This includes services to families who have no current, valid CPS referral, but whose children may be at risk for maltreatment and subsequent placement in the foster care system. These families may have been the subject of a CPS referral, but whose case was determined to be invalid or assessed at low to moderate risk.
Early Child Abuse & Foster Care Prevention (includes manual)
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Manual
Effective 04-2018
- Section 01: Overview of Prevention for Practice & Administration (PDF)
- Section 02: Early Prevention Services to Families (PDF)
- Transmittal 279 (PDF)
Effective 04-2013
- Child Trends - Virginia Foster Care Diversion Study (2011) (PPT)
- Local DSS Prevention Survey Executive Summary (PDF)
- Local DSS Prevention Survey Results (2011) (PDF)
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What Local Agencies are Doing
- Accomack County (PDF)
- Albemarle County (PDF)
- Alexandria DHS (PDF)
- Alleghany / Covington (PDF)
- Amelia County (PDF)
- Amherst County (PDF)
- Appomattox County (PDF)
- Arlington County (PDF)
- Bath County (PDF)
- Bedford County (PDF)
- Bland County (PDF)
- Botetourt County (PDF)
- Brunswick County DSS (PDF)
- Buckingham County (PDF)
- Campbell County DSS (PDF)
- Caroline County (PDF)
- Carroll County DSS (PDF)
- Charles City County (PDF)
- Charlotte County (PDF)
- Charlottesville (PDF)
- Chesapeake (PDF)
- Chesterfield / Colonial Heights (PDF)
- Clarke County (PDF)
- Culpeper County (PDF)
- Cumberland County (PDF)
- Dinwiddie County (PDF)
- Essex County (PDF)
- Fairfax County (PDF)
- Fauquier County (PDF)
- Floyd County (PDF)
- Fluvanna County (PDF)
- Franklin City (PDF)
- Frederick County (PDF)
- Fredericksburg (PDF)
- Galax City (PDF)
- Giles County (PDF)
- Gloucester county (PDF)
- Goochland County (PDF)
- Greene County (PDF)
- Hampton (PDF)
- Harrisonburg Rockingham County (PDF)
- Henrico County (PDF)
- Henry / Martinsville (PDF)
- Highland County (PDF)
- Hopewell (PDF)
- Isle Wight (PDF)
- James City County (PDF)
- King George (PDF)
- King Queen (PDF)
- King William (PDF)
- Lancaster County (PDF)
- Lee County (PDF)
- Loudon County (PDF)
- Louisa County (PDF)
- Lunenburg County (PDF)
- Lynchburg (PDF)
- Madison County (PDF)
- Manassas (PDF)
- Manassas Park (PDF)
- Mathews (PDF)
- Mecklenburg County (PDF)
- Middlesex County (PDF)
- Montgomery County (PDF)
- Nelson County (PDF)
- New Kent (PDF)
- Newport News (PDF)
- Norfolk (PDF)
- Northampton County (PDF)
- Northumberland County (PDF)
- Norton City (PDF)
- Nottoway County (PDF)
- Page County (PDF)
- Patrick County (PDF)
- Petersburg (PDF)
- Pittsylvania Co (PDF)
- Portsmouth (PDF)
- Powhatan (PDF)
- Prince Edward County (PDF)
- Prince George County (PDF)
- Prince William County (PDF)
- Radford (PDF)
- Rappahannock County (PDF)
- Richmond City (PDF)
- Richmond County (PDF)
- Roanoke City (PDF)
- Roanoke County (PDF)
- Rockbridge/ Buena Vista Lexington (PDF)
- Russell County (PDF)
- Scott County (PDF)
- Shenandoah County (PDF)
- Shenandoah Valley (PDF)
- Smyth County (PDF)
- Southampton Cpunty (PDF)
- Spotsylvania (PDF)
- Stafford County (PDF)
- Surry County (PDF)
- Sussex County (PDF)
- Tazewell County (PDF)
- Virginia Beach (PDF)
- Warren County (PDF)
- Washington County (PDF)
- Westmoreland (PDF)
- Williamsburg (PDF)
- Winchester (PDF)
- Wise County (PDF)
- Wythe County (PDF)
- York / Poquoson (PDF)
- danville (PDF)
- dickenson co (PDF)
- greensville emporia (PDF)
- halifax county (PDF)
Additional Resources
- Community Based Resources Used to Provide Prevention Services (PDF)
- Funding Used by LDSS for Early Prevention Services (PDF)
- Is My Child Ready to Stay Home Alone (PDF)
- Keep Children Out of Hot and Unlocked Cars (PDF)
- Leaving Your Child Home Alone (PDF)
- Local Departments of Social Services Collaborating with Coalitions & Foundations (PDF)
- Look Before You LOCK (PDF)
- National & State Resources (PDF)
Studies & Survey Results
Resources
Child Protective Services (CPS) Prevention Services
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Child Protective Services at the Virginia Department of Social Services collaborates with existing networks of public and private non-profit child abuse and neglect prevention programs to provide child abuse and neglect prevention services to families throughout Virginia. Some examples are listed below. For information contact the Child Protective Services Unit at 804-726-7555.
Program Funding & Collaboration
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Community Based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP):
The Virginia Department of Social Services receives federal CBCAP funds from the Office of Child Abuse and Neglect (OCAN), Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Funds awarded to Virginia through this grant are used to support the development, operation and expansion of community-based, prevention-focused programs and activities.
- Healthy Families:
Healthy Families is a national program model designed to help expectant and new parents get their children off to a healthy start. Families participate voluntarily in the program and receive home visiting and referrals from trained staff. By providing services to overburdened families, Healthy Families fits into the continuum of services provided to families in many communities.
- Hugs and Kisses:
Performing since 1983, this nationally acclaimed, award-winning child sexual abuse prevention program for children K-5 tours local schools in Virginia annually. The production by Theatre IV, a division of the Virginia Repertory Theatre, is supported through funds allocated from the Virginia General Assembly for awareness and prevention. Safety messages are presented to as many as 50,000 children in up to 160 performances per school year.
- Virginia
Child Protection Newsletter:
The Virginia Child Protection Newsletter (VCPN) is published by James Madison University through a contract with the Virginia Department of Social Services. Each newsletter is focused on one or more topics in child welfare. The articles provide a survey of literature and also address current practice issues.
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Virginia Child Abuse and Neglect Program
Virginia Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention funding was established by the Virginia legislature to assist in the development of programs focused on primary and secondary child abuse and neglect prevention.
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Community Based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP):
Child Abuse Prevention Month 2021
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April is Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Annually the governor designates April as Child Abuse Prevention Month in Virginia. Individuals and organizations in Virginia and across the United States mark the month with public awareness efforts and by distributing blue ribbons for people to wear and display.
Child abuse and neglect is the cause of more than 1,700 deaths each year in the United States. What can you do to save a child from abuse, neglect, and death?
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