Annual Pinwheel Planting to occur April 5 at Nevada Legislature in honor of Child Abuse Prevention Month
Community partners will plant pinwheels in the legislative lawn Friday, April 5 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. to symbolize every child’s right to a safe, healthy, and happy life, and to impress upon the community that child abuse and neglect are serious problems.
According to the Nevada Division of Child and Family Services, from fiscal year 2023 there were 39,832 reports made, which resulted in14,675 investigations of abuse and/or neglect statewide. From those investigations, there were 3,758 substantiated reports of child abuse and neglect and there were 2,814 children removed from their homes.
Prevent Child Abuse Nevada recognizes the importance of community-based support for all children and families during National Child Abuse Prevention (CAP) Month in April. The theme of this year’s awareness and impact campaign is “Building A Hopeful Future, Together”
“Now more than ever, we need to band together in collective ways that help our families and children thrive. Too often, our society thinks of raising healthy children as a parent or caregiver’s responsibility alone,” said Amanda Haboush-Deloye, Executive Director of Prevent Child Abuse Nevada “In reality, we all benefit when groups of people work together to collectively care for children.”
Throughout CAP Month, Prevent Child Abuse Nevada, its parent organization Prevent Child Abuse America, alongside other chapters, affiliates, and supporting organizations such as Advocated to End Domestic Violence, Carson and Washoe CASA, and the Department of Child and Family Services are using the community garden metaphor to reinforce the message that “Every day, we help families and children thrive.”
“Research shows that positive childhood experiences grow thriving families and communities,” explained Dr. Melissa Merrick, president and CEO of Prevent Child Abuse America. “This is the moment to build a child and family well-being system that propels families to grow and thrive together. Please consider joining us to ensure safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments are cultivated to enable children, families, and entire communities to succeed – today and for generations to come.”
For more information on how to get involved in CAP Month, please visit https://www.preventchildabusenevada.org/pinwheels-for-prevention/
About Advocates to End Domestic Violence Advocates to End Domestic Violence Domestic Violence (AEDV) is a private, not-for-profit organization. They were formed in 1979 by two formerly battered women who saw a need for a domestic violence program in Carson City, Nevada. They have grown from a small two-bedroom apartment, to a full service program that operates a 51-bed shelter and provides a wide variety of services designed to protect and support battered women and their children in the community.
About Prevent Child Abuse Nevada
PCA-NV is a fully chartered chapter of the national organization Prevent Child Abuse America and housed at the UNLV Nevada Institute for Children’s Research and Policy. The organization advocates for access to early care and learning and after-school programs, adequate health care, and prevention programs to address poverty, child abuse and neglect. PCA-NV encourages residents, the community, and government to invest in kids.