Legislative and Policy Advocacy

Prevent Child Abuse New York advocates for policies and programs to protect children and prevent them from abuse and neglect.

Prevent Child Abuse New York advocates on behalf of all children in New York State, for laws that better protect them and for funding for child abuse prevention programs.

We provide advocacy leadership to hundreds of professionals and advocates from across New York who join us in speaking out on behalf of children. We are an active and reliable source of information to the legislative and executive branches of state and local government.

Prevent Child Abuse New York’s annual Legislative Advocacy Day educates both public officials and citizen advocates who share our concern for the children of our state.

Through our advocacy, we have helped assure the continuation of the New York State Children & Family Trust Fund's family violence prevention programs, and the establishment and growth of the Healthy Families New York program. In addition, Prevent Child Abuse New York has successfully advocated for laws that protect children and assist child victims, most recently, child protective services reform and shaken-baby-syndrome prevention education.

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