The Black Mothers Forum is is an Arizona initiative designed to educate, organize, and take action to promote healthy mindsets and relationships to end the school-to-prison pipeline. This effort created small-facilitated learning environments to provide a more catered...
By Claire Louge, Executive Director A few months ago, I was watching a discussion between renowned neuroscientist and author Dr. Bruce Perry and Dr. Melissa Merrick, the President and CEO of Prevent Child Abuse America. The discussion was centered on Dr. Perry’s new...
By Executive Director Claire Louge Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about how much there is to do. How much there is to care about. How many problems we need to solve in our sector and in our world. Everywhere I show up, I learn about something else that needs to get...
On September 10 and 24 in Tucson Arizona, with the help of Lean On Me AZ Facilitator Sandi Cimino, Prevent Child Abuse Arizona had its first two Lean On Me AZ community forums. In the fall of 2020, Prevent Child Abuse Arizona hosted thirteen focus groups to discuss...
By Claire Louge, Executive Director Think of something that you know to be true. You believe in this. You have strong conviction you are right about this. You are passionate about it. You may even identify with this belief – it is a critical part of you. Got it? Now...
In August, Arizona’s Monica Garcia Bustamante, a Healthy Families home visitor in Douglas, received a national award – the Healthy Families America Outstanding Service Award. Monica accepted this award at the Prevent Child Abuse America Conference in front of over...
By Claire Louge, Executive Director “Child welfare isn’t rocket science. It is harder.” —David Liederman, former director of the Child Welfare League of America Wouldn’t it be nice if there was one reason why child abuse happened, and if we just...
By Claire Louge, Executive Director Have you heard the expression ‘we’re building the plane as we fly it’? What it usually means is that the work is so urgent, the process of doing the work is being created at the same time as doing the work. But let me ask you this:...
Strong Families AZ, a network of free home visiting programs, supports home visiting professionals to positively impact the lives of Arizona’s pregnant women, families, and children ages birth to five. As part of their systems-change work, Strong Families AZ increases...
In July, Prevent Child Abuse Arizona hosted our 27th Statewide Child Abuse Prevention Conference. With the support of fourteen sponsors, including NARBHA, Season for Sharing, the Governor’s Office of Youth, Faith and Family, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and First Things...
In Yavapai County, the Best for Babies Court team exists to create better outcomes for young children involved in the court system and support those children and families at risk of becoming involved. The Best for Babies team meets monthly to discuss opportunities to...
By Claire Louge, Executive Director I once thought that the best leaders were strong, assertive knowers. Leaders are the ones who make decisions because they have the most confident, unshakable answers, right? I was wrong. It turns out, we don’t need leaders who have...
