KIDS: You Can't Beat 'Em

KIDS: You Can't Beat 'Em is a public-awareness campaign on the issues of child abuse and neglect, particularly their links with substance abuse. The campaign aims to provide friends, neighbors, and community groups (such as childcare providers, various faith communities, and family-service agencies) with strategies for supporting families and taking appropriate action to prevent mistreatment of Hawai‘i's children. Program elements include:

• Developing and distributing materials relating to child abuse and neglect which focus on prevention and contain actions all people can take to strengthen families
• Reaching out to communities through user friendly and culturally relevant materials for professionals who work with children and families, and forums and seminars for community groups
• Educating the broader community through a print and media campaign
• Enhancing the Circle of Support, which will evolve from training conducted by professionals and community leaders who will take the KIDS: You Can't Beat 'Em campaign into their communities

KIDS: You Can't Beat 'Em is funded by the Hawai‘i Children's Trust Fund and directed by the Center on the Family, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. It is designed to multiply the impact of the Center on the Family's efforts by enlisting community groups with an interest in the overall health and well-being of children and families. Core collaborators are:

• PREVENT Child Abuse Hawai‘i
• Cooperative Extension Service
• Hawai‘i Association for the Education of Young Children
• Honpa Hongwanji Mission
• D.O.E teachers of pregnant and parenting teens
• American Academy of Pediatrics - Hawai‘i Chapter
• Drug-Free Hawai‘i
• Salvation Army Family Treatment Center
• Parents and Children Together
• Hawai‘i Children's Trust Fund

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

• • Facts About Child Abuse
  • Kids: You Can't Beat 'Em!
  • Protect Kids From Abuse
  • Child Abuse in Hawai‘i (Fact Sheet)
• Prevention Strategies
  • What Is Child Abuse?
  • Do your A-B-C's: Act on Behalf of Children
  • 10 Ways to Prevent Child Abuse in your Community
  • Violence Hurts: What Can We Do?
• Information for Teachers
  • ABC's for Teachers
  • Dos and Don'ts for Teachers
  • When You Suspect Abuse

• Issue Papers
  • Understanding Child Abuse and Neglect
  • Violence and Substance Use Increase Child Abuse
  • The Innocent Victims: Children, Drugs, and Abuse
• Posters
  • 40 Ways to Support Children
  • Facts About Abuse
• Bookmark
  • Protect Our Children