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Public Awareness

Raising public awareness about the scope and serious impact of child traumatic stress on the safety and healthy development of America's youth is central to raising the standard of care and increasing access to quality services for traumatized children and their families.

Child Abuse Prevention

April was first declared Child Abuse Prevention Month in 1983. Since then, April has been a time to acknowledge the importance of families and communities working together to prevent child abuse.