Libraries Strengthen Families
Libraries can help build strong families in their communities.
Strengthening Families Storytimes
Find storytime plans below.
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month
Orders for 2023 are now closed
Our partnership with the Idaho Children’s Trust Fund provides resources to libraries.
Libraries have a unique role to play in strengthening families in their communities. By providing access to resources and information, libraries can help families build protective factors that mitigate the effect of Adverse Childhood Experiences, or ACE’s. Strong families leads to better outcomes for children, and reduced instances of child abuse and neglect. April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, and is a time when libraries can highlight resources for their communities that help prevent child abuse and display pinwheels to raise awareness about prevention.
Learn more about how your library can help prevent child abuse by clicking the links at the top of this page. You will also find sample storytimes that focus on helping families build protective factors, a link to order pinwheels from ICfL, and additional resources to help strengthen families.
The work of the Idaho Children’s Trust Fund is strengthening families and communities to create the safe, stable and nurturing environments all children need to thrive. Thriving families are the key to thriving communities. We know that parenting children can be hard especially in these stressful times. Visit idahofamilysupport.org or call or text 986-867-1073 as a resource to all of us who need help sometimes.
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