April is National Prevention of Child Abuse Month. The Alaska Children’s Trust partners with organizations around the state to create awareness and help nurture healthy families. BRAVE is one such group working in Wrangell to build a positive outlook for the future for our children and youth.
Our work is based on our core values of Building Respect and Valuing Everyone (BRAVE). Too often, our society thinks of raising strong children as a parent or caregiver’s responsibility alone. This simply isn’t true. Community support and family-friendly activities can help lighten the burden on families and strengthen communities from the ground up.
Every family and child deserve the foundation necessary to live purposeful lives with a bright future. Prevention efforts aim to provide help and resources before a crisis occurs.
We hope that this month, our community will join us in learning about the importance of upstream prevention and linking arms to do the critical work that Alaska families require.
More information can be found at alaskachildrenstrust.org/child-abuse-prevention-month.
Kay Larson
BRAVE Secretary
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