Foster Child Support Program Youth Thrive Grows its Trainer Capacity in Arizona
Youth Thrive™ is a framework and initiative designed to promote the healthy development and well-being of young people ages 9 – 26, with a special emphasis on those who have been most marginalized by society. By learning about the framework, professionals who work with pre-teens, teens, and young adults learn tools and strategies to support youth success.
In February, the Department of Child Safety (DCS) funded a Youth Thrive™ Training of Trainers, which supported 18 people to become certified to teach the framework. Attendees included Prevent Child Abuse Arizona’s Training Coordinator, Simone Tavassoli, and individuals from Foster Arizona, DCS, and a local group home. As strived for with every Youth Thrive training, one of the trainers was an adult with lived experience in foster care. Both trainers prompted attendees to consider Arizona foster kids' unique needs and how to adapt the Youth Thrive™ curriculum to meet those needs.
If you are interested in hosting a Youth Thrive training, please contact DCS Independent Living Statewide Coordinator at youthservices@azdcs.gov to learn more and discuss options.
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Mrs. Arizona International
Addresses ACES's
Do you have a goal or dream you've not yet achieved? Maybe you’re daunted by what it will take to make it happen, or perhaps you're hesitating to put yourself first. How would it feel to have someone’s full commitment to support you in the process?
Every year, Shequan Palmer and her husband take turns supporting each other in achieving a big goal. Last year was Shequan’s turn. Her goal? Participating in the Mrs. International pageant. All pageant participants select a platform, which is the issue they promote throughout the competition. Because of her life experience, work, and passion, Shequan chose ACEs awareness.
She didn’t set out to win. But she did.
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Advocacy
In February, the House Health and Human Service Committee advanced HB21111, which allocates an additional $10 million in funding to Healthy Families, an evidence-based home visitation program. The Healthy Families program is one of the most effective strategies to strengthen families and prevent child abuse. Keep an eye out for HB2111 as it advances from the AZ House of Representatives to the Senate!
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Request a Training for
Child Abuse Prevention Month
Child Abuse Prevention Month is next month! One of the best ways to celebrate is by learning more about methods to prevent abuse and strengthen families, then inviting others to do the same. If you would like to host a training for your organization or peers, please reference our training catalog. Contact our Training Coordinator Simone Tavassoli at simone@pcaaz.org to learn more.
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Spare the Child Screening
In collaboration with the Arizona ACEs Consortium, Prevent Child Abuse Arizona is hosting a virtual screening of the documentary Spare the Child on Wednesday, March 23, from 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM. Spare the Child is a documentary that uncovers the lifelong impact of spanking/physical punishment on the human body, heart, and psyche. The film screening will be followed by a panel discussion with filmmakers and Iya Affo, AZ ACEs Consortium Board Member.
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On March 26 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM at Ability 360 in Phoenix, Care 4 the Caregivers invites parents and grandparents of differently-abled children to a day of connection and learning. Parents and grandparents will learn more about self-care and caring for children. Caregivers will have space to work through their challenges, learn how to find resources, and build connections.
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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 (CAP) 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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One of my favorite classes in college was an elective: Intro to Design. The professor told us our first assignment would teach us how to see differently. The task: we were given two weeks to find each letter of the alphabet.
Easy, right? No.
The challenge was that these couldn’t be actual written or printed letters. We needed to find them formed in shapes in our surroundings, like in nature or human-made objects. We were also told that we could not manipulate things into forming the letters; they needed to be found as-is. To get full credit, we needed to produce a photograph of all 26 letters in the alphabet.
What this assignment taught me is that by changing what we want to notice, we change what we find. But unless we deliberately choose to, we don’t tend to examine the default lenses in which we are already viewing the world. Our lens, however, determines our choices and actions.
This has big implications for our work with families. The way that we see a child, parent, or family affects how we behave toward them. How we see people is how we treat them.
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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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