ifies that religious organizations, banks, credit card companies, employers and health insurance companies can all play constructive roles in enhancing the ecosystem to support survivors, including their dependent children.
Preventing Abuse and Neglect: Student Safety During Coronavirus-Related Ordered School-Building Closure: Provides guidance and resources to help school districts ensure student safety during remote learning by empowering educators and school personnel to support families, assess student safety needs and follow mandatory reporting requirements. This Ohio Department of Education webpage also provides information and resources to support educators and student personnel in following mandatory reporting requirements.
Zero Abuse Project: Offers education and training resources, opportunities, and research to contribute to the elimination of child sexual abuse. In particular, Zero Abuse Project is providing specific resources (e.g. Conducting and Defending a Pandemic-Era Forensic Interview) to support its mission in the context of school closures and social distancing.
Resources for Parents and Caregivers to Help Keep Children Safe: Incorporates up to date resources for parents and caregivers to help workaround cautionary signs in others and themselves, along with additional information for how to respond safely and responsibly. Numerous videos intended to help adults navigate warning signs in themselves and others are among dozens of resources linked to this Stop It Now! website.
COVID-19 Parenting: Keeping Children Safe Online: Highlights risks of the digital world and efforts children can take to protect themselves as part of a collaborative effort by multiple federal organizations.
Joint Letter to Promote Family Strengthening and Virtual Primary Prevention During COVID-19 and Beyond: Encourages family support, maternal and child health, and early childhood programs (including Head Start, home visiting, early intervention, and other early care and learning programs) to promote family strengthening and prevention strategies via virtual, electronic, telephonic, or other safe means during the COVID-19 pandemic. Two federal agencies – the Administration for Children and Families [ACF], and the Health Resources and Services Administration [HRSA] – suggest collaborative strategies that states, tribal entities and grantees can use during the national emergency to engage and support the whole family. The letter includes an appendix of Selected Resources for Primary Prevention to Strengthen Families and Support the Whole Family.
Mandated Reporting: Information for School Staff During ‘Safer at Home’: Provides specific contextual considerations for Wisconsin school employees who are designated “mandated reporters” by state law. This two-page resource summarizes signs and symptoms of child abuse and neglect, cautions about not jumping to conclusions before considering familial and household stressors, offers guidance to support appropriate and helpful conversation with students and caregivers to enable better understanding and to provide support, and directs required reporting to county or tribal child welfare agencies.
Responding to Child Abuse During a Pandemic: 25 Tips for MDTs: Offers a list of tips from the Zero Abuse Project to assist multi-disciplinary teams in responding to child abuse during the pandemic outbreak.
Hidden Consequences: How the COVID Pandemic is Impacting Children (Webinar: Child Health and Wellness): Discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic may be affecting children. This first webinar on 9/30/20 was the first in a four-part series whose topics include impacts on child health and wellness, child emotional and social effects, the impact of COVID-19 on children with special healthcare needs, and how secondary/other disasters may affect children during the pandemic. Produced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange (TRACIE), this first webinar focu