2012 Strategic Projects

Twelve very diverse projects were identified as Network for Action Strategic Projects 2011.  Though the projects were on-going, they were launched into the Network for Action at the grantee meeting in 2011.  Since then, the projects have continued to pursue their goals, engaged a wide range of players, and create connections, ideas, and materials to support the work of the Network for Action.

At the Network for Action Conference 2012 on April 17, 2012, the Strategic Projects will meet with network members again. They will be joined by four newly emergent projects to share their work, report on their current situations, and engage people in future action.  The project descriptions appear on the following pages, and the meeting agenda will provide information about when and where they will meet.

Broadening the Network
  • Engaging and Leveraging the Business Sector in Supporting Essentials for Childhood
  • Messaging at the Intersections: Making the Case to New Partners Based on Their Interests
  • The National Movement for America's Children and Evaluating Public Awareness Campaigns: A Toolkit
  • Parent Partnerships: Charting Effective Strategies and Evaluating the Impact on Programs and Policy Development
Strengthening the Work
  • Child Care Expansion Initiative: The Role of Training in Advancing Prevention Efforts
  • CWLA Child Welfare Standards of Excellence
  • Leveraging Complex Systems Science to Advance Child Maltreatment Prevention: Supporting Essentials for Childhood (Safe, Stable and Nurturing Relationships for Children)
  • Building the Movement to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse
Working Across Systems
  • Collaborating for Respite: A Strategy for Building Protective Factors
  • The National Parent HelpLineĀ® Bridging Individual and Community Level Prevention
  • Sharing the Care
  • Period of PURPLE Crying Infant Abuse Prevention Program: Scaling Up in North America
2012 New Strategic Projects
  • Addressing Domestic Violence in Child Welfare: Challenges and Best Practices
  • Applying the Science of the Positive to Cultivate Positive Community Norms
  • Preventing Child Maltreatment by Strengthening Parent-Child Relationships in Families Affected by Substance Abuse
  • ACYF Protective Factor Framework Feedback Session