healthy Families, Parents as Teachers, and Nurse Family Partnership strengthen families through guidance, knowledge, resource referral and support in their children’s earliest years.
Prevent Child Abuse America is requesting that Congress:
- Increase MIECHV funding over the next five years to reach more families and better support the workforce
- Double the tribal funds within MIECHV from 3% to 6%
- Continue to allow virtual home visiting with model fidelity as an option for service delivery.
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The federal Public Health Emergency will likely end in 2022, which means that many families may be dropped from their AHCCCS and KidsCare coverage if they are not able to be reached. They may also need to fill out forms and pay premiums that were waived during the pandemic. Children’s Action Alliance has created a toolkit to help you communicate these changes to families so that they don’t lose their coverage and they know what to expect.
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The Building Better Childhoods Toolkit is intended to support organizations in their interaction with media, the general public, and other stakeholders when speaking about childhood adversity. It is based on the 2021 brief titled “Reframing Childhood Adversity: Promoting Upstream Approaches” developed by the FrameWorks Institute in partnership with Prevent Child Abuse America and Social Current (formerly the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities). Download the toolkit to learn effective ways to discuss the importance of child abuse prevention!
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Registration is Now Open for the Child Abuse Prevention Conference
Registration is open for the 28th Statewide Child Abuse Prevention Conference, returning in person at the Hyatt Regency Phoenix on July 19-20, 2022! A pre-conference hosted by the Arizona ACEs Consortium will take place July 18. The conference will feature four outstanding keynote speakers, more than 50 illuminating workshops, and networking opportunities with hundreds of professionals from a variety of sectors, including family/human service, government, nonprofits, law enforcement, healthcare, and education. Don’t miss it!
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Fundraising
Sponsor Arizona's Only Statewide Child Abuse Prevention Conference
Prevent Child Abuse Arizona is seeking sponsors for the 28th Statewide Child Abuse Prevention Conference to help make our vision of a world without child abuse a reality.
Child abuse prevention is at the forefront of public conversation. Your organization or business can be a part of this movement, helping to ensure all families have what they need to provide great childhoods for their children. Because childhood lasts a lifetime.
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Director's Corner
The Director's Corner will take an intermission from May through August while Executive Director Claire Louge is on maternity leave, savoring some of the wonderful "firsts" to be experienced with her new daughter.
Instead of a Director’s Corner, we encourage you to read this blog post from our friends at Tufts Hope:
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As a 501(c)3 organization, Prevent Child Abuse Arizona is eligible to receive bequests. Please contact Molly Peterson at molly@pcaaz.org if you would like to discuss including
Prevent Child Abuse Arizona in your legacy.
Tax ID #86-0832901
Prevent Child Abuse Arizona can only accept donations from individuals, businesses, and foundations located in the State of Arizona.
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Prevent Child Abuse Arizona is dedicated to strengthening families and protecting children through collaboration, education, and advocacy. The organization provides research-based prevention services, education and training to help promote strong families and safe, healthy children. For more information, visit pcaaz.org.
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