In 2015, the Children’s Bureau of Southern California received a grant from the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services to provide administrative support and help coordinate the joint service activities of each child abuse council to meet our collective grant goals.
Joint Projects Include:
- The Blue Ribbon Child Abuse Prevention Campaign
- Publication of The Children’s Advocate Newsletter
- The Report Card Insert Project
- Establishment and Maintenance of a Los Angeles Community Child Abuse Councils Website
- Training and Technical Assistance to the Community Relating to Child Abuse and Family Violence Issues
- Networking Meetings
The Blue Ribbon Child Abuse Prevention Campaign
Coordination of the County-wide Blue Ribbon Campaign which recognizes April as Child Abuse Prevention Month, including the purchase and dissemination of child abuse prevention materials such as bookmarks, buttons, pins, bumper stickers, magnets, posters and public education resources.
Newsletter Publication
This service includes information gathering, developing, editing and disseminating material about, and for, the Community Child Abuse Councils. The newsletters will be distributed to the Councils and other relevant organizations and individuals.
The Report Card Insert Project
This project will be coordinated with the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) and individual public and private school districts to raise public awareness (and the awareness of parents) regarding non-abusive ways to respond to academic or behavioral challenges children may have at school. The coordination of this project includes the design and dissemination of the inserts in nine languages to public and private school districts throughout the county.
To see the 2018 report card inserts click here:
Establishing and Maintaining the Los Angeles Community Child Abuse Councils’ Website
This project involves both establishing and maintaining the web-based Child Abuse Prevention Calendar with links and information about each individual council and their web page (if applicable). The web site will provide a calendar of child abuse prevention events, meetings and information about the Child Abuse Councils and our partners, geared to community members and professionals concerned with family violence prevention issues.
Training and Technical Assistance to the Child Abuse Councils
The Child Abuse Councils Coordinator provides training and technical assistance to the councils and other community groups on community outreach and organizing, mandated reporter training, and other child abuse related topics as needed.
Networking Meetings
The Child Abuse Councils Coordinator attends the meetings of the Community Child Abuse Councils, Council Chairs, ICAN and other child focused collaboratives for the purposes of information gathering and sharing, raising awareness of child abuse and neglect, identifying and facilitating collaborative trainings and/or projects for the Councils, as well as technical consultation.
Children’s Bureau at Magnolia Place
1910 Magnolia Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90007