National Child Abuse Prevention Month is an annual observance to raising awareness and preventing child abuse. April has been designated Child Abuse Prevention Month since 1983. President Obama continued the tradition. In 2016, he issued a Presidential proclamation stating: “During National Child Abuse Prevention Month, we recommit to giving every child a chance to succeed and to ensuring that every child grows up in a safe, stable, and nurturing environment that is free from abuse and neglect.”
Pinwheels for Prevention is Florida’s statewide coordinated effort to highlight programs and activities that promote healthy child development and prevention of child abuse. The campaign, coordinated by Prevent Child Abuse (PCA) Florida, the Ounce of Prevention Fund of Florida and the Florida Department of Children and Families, creates awareness of the proven ideas that child abuse can be prevented.
PCA Florida believes all families deserve to live in communities that have adequate resources to support families and provide, opportunities for healthy growth and developmental experiences for children. Through the use of pinwheel displays, each community, business or organization can demonstrate its commitment to help Florida children live healthy, happy lives. To learn more, click here.