Carol Carrillo Executive Director

DEAR FRIENDS, As we approach the 2020 holiday season with fewer shopping trips, fewer parties and fewer guests around our own tables, we also look forward to the promise of new vaccines to prevent the contagion of Covid 19. Also, as we approach the final weeks of 2020, we look back on the most demanding year we have faced as a nation and as a community. While we each struggle to keep our families safe, our children educated, and our jobs secure we have learned to adapt to a new normal. We now know what it is like to have busy, curious children home for weeks and months on end. We have changed our daily routines to include the hygiene and personal protection we need to fight the spread of Covid 19. We have adapted and our lives are not the same. The Child Abuse Prevention Council of Contra Costa County has worked to be a supportive part of these changes. Likewise, CAPC has adapted to the presence of the pandemic. The changes we are all experiencing have underscored the vital need for child abuse prevention services at this unparalleled time. Using well established factors for guidance, CAPC has transformed its services to operate under these new conditions. The fundamentals of prevention remain the same - parental resilience, social connections, concrete support in times of need, knowledge of parenting and child development, and social and emotional competence of children. With its ear to the ground, CAPC has listened to the concerns of families and responded appropriately. CAPC will be there to provide the family services and child abuse prevention programs our community needs – we will be there online, by phone and in print to bring supportive services to every neighborhood in Contra Costa County. As we say Happy Holidays, we also want to say thank you to all our CAPC supporters. To our dedicated funders, to all of you making personal donations to CAPC, and to our volunteers we say a heartfelt thank you. You are making a difference in the lives of families. We hope you enjoy a safe and joyful holiday season. Cheers to a healthier 2021. WISHING YOU PEACE,

Carol Carrillo, MSW Executive Director

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RECOGNIZE CHILD ABUSE: PHYSICAL ABUSE: Bodily injury inflicted nonaccidentally on a child; willful cruelty, unjustifiable punishment, or corporal punishment causing a mark. PHYSICAL NEGLECT: Not providing child adequate food, clothing, shelter, supervision or severely endangering child's health. SEXUAL ABUSE: Victimization of a child through sexual activities, molestation, indecent exposure, fondling, rape, pornography, sexual stimulation and incest. EMOTIONAL ABUSE: Willfully causing child to suffer by attacking self-esteem, constant criticism, yelling, belittling, insulting, rejecting or with-holding love and support. EXPLOITATION: Forcing or coercing child into activities beyond child's capabilities or that are illegal or degrading; including sexual exploitation.

Other ways to help CAPC

Enroll in one of these retail programs as an effortless way to help at-risk families while shopping at your favorite stores or websites 1.  Make monetary donations online at:  capc-coco.org/donate 2.  Look for us on Venmo at: Child Abuse Prevention Council or @ACAPC  3.  Workplace Giving (contact your employer) 4.  Plan Giving Gift Programs. 5.  Create a fundraiser for CAPC on Facebook, click here or follow these steps: Click Fundraisers in the left menu of your News Feed. Click + Raise Money. Select Nonprofit or Charity (Child Abuse Prevention Council) Select a charitable organization, fill in the fundraiser details, and choose a cover photo. Click Create.

Thank you for all you do to make our community a better place! Sincerely, Child Abuse Prevention Council

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