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In 2001, the Center for the Study of Social Policy set out to create a strategic, feasible approach to child abuse prevention that was:
  • Systematic,
  • National,
  • Would reach large numbers of very young children, and
  • Would have impact long before abuse or neglect occurred
CSSP embarked on an intensive exploration of the role that early care and education centers (such as Head Start, child care, preschool and other child development programs that provide ongoing, daily child care to children age 0-6) can play in child abuse and neglect prevention. The research included:
Center for the Study of Social Policy