Prevent Child Abuse America's 2009 Legislative Priorities.

We are very excited to share Prevent Child Abuse America's 2009 Legislative Priorities with you. Please see the list below, but please visit the link above as well for more details.

1. Develop a national strategy for prevention.
2. Enact Federal home visiting legislation.
3. Increase Federal funding for child abuse and neglect prevention services.
4. Reauthorize the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act.
5. Increase Federal investments in the full continuum of child welfare services.
6. Enact Shaken Baby Syndrome prevention legislation.

Also, if you have any questions, or want to find out how you can become engaged in Prevent Child Abuse America's public policy work, please don't hesitate to contact Prevent Child Abuse America's Senior Director of Public Policy Bridget Gavaghan at bgavaghan@preventchildabuse.org.

Dwight Howard, The Doublemint "Double-Double" Challenge and The 2009 NBA All-Star Game.

We are very excited and appreciative to see Dwight Howard's continued support of Prevent Child Abuse America and the Doublemint "Double-Double" Challenge. To learn more about Dwight's appearance on behalf of the Challenge at last weekend's NBA All-Star Game please take a moment to visit Dwight's blog.

The 2009 West Virginia YouTube Youth Forum Contest is here. And quite cool. Check it out.

This is quite a cool thing. Prevent Child Abuse West Virginia is hosting the 2009 WV YouTube Youth Forum Contest which gives West Virginia students an opportunity for their voices to be heard by presenting questions to West Virginia's lawmakers via video. We hope you will take a look and we hope you will explore how you might replicate this in your own state or community.

Wrigley Start Early Run. Save the date - April 18, 2009.

We wanted to let you know that we are gearing up for the 2009 Wrigley Start Early Run and we hope you will join us here in Chicago on April 18, 2009 for the event. We welcome all runners, walkers, families and teams. For more information please visit the 2009 Wrigley Start Early Run website and if you want to let us and your friends know about your run plans via Facebook please visit us there as well. Thanks in advance for your time and support and we look forward to seeing you on the 18th.