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Child Abuse Prevention Council of Alameda County is dedicated to coordinating our community’s efforts to prevent and respond to child abuse and neglect and to promote the physical and emotional health of children and families in Alameda County.

A Connected Child is a Protected Child

March is national nutrition MONTH

National Nutrition month is all about the importance of healthy eating and regular exercise.  It’s a chance to learn more about enjoying plant-based foods, doing more home cooking, and shopping on a budget.

It’s also an opportunity to recognize that for many in our community, a barrier to healthy eating is as basic as the lack of grocery stores and markets in low-income neighborhoods.

Oakland’s food divide has been studied by the Oakland Hope Collaborative and reported on by Oakland North.  For example, a sobering statistic is that in Oakland’s flatlands, where the median household income is $32,000, there’s an average of one supermarket per 93,126 residents. 

Learn more about healthy eating and some of the barriers at the following links:

HOPE Collaborative – Home

 

eatright.org – Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

 

Family Exercise Ideas for Every Season (eatright.org)

 

Soups and Stews (eatright.org)

 

Oakland’s food divide – Oakland North

Click here to learn about how to keep babies safe while sleeping.

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Protective Factor: Enhance Parental Resilience

Protective Factor: Enhance Parental Resilience: No one can eliminate stress from parenting, but building parental resilience can affect how a parent deals with stress. Parental resilience is the ability to constructively cope with and bounce back from all types of...

Strong Families Sunday – Prevention Tip

Strong Families Allliance- Alameda County brings together your local community providers to strengthen families. With this month being Child Abuse Prevention Month we direct you to our website to find tips, resources, news and events that help strengthen your family...

Five Factors Friday: Social Connections

Friends, family members, neighbors, and other members of a community provide emotional support and concrete assistance to parents.  Social connections help parenting build network of support that serve multiple purposes: they can help parents develop and reinforce...
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Perinatal Equity Initiative

Black women and birthing people face challenges that stem from policies and systems rooted in racism. They are twice as likely to live in poverty or to experience hardships, such as homelessness or the incarceration of a loved one, during pregnancy. In addition, chronic, transgenerational exposure to racism results in toxic stress that has been shown to have a negative impact on the health and wellbeing of Black individuals, regardless of income or education levels.

It is time for all of us to work together to change this story. Find out what you can do to help by following @DeliverBirthJustice and visiting Deliverbirthjustice.org.

Mandated Reporter Training

child abuse ribbonProfessionals working with children, including those who employ people under 18, are Mandated Reporters and required to report their suspicion of abuse or neglect. To learn more and schedule a training, 

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Raising children can be difficult.  Oftentimes, parents and caregivers just need to talk.  To someone.  To offer support, tips, ideas, and services.  Call today and find out all that is available to you and those you provide care for!