Framework Resources

Publications

Fact Sheet:

• Essentials for Childhood Framework: Fact Sheet  pdf icon[258 KB, 1 Page]
  CDC’s Essentials for Childhood Framework fact sheet includes information about the strategies, goals, and steps that build the foundation of safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments for children.

CDC Reports:

• Essentials for Childhood: Steps to Create Safe, Stable, Nurturing Relationships and Environments for All Children pdf icon[24.3 MB, 36 Pages]
  This document describes a framework to guide community activities that will support safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments for children and their families.
  Supplements: 
  • Building Community Commitment for Safe, Stable, Nurturing Relationships and Environments pdf icon[6 MB, 16 Pages]
    This publication introduces nine key elements of successful efforts that raise awareness and build commitment for safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments.
  • Promoting Positive Community Norms pdf icon[1 MB, 12 Pages]
    This guide provides information about creating a context for increasing safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments for children and families by promoting positive community norms.
  • Boost Your Competitive Edge: Actions for a Healthy, Productive Workforce pdf icon[5 MB, 12 Pages]
    This resource outlines actions your organization, no matter what size or shape, can take to ensure a healthier and more productive workforce, now and into the next generation.
• Suggested Practices for Journalists Reporting on Child Abuse and Neglect  pdf icon[2.65 MB, 12 Pages]
  This guide explains how journalists can impact prevention by expanding the focus of stories about abuse or neglect of children to include information on the causes of the problem and ways to prevent it.

General Resources

CDC Trainings and Tools:

• Making the Case: Engaging Businesses Training
  A free online resource that explains how users and their communities can work with the business sector to assure safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments for all children and families.