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The Power To Make a Difference for Others

You don’t have to be a parent to positively impact a child. No matter if you are a caregiver, grandparent, neighbor, coach, teacher, or simply a friend, when you spend time making a child feel valued, you are helping to build their confidence. You are preparing the child for a lifetime of success, and also helping to improve their resilience for when life can be difficult.

The Power To Help Your Community

You can help provide great childhoods by mentoring a child or caregiver, supporting family-friendly policies, or donating to organizations that help children. Other ways to get involved include:

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Mentoring a child

Children’s lives are shaped by their experiences, their environment, and the relationships they have with adults they look up to. It only takes one adult to positively influence a child and help ensure long-term health and well-being.

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Help a friend, neighbor, or relative with childcare

Offer childcare to friends and family members, especially during holidays and schools breaks.

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Get involved

Ask community leaders, clergy members, libraries, and schools to develop services to meet the needs of healthy children and families. Offer to help obtain needed resources.

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Promote programs in school

Teach children, caregivers, and educators how to build up protective factors so children can grow up safe and healthy.

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Volunteer at a local child abuse prevention program

For information about volunteer opportunities, email OCTF@OCTF.ohio.gov

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Help a family in need

Offer to help meet material needs of families or donate money needed for children’s activity fees or club memberships.

Helpful Resources

4 Brief Trainings on Child Neglect The Preventing Child Neglect training series, developed by CANTASD and the National Alliance of Children’s Trust and Prevention, raises public awareness and understanding of child neglect through a set of videos and discussion toolkits. CDC Building Community Commitment for Safe, Stable, Nurturing Relationships and Environments The CDC has created a supplemental booklet to the “Essentials for Childhood” that teaches how to build commitment in your community for a safe, stable, nurturing relationship and environment. CDC Essentials for Childhood The Centers for Disease Control has created a booklet the outlines the essentials for childhood and steps to create safe, stable, nurturing relationships, and environments. I VetoViolence Pledge VetoViolence is the CDC’s online violence prevention portal that is an active voice in preventing sexual abuse.

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