Other Ways You Can Help:

Volunteer for causes that serve children. For information about volunteer opportunities at The Parent Child Center, click here.

Be an Advocate for children’s needs – Call or write your legislator and say that you want his or her support for statewide funding for child abuse prevention services such as Healthy Families and Children First. For information about The Parent Child Center’s Advocacy Group, click here.

Donate in-kind items to help meet basic needs. For a list of items needed by Parent Child Center clients, click here.

Be a Caring Adult in the life of a child you know – a child in your neighborhood, a child in your child’s or grandchild’s school or scout troop, a child in your faith community. A caring adult is sometimes the only thing that can save a child from a lifetime of pain due to adverse childhood experience (ACE).  Click here to learn about the ACE Study. To request a handout from the Parenting Resource Library about how to get involved, click here.

Recognize the signs of child abuse and neglect and know how to Report concerns. To receive an information card about recognizing and reporting suspected abuse, click here.

Educate yourself – and educate your friends and colleagues - about the causes, scope and long term consequences of child abuse and neglect in our community.
For information about upcoming Parent Child Center presentations on this topic, click here.