Family  Connections is a member of the

Coalition for the Prevention Child Abuse and Neglect

Our primary goal is to raise public awareness and enlist the participation of individuals, businesses, churches, schools and organizations who want to ensure a safe, nurturing and predictable environment for all children in El Paso County. 

Our members do this is by going out into the community to provide presentations designed to educate children, teens and adults about healthy lifestyles and nurturing relationships.  We also offer workshops open to the community and all professionals working with families.

If you live or work in the Colorado Springs area, please join us to prevent child abuse and neglect.  This job is immense, but prevention works when communities work together.

CPCAN is made up of community agencies and individuals that came together in direct response to the increase in child abuse and neglect in El Paso County.

For more information about CPCAN got to www.cpcan.org

STOP FAMILY VIOLENCE COALITION

Both literally and metaphorically, El Paso County’s family violence problem exists largely behind closed doors. We have more cases of reported domestic violence and child abuse than any other county in the state of Colorado. The key word here is “reported.” For beyond closed doors hide the cases we do not know about, obscuring another reality, infinitely larger and more disturbing because it is unknown: the violence that never emerges into the light, tragedies that are never seen, screams that are never heard. 

In the beginning, the coalition focused on the victims, not only to reach out to them to seek help, but also to depict the severity the problem. Over the last couple of years, the campaign’s focus has shifted to primary prevention with a goal of changing the social mores around family violence. Our most recent campaign reflected the need to engage community members, specifically men, to take a stand against family violence and serve as role models and mentors. The campaign not only was well received in our community receiving many ADDY awards, but also regionally, where the TV spot won an Emmy award.

http://www.openourdoors.org/TheCoalition.aspx