Child Protection Program | Resources

Child abuse and neglect general information

• https://medlineplus.gov/childabuse.html
• https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/can/
• https://www.healthychildren.org/English/safety-prevention/at-home/Pages/What-to-Know-about-Child-Abuse.aspx

Reporting child abuse and neglect

• https://www.mass.gov/child-abuse-and-neglect
• Reporting abuse and neglect in New Hampshire: https://www.dhhs.nh.gov/report-concern/report-child-abuse
• Online training on mandated reporting offered through the Middlesex County CAC: http://51a.middlesexcac.org/

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

• All the Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs) in Massachusetts and the function of the CACs: http://machildrensalliance.org/our-cacs

Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC)

• General information about CSEC as well as specific information about the SEEN program in Suffolk County: https://www.suffolkcac.org/what-we-do/seen
• Created by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, information about various types of child exploitation: http://www.missingkids.org/theissues/cse

Foster and out-of-home care

• General information about out-of-home placement: https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/outofhome/
• Information directly aimed at youth in foster care in an engaging format: https://www.fosterclub.com

Prevention

• Information about child abuse prevention: https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/preventing/

Mental Health

• LINK KID: http://www.cbhknowledge.center/umass/