Celebrate Prevention Month!
Every April we celebrate the role community plays in the success of New Hampshire families. How, for example, access to early supports like home visiting and developmental screening help children grow at their own pace. And we recognize that the systems and sectors we navigate daily, from health care to housing, are not only inter-related but foundational to family strength.
Because when we understand the caregiver journey, we can uncover upstream solutions to everyday obstacles and identify ways to increase the protective factors that research show strengthen the family unit.
It’s what PRIMARY PREVENTION is all about—making sure parents and caregivers have what they need, before problems arise, so the children in their care can thrive. And if we do that, we can create real and lasting change for generations to come.
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PROTECTIVE FACTORS
When we build our communities to meet the needs of children and their caregivers, we help families develop protective factors that foster safe, stable, and nurturing environments, in which good things happen!
Moments of Joy
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Parental Resilience
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Social Connections
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Concrete Support in Times of Need
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Social and Emotional Competence of Children
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Knowledge of Parenting and Child Development
By creating moments of joy, we decrease stressors and resilience increases. And the best part: joy can start anywhere. So let’s see if we can’t spread a little to a family in our neighborhood today.
Ways to Get Involved
Wear Blue!
Mark your calendars! Friday, April 4th, is #WearBlueDay2025. Wear your favorite blue outfit to help us share the message that by strengthening families, we can create nurturing environments for children that PREVENT!
We all have a role to play. Take a picture and send it to communications@nhchildrenstrust.org to be featured on our feeds, or tag us @nhchildrenstrust!
Download Our Free Resources:
2025 Prevention Resource Guide is HERE!
Check out our 2025 Prevention Resource Guide for content to share, engage with, and learn how we can all Be Prevention!
2025 Resources Include:
NH Children’s Trust is planning for April’s Child Abuse Prevention Month and will be ordering pinwheels and yard signs to be displayed at your organization during the month of April. We hope you will participate this year. Free of charge to you, we can offer 40 pinwheels per site and 1-2 yard signs per site. Please respond by February 14 so we can place our order.
Why it matters: Planting a Pinwheel Garden during April’s Child Abuse Prevention Month provides a unique opportunity to start a conversation around the role we all play in Prevention—individuals, organizations, and communities. When parents and caregivers have what they need, when they need, before problems arise, children in their care thrive and all of New Hampshire prospers. Because we all know Family is New Hampshire’s Best Investment!
Show your support for strong families and safe children this Prevention Month and plant a Pinwheel Garden! Email communications@nhchildrenstrust.org for details.
Pinwheels for Prevention!