STRATEGY BRIEF SAFE CHILDREN - How has Texas advanced a public

How has Texas advanced a public health approach to the prevention of abuse and neglect? STRATEGY BRIEF SAFE CHILDREN How has Texas advanced a public health approach to the prevention of abuse and neglect? In most states, the prevention of child abuse and neglect is limited to services provided after maltreatment occurs and once the family is involved with child protective services. [...] Rather than waiting for a child to be harmed before intervening, the division of Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI) applies a public health approach to keeping children safe: providing population-based services to all families; normalizing a parent’s need to seek help; and instilling a collective sense of responsibility for the safety and well-being of all children. [...] By investing in primary and secondary prevention services that equip communities to promote safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments, Texas is working to build a family well-being system, where a broad network of stakeholders collaborate upstream to prevent maltreatment and promote the skills and strengths parents need to keep their children safe and thriving.1 SAFE CHILDREN STRONG F. [...] Strengthening families time, the Texas Home Visiting program at Health and and communities and preventing child abuse requires Human Services (HHS) merged with PEI to eliminate a diverse set of public and private-sector leaders at fragmentation and duplication of state prevention the state and local level working together in strategic activities for vulnerable children, youth, families and purpose. [...] Updates were provided in April 2023 by Anjulie Chaubal, Director of Programs, Prevention and Early Intervention, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services and Kathryn Sibley, Director of Research and Safety, Prevention and Early Intervention, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.