Fight Crime: Invest In Kids

It's ! Home visits not only make a difference in families lives but they are a crime prevention strategy as well. We thank all the dedicated home visitors who help families and our communities thrive!

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Home visiting programs provide parents of young children the confidence, skills, and supports they need to raise their child.

Graduating high school is key to succeeding. High-quality early learning and out-of-school time programs are two proven strategies to prepare kids to succeed and steer them away from risky behaviors.

Guiding Good Choices is one of the programs highlighted in Fight Crime: Invest in Kids new fact sheet on positive youth development. Read the fact sheet here: https://tinyurl.com/yeyckmxy

Last month, Fight Crime: Invest in Kids released a fact sheet focused on positive youth development strategies to prevent crime from happening in the first place. Read the fact sheet here: https://tinyurl.com/yeyckmxy

Fight Crime: Invest in Kids released a new fact sheet today focused on positive youth development strategies to prevent crime from happening in the first place. Read the fact sheet here: https://tinyurl.com/yeyckmxy

Fact of the Week: A new report from ReadyNation finds that the ongoing has an economic toll of $172 billion annually. Policymakers must take action before it gets worse. Read the report: https://www.instituteforchildsuccess.org/cost-child-care-crisis/

High-quality child care and preschool programs keep kids engaged with learning and improve outcomes in the long-run. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0885200625001036

Identifying the root causes when kids have exhibited harmful behaviors & involving family & other adults in a young person's life in their therapy is an effective strategy to prevent and has better outcomes than incarceration.

Programs that lead to are an important investment in our . Park City Police Department-Utah

Investing in diversion approaches, instead of punitive practices like incarceration, are more conducive for long-term adolescent development. https://tinyurl.com/2p9kxx8b