Health Care Providers

Health care providers are a family’s trusted advisors who can play an active role in preventing child and abuse and neglect. You may provide information about local services or facilitate direct connections with appropriate organizations aimed at meeting a family’s basic needs. Research has shown linking families to resources to meet these needs minimizes stress, improves physical and mental health, and prevents child abuse and neglect. Supports like {insert as appropriate to the audience: mental health services, food pantries, child care as well as Colorado’s child abuse & neglect hotline (1-844-CO-4-KIDS)} strengthen families and creates a pathway for families to thrive.