Spread the Word
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Find information, resources, and shareable posts to support your child welfare-related outreach efforts. Share these messages with your social media followers, email subscribers, forum users, and other digital networks. Use these resources to raise awareness about child welfare topics, initiatives, and resources with your staff and agency or with the children, youth, and families you serve.
Upcoming Initiatives, Awareness Days, and Heritage Months
Below you will find child welfare-related initiatives, cultural heritage months, and other awareness opportunities recognized by the Center. For more information on Children’s Bureau-supported initiatives and events, click on the hyperlinked items.
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Email: capacityinfo@icfi.com
Phone: 1.844.222.0272
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January
- National Human Trafficking Prevention Month
February
- Black History Month
- Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
- National Parent Leadership Month
March
- Social Work Month
- Women’s History Month
April
May
- National Foster Care Month
- Mental Health Awareness Month
- Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month
- Mother’s Day – May 12
- Child Welfare Virtual Expo (CWVE) - May 22-23
June
- National Reunification Month
- LGBTQ+ Pride Month
- Father’s Day – June 16
- Juneteenth – June 19
- World Refugee Day – June 20
July
- National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month
August
- Women's Equality Day – August 26
September
- National Kinship Care Month
- National Child Welfare Workforce Development Month
- National Preparedness Month
- National Suicide Prevention Month
- Grandparent’s Day – September 8
- Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15–October 15)
October
- National Substance Abuse Prevention Month
- Domestic Violence Awareness Month
- Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15–October 15)
- National Disability Employment Awareness Month
- National Indigenous People’s Day – October 14
November
- National Adoption Month
- National Runaway Prevention Month
- National Native American Heritage Month
December
- International Day of Persons With Disabilities – December 3
- Winter Holiday Season
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Working towards an equitable workforce
If you're interested in learning about diversity, racial equity, and inclusion, please visit our Racial Equity topics page. Shared language is vital to advancing racial equity. We have created a glossary of diversity, racial equity, and inclusion terms and definitions that you and your team can use as a starting point in your efforts to align language and develop shared language.
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