Strong Families, Thriving Children, Connected Communities Initiative
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Children thrive when they have regular interactions with responsive, caring adults. Families experiencing significant stressors related to financial insecurity, housing instability, or the impact of systemic and interpersonal trauma can be overloaded with stress, interrupting those interactions. Families that are experiencing this overload of stress are at greater risk for having neglect identified as a threat to their child(ren)’s safety. If we ensure that communities are equipped to ease the burden on overloaded families, we make resilience a real possibility.
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We are excited to announce “Overloaded: Understanding Neglect”, a new podcast from the Institute for Child and Family Well-being that explores the complexity of neglect, its root causes and challenges ...