Child Abuse and Domestic Abuse Products
Fact Sheets
The Family Advocacy Program works to strengthen military families, while promoting parenting skills and resilience. Find out about the resources available to help you have a healthy and happy family.
Understand the stages of development for your child so you can set realistic expectations for his or her behavior and minimize the day-to-day stresses of parenting.
Domestic Violence Awareness Month is an annual observance generating awareness of domestic violence as a serious public health issue. Learn about the resources available to prevent and address domestic violence.
Learn about information, services and programs available on installations, in communities and online to help you and your family members build healthy relationships.
Learn about the programs — on installations and online — that connect military families with the resources and information they need to stay strong and resilient.
Learn about the New Parent Support Program, part of the Family Advocacy Program and the DoD's voluntary child abuse and neglect prevention program. The program promotes healthy parenting practices and aims to help new parents create safe and nurturing environments for their children.
Help your teen develop healthy relationship skills to prevent teen dating violence.
Material
Domestic Violence Awareness Month is an annual observance bringing attention and focus to this serious public health issue, providing audiences with the information and resources they need to prevent abuse, report abuse and support victims. Encourage your community to speak up and be part of the solution to end domestic violence.
Posters
Preventing child abuse is everyone's responsibility. Raise awareness and inform your community about the many ways to report child abuse and neglect.
Preventing child abuse is everyone's responsibility. Raise awareness and inform your community about the many ways to report child abuse and neglect.
Domestic Violence Awareness Month is an annual national observance bringing attention to this serious public health issue, providing audiences with the information and resources they need to prevent abuse, report abuse and support victims. Encourage your community to speak up and be part of the solution to end domestic violence.
Domestic Violence Awareness Month is an annual national observance bringing attention to this serious public health issue, providing audiences with the information and resources they need to prevent abuse, report abuse and support victims. Encourage your community to speak up and be part of the solution to end domestic violence.
Resources Guides
Understand the resources available to victims of domestic abuse — counseling services, reporting options and more.
Parents sometimes need a helping hand. Having resources to turn to gives you the support you need to build healthy family relationships.
The New Parent Support Program provides information, resources and tools to help you create a nurturing and healthy home for your new baby.
Find information and resources to help you build strong and healthy relationships.
Understand the differences between domestic abuse and sexual assault.
Understand the differences between domestic abuse and sexual assault.
Domestic Violence Awareness Month is an annual national observance bringing attention to this serious public health issue. When you suspect domestic abuse, your concern and support can help change a person’s life. Know the warning signs and know where to find help for a victim. Take a stand to stop the violence and keep your community safe.
Find key resources and information to help new parents learn about safe sleep for their new baby.
Find articles and information about safe sleep for babies.
Find key resources and information to help new parents learn about safe sleep for their new baby.
Share important information and resources with new parents about safe sleep for their baby.
Toolkits
You play a critical role in distributing timely, accurate and relevant information to service members and their families. The majority of today’s service members and their families do not live on a military base, and civilian support agencies and programs are more involved than ever in supporting military families. Families in every stage of military life rely on you for services and support, including everything from counseling to child care. As you work with service members and their families, we hope you will use the information in this toolkit to help us share important information about Department of Defense family support policy.
Department of Defense service providers play a critical role in providing timely, accurate and relevant information to service members and their families. You provide services and support to military families around the world, at every stage of military life. These families rely on you as part of their trusted network of support, and your contributions directly impact mission readiness. We designed this toolkit to assist you in your role, helping you ensure all families can access the services they need to manage the challenges of everyday life and those associated with military life.
Military leaders play a critical role in providing timely, accurate and relevant information to service members, their families and survivors. The Family Readiness System assists you in preventing, identifying and addressing family readiness challenges within your force. This toolkit was developed to help you share important information about family readiness policy with the ultimate goal of helping you maintain a mission-ready force and optimize military family readiness.
Public affairs officers play a significant role in providing timely, accurate and relevant information to service members and their families. You are responsible for ensuring consistent messaging about your branch’s family programs and services and ensuring alignment with the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s family program messaging. Given your unique and sometimes challenging role, we designed this Family Readiness System Toolkit specifically for you.
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Child Abuse and Domestic Abuse military life topic area of Military OneSource.