🗣️Understanding the risk factors for child abuse and neglect helps communities build prevention systems. Key strategies and services include financial security, education, positive child development, promoting positive youth-adult relationships, and intervention. Want to receive text messages with positive child development tips and activities, including language, literacy, health and safety, and behavioral information? Sign up for Lantern by texting SMARTATX to 274 448. Sources: CDC, SAFE Austin, Texas CASA, and Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (fb)

🙌 April 5-11 marks Week of the Young Child, which celebrates early learning, young children and their families, early childhood educators, and communities. Spearheaded by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (@naeyc), the awareness and advocacy celebration encourages early childhood educators, advocates, and allies to lift up their voices on behalf of young children. 🙋Want to participate? Check out the toolkit at the link in our bio that offers action steps you can take to focus public attention on the needs of young children, families, and the early childhood programs that meet those needs. Steps include reaching out to your elected officials, creating a proclamation, sharing resources on social media, and more. (fb)