Prevent Child Abuse Texas / Texprotects-The Texas Association for the Protection of Children

Texas Prenatal to Three Collaborative: The Texas Prenatal-to-Three (PN-3) Collaborative was established to meet the critical need for a coordinated early childhood system of care that effectively delivers services to infants, toddlers, and their families. The PN-3 Collaborative wants to ensure every child in Texas can be born healthy and have equitable access to health services, family supports, and early learning in their homes and communities. This level of collaboration and alignment on an early childhood agenda across child protection, health, and early childhood care and education in Texas did not exist before the formation of the PN-3 Collaborative. THE COLLABORATIVE HAS AN OVERARCHING GOAL TO ENSURE MORE THAN 400,000 ADDITIONAL INFANTS, TODDLERS, AND MOTHERS RECEIVE HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES BY 2026.

Community Outreach, Partnerships and Texas Prevention Network: TexProtects raises awareness of evidence-based and preventative solutions throughout the state of Texas to prevent child maltreatment. This includes convening partners to create a strong prevention ecosystem, supporting professionals in delivering programs that strengthen families and ensuring families and communities are connected to needed support services and resources. The Texas Prevention Network, originally established by TexProtects as the Texas Home Visiting Consortium in 2012, has relaunched at the end of 2023, creating a platform for all organizations in our state that engage in preventing child abuse and neglect to connect with and learn from each other.

Advocacy AND Public Policy: TexProtects continues to spearhead legislation through public policy and budget agendas prior to each Texas legislative session with an emphasis on strengthening families/caregivers, preventing child maltreatment and the overall child welfare system. TexProtects is also leading the charge for a CPS diversion hotline for community resources to better connect families to community resources to meet their specific and immediate needs. TexProtects is the founder and facilitator of the Child Protection Roundtable, the largest collaborator in our efforts. It includes 80+ organizations across the state that share a common interest in serving the best interests of all Texas children and especially the most vulnerable who are in or at risk of entering substitute care.