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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 3, 2025 – Chicago, IL – As the President and CEO of Prevent Child Abuse America, I am deeply concerned and profoundly disappointed by the President’s FY26 Budget Proposal, as it neglects the critical investments required to support all families and build a future where communities can truly thrive. It ...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Prevent Child Abuse America Awarded $1.7 Million from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to Strengthen Public Health Systems September 25, 2024 – Chicago, IL – Prevent Child Abuse America (PCA America), the nation's leading organization dedicated to the prevention of child abuse and neglect, is honored to be one ...
Chicago — Prevent Child Abuse America (PCA America), the nation’s oldest and largest organization committed to preventing child abuse and neglect before it happens, announced today that Mary Lubben joined the organization as its new Chief Financial Officer, starting Sept. 18. Previously, Lubben served as Director of Finance & Operations / Vicariate Finance Manager for ...
Prevent Child Abuse America Applauds Supreme Court’s Decision to Uphold Indian Child Welfare Act Prevent Child Abuse America applauds the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) in a 7 –2 decision today. By keeping this law intact, Native American tribal leadership retains its sovereignty in child welfare cases that involve ...
One in seven children in the United States experiences child abuse and/or neglect each year, resulting in an array of adverse outcomes, including chronic pain, psychological concerns (anxiety, anger and aggression, depression, and suicidal thoughts or ideation), and poor or delayed social and behavioral development. In light of that, Pathway to Resilience addressed the issues ...
Increasing funding for evidence-based home visitation in Nebraska can open new opportunities under the newly reauthorized Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program (MIECHV). MIECHV supports evidence-based, early childhood home visiting across the country. Healthy Families America (HFA) is one of the models that meets the evidence requirements for support from MIECHV. Moreover,…
Our Partner Lurie Children’s Hospital Launches the new app, called LCAST (Lurie Children's Child Injury Plausibility Assessment Support Tool) aims to increase earlier recognition of abuse in babies and children under 4 years of age who have bruises, with the hope of decreasing the incidence of severe injury and death from child abuse in this ...
Welcome to the Child Abuse Prevention Month Weekly Recap! We’re excited to see all the buzz around Child Abuse Prevention Month this year. As we focus on promoting the people and organizations making positive changes in their communities, we will provide you with weekly highlights from our partners, chapters and followers. To get our message ...
On November 7, the United Nations declared November 18 as the World Day for the Prevention of, and Healing from Child Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Violence. The resolution, which was sponsored by Sierra Leone and Nigeria and co-sponsored by more than 120 countries, was adopted by consensus and a bang of the gavel by the assembly’s ...
By: Norell Rosado, M.D., Head, Division of Child Abuse Pediatrics, Lurie Children’s Hospital, Melissa Merrick, Ph.D., CEO, Prevent Child Abuse America As organizations committed to children’s health and wellness, we are often asked how to prevent child abuse and neglect. With 50 years of prevention experience, research, and boots-on-the-ground prevention programming, Prevent Child Abuse America…
