Professional Resources
Resources to support your organization's prevention strategy, including information & best practices, and statistics & research.
Featured Resource
2019 Prevention Resource Guide
This guide offers trusted information, strategies and resources to help community resource providers work with parents, caregivers and children to prevent child maltreatment and promote social and emotional well-being. Information about Protective Factors is augmented with tools strategies, handouts and more. Click below to view the Guide online or order hard copies.
Information & best practices
Prevent Child Abuse America: this organization operates the prevention program Healthy Families America, and spreads awareness of child abuse prevention through the Pinwheels for Prevention campaign. http://preventchildabuse.org/
Pathway to the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect is a 2007 publication that assembles a wealth of findings from research, practice, theory, and policy about what it takes to improve the lives of children and families, particularly those living in tough neighborhoods. http://www.childsworld.ca.gov/res/pdf/Pathway.pdf
FRIENDS National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention helps state Lead Agencies build capacity to implement Title II of the Child Abuse Prevention & Treatment Act by offering Targeted Training & Technical Assistance. https://www.friendsnrc.org/
The California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare provides child welfare professionals with easy access to vital information about selected child welfare related programs. The primary task of the CEBC is to inform the child welfare community about the research evidence for programs being used or marketed in California. http://www.cebc4cw.org/
Statistics & research
Information Memorandum IM-18-05 (Nov. 2018, U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services) encourages child welfare stakeholders to work together to plan, implement and maintain integrated primary prevention networks. https://www.acf.hhs.gov/cb/resource/im1805
National Incidence Study (NIS) of Child Abuse and Neglect (2010): A congressionally-mandated periodic effort of the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, the NIS serves as the nation’s needs assessment on child abuse and neglect. https://bit.ly/2rKPalO
Kidsdata.org offers a variety of information on the health and well-being of children in Santa Barbara County and other communities across California. Searching and reporting is easy and customizable. https://www.kidsdata.org/
Child Welfare Outcome Report to Congress (annual), US HHS Children's Bureau. https://bit.ly/2R9Po45
Home Visiting Report (2009), Congressional Research Service. https://bit.ly/2PRWndB
CAPTA Effectiveness Report (2013), US HHS Children's Bureau. https://bit.ly/2BveK2F