The Prevention Initiative Demonstration Project, funded by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), is a community-specific strategy delivered through eight regional networks designed to address the full spectrum of community-based prevention. This article summarizes a strong and meaningful pattern of improvements…

Presented is the final report of the Family Center Project, a program designed to increase the number of reported cases of suspected child abuse and neglect and increase the services for abused and neglected children and their families in Adams County, Colorado. Three chapters which address the goal of increasing child abuse referrals focus on…

The supplement to the final report outlines the Pro-Child Project of Arlington County (Virginia) designed to provide protective and preventive services to neglected and abused children and their families. Twelve sections cover the following program areas: community context; project history; summary activities for each of 3 years; organization and…

The article describes the history of the recognition of child abuse and neglect as a major societal problem; reviews the literature describing large scale service or research projects; discusses the social learning underpinnings and ecological approach of one such program, "Project 12-Ways'" and offers recommendations for community treatment and…

Outlines a theoretical and conceptual framework for neighborhood-based collaboration by nonprofit organizations. Analyzes the main concepts of innovation in the design and implementation of a collaboration to prevent child maltreatment in an undervalued neighborhood and draws implications for social policy, social work practice, and social work…

Reports on an interorganizational collaboration in which a community-based service network of family support programs to help prevent child abuse and neglect was implemented. Presents a theoretical framework for understanding community-based networks and interorganizational collaboration and describes and analyzes how collaboration was used to…

The report describes the Pro-Child Project, a program designed to reduce the incidence of child abuse and neglect in Arlington County, Virginia. Program objectives are noted to include public awareness development, identification and treatment of abusive and neglectful families, and coordination and expansion of community resources. Sections cover…

Reviews the literature that identifies substance abuse as a primary contributing factor to child abuse and neglect. Describes a three-year research demonstration project currently in its second year that is designed to identify substance-abusing families; stabilize families' current situation; and improve the likelihood of families' long-term…

Describes and evaluates a child protection team in rural Vermont. The author draws on the team's experience to develop a model designed to utilize the strengths of a small community. (Author/DB)

Described is the Comprehensive Emergency Services (CES) program, a system of coordinated services designed to meet emergency needs of neglected, dependent, and abused children and their families. In an introductory section, the program's development, objectives, and system attributes are covered. Explained in section II are the following…

Describes the services provided by the Family Stress Consultation Team, an Illinois community-based consultation group which has an experimental, multidisciplinary approach to the handling of child abuse and neglect cases. (CM)

Presented are the findings of a study conducted to evaluate two community protective service systems in terms of the mechanisms for identifying and handling child abuse and neglect cases and the effectiveness of intervention. It is noted that data was collected in two sites: Site I (Nashville, Tennessee), which has an emergency reporting system…

The final report of a 3-year project designed to educate the community and train personnel in child abuse detection and treatment planning provides a chronological review of the project and a discussion of evaluation findings. The bulk of the document is composed of nine appendixes, including discussions of seven program components: training and…

The pamphlet presents an overview of child abuse, including definitions of child abuse and child neglect, causes and treatment processes, and legislation. Some basic approaches to treatment, prevention, and identification are described including the following: parent self-help groups, diagnostic teams, public education, and specialized training of…

This collection of papers is drawn from a conference dedicated to children suffering from the harm associated with being born to neglecting families, a circumstance that has emerged as the most challenging phenomenon for the child welfare system. Papers consider the dimensions of the problem, treatment models, policy considerations, and recent…