Safe Sleep
It is important to keep your baby safe while sleeping. We’ve outlined some safe sleep resources below, including simple guidelines to help you create a safe sleep environment for your baby. Additionally, our agency supports two safe sleep initiatives that are available to Alabama parents: Cribs for Kids and Baby Box.
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Mandatory Reporting/Erin’s Law
The agency served a vital role in the passage and implementation of Erin’s Law in Alabama, which provides students, school personnel and parents with skills to reduce vulnerability and encourage them to report the suspected sexual abuse. Erin’s Law mandates that school personnel complete Mandatory Reporter training annually.
Resources:
DHR Mandatory Reporter Training Online
Erin’s Law Guidelines for a Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Instructional Program
Strengthening Families
Strengthening Families™ is a research-based, cost-effective strategy to increase family stability, enhance child development and reduce child abuse and neglect. The five protective factors are the foundation of Strengthening Families™ and have been shown to make positive outcomes more likely for young children and their families, and to reduce the likelihood of child abuse and neglect.
Resources:
Center for the Study of Social Policy: Strengthening Families
2019 Schedule of Strengthening Families Workshops in Alabama
Prevention
As the state chapter of Prevent Child Abuse America, a member of the National Alliance of Children’s Trust & Prevention Funds, and the state lead agency in CBCAP, we are dedicated to promoting resources and services that prevent all types of child abuse and neglect and improve overall child well-being in our state.
Resources
Reports
The Economic Burden of Child Maltreatment in the United States, 2015
The Cost of Child Maltreatment to the Alabama Economy in 2013
2018 Prevention Resource Guide
Preventing Child Abuse & Neglect: A Technical Package for Policy, Norm, and Programmatic Activities