SAVE THE DATE!
2010 YouTube Youth Forum & Children's Day at the Legislature

February 17, 2010. Brochure and registration information are now available! Click here for more information.

FROM FUTUREOFCHILDREN.ORG
Click here to view all the articles in the new issue of the Future of Children journal on Preventing Child Maltreatment.

FROM HEALTHDAY.COM:
Early Spankings Make for Aggressive Toddlers, Study Shows
By Jennifer Thomas
Click here to read this article.

Good Beginnings Mini-Grants RFP
The Good Beginnings Mini-Grants support one-time projects and serve as a catalyst for community-based prevention activities across the state. The guiding principle is that preventing child abuse is everyone’s business and success depends upon organizations, agencies, community groups and individuals working together. Click here to review the 2009/2010 Good Beginnings Mini-Grant RFP.

FROM SLATE.COM:
Why you shouldn't hit your kids
By Alan E. Kazdin
Click here to read this article.

Have a "Special Occasion" approaching?
Looking for that "special gift"? Would you like to celebrate your event AND support worthwhile projects across West Virginia helping children and families? This year, you can help give a West Virginia child a good beginning in life, through a gift that honors a special person in your life; such as an heirloom birth certificate, or other items from our PCAWV giftshop. Click here for more information.

Give a Gift That Gives Twice...
Do you have a special occasion approaching? Do you want to send flowers or cards that honor someone special? Click here for the Prevent Child Abuse West Virginia Gift Shop and give a gift that helps keep West Virginia children free from abuse and neglect.




Prevent Child Abuse West Virginia works to give children good beginnings by strengthening families and communities. Please join us.

Jim McKay
State Coordinator
Prevent Child Abuse WV
P.O. Box 1653
Huntington, WV
25717-1653


(866) 4KIDSWV
(304) 697-0340 phone
(304) 697-0320 fax

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