Mat-Su Valley rally<\/strong>, 9 a.m., Wells Fargo Parking lot (1701 E Parks Hwy, Wasilla)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\tThe theme of month is “30 ways to Strengthen Families.” Throughout the month you will hear more about Strengthening Families, an evidence-based framework for preventing child abuse and neglect by focusing on family strengths. Print, display, and share the poster below from Alaska Children’s Trust with 30 ideas to strengthening a family.<\/p>\n
\n\t8.5″ x 14″ Poster (JPG)
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\n\t8.5″ x 14″ Poster (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\tStrengthening Families promotes five protective factors that, when present, help prevent child abuse and neglect. Click on each protective factor below for more information:<\/p>\n
\n\t1. Parent Resilience<\/a>
\n\t2. Social Connections<\/a>
\n\t3. Knowledge of Parenting & Child Development<\/a>
\n\t4. Concrete Support in Times of Need<\/a>
\n\t5. Healthy Social & Emotional Development of Children<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\tLearn more about all five protective factors<\/a> at www.alaskachildrenstrust.org.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","news_tags":[],"event_category":[],"news_categories":[],"class_list":["post-37462","thread-blog","type-thread-blog","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWear Blue on Friday, April 6 - Thread<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/wear-blue-on-friday-april-6-2-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wear Blue on Friday, April 6 - Thread\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Alaska has one of the highest per capita rates of child abuse and neglect in the nation, but we can all work to change that. Start by wearing blue on... 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