Children's Trust

Just as it takes a range of services — social, support, legal, medical and educational — to build strong families and stop child abuse and neglect, it also takes services centered in communities, where families who need help can access it easily.  That's the idea behind Community Based Child Abuse Prevention grants, a federal program created in 1985 to help states provide matching money to agencies or organizations offering child-centered, family-focused solutions.   

 

In South Carolina, the grants are administered by The Children's Trust of South Carolina and funded by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children and Families in Washington, D.C. The Children's Trust is the designated lead agency in South Carolina and serve as the state's Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board.

Program Highlights:

• CBCAP grant funding provides vital support for child abuse prevention activities and leadership for coordinating these efforts across public and private agencies in South Carolina.
• Families that typically receive services are: low-income parents and young parents, caregivers, children and adults with minimal education levels, families living in urban and rural areas, families from all ethnic groups, families with adults and children with disabilities, and other vulnerable populations.
• CBCAP grant funds support the following prevention programs:
  • Parenting Education and Support
  • Home Visitation
  • Child Focused School Based/Non School Based
  • Community Awareness
  • Mentoring
  • Fatherhood
  • Respite Care
  • Training