Child Abuse Prevention Council (CAPC) for Riverside County

WHAT WE DO

PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH

Public Awareness, Outreach and Public Education activities are organized both County Wide and within each region to increase the awareness of child abuse, increase the understanding of and utilization of the Six Protective Factors and to encourage the reporting of child abuse.  Our activities include both Media messaging on a variety of platforms and Awareness and Education events and hands on activities.  To view upcoming public awareness, education, and outreach events, visit our Calendar. 

TRAININGS AND WORKSHOPS 

HOPE collaborative offers professional training for therapists, social workers, and others who work with children and families.  Professional training opportunities focus on the treatments that are evidence based, utilize the Six Protective Factors and are research informed best practices for child abuse treatment. For more information on trainings, including dates and times, please visit our Training section. 

COMMUNITY SUPPORT

The HOPE Collaborative encourages community support and engagement in child abuse prevention activities.  There are many ways that community members can become involved in child abuse prevention.  These range from participating as a member of the regional collaborative, to participating as a volunteer at an awareness event or fundraising event for the HOPE collaborative.  Community members can also donate funds to help the HOPE collaborative be able to do even more awareness, outreach and public education.  For more information on becoming a community support member please contact us at 951-686-3750 or email us at HopeCollab@fsaca.org 

WHY WE DO IT

WHY IT MATTERS

Research shows that child abuse and maltreatment is associated with adverse physical and behavioral health outcomes in children and families, with those negative effects having the potential to last a lifetime.(1) Effective implementation of prevention and intervention strategies help to reduce risk factors and encourage the well-being of children and families through the development of protective factors. These protective factors act as buffers for parents, caregivers, and/or guardians who might otherwise be at risk of abusing or neglecting their children. Protective factors provide the tools for finding resources, support and/or coping strategies that allow for effective parenting, even under the most stressful circumstances.(2) 

Children rely on the adults around them for basic needs and safety. Child abuse prevention relies on enhancing the role of communities in strengthening protective factors in a child’s environment through system-wide collaboration across multiple service sectors.(3) Communities working collaboratively to implement safe, stable, and nurturing relationships and environments for children and families lessen the potential for harm and future risk of abuse. Prevention and intervention aim to reduce the impact that early negative events may have on the health and well-being of children and the adults they become.   

In 2022, 32,732 cases of child abuse were investigated in Riverside County and 5,317 cases of child maltreatment were substantiated.(4) 

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