Prevent Child Abuse America (PCA America) was founded in 1972. PCA America is the first organization in the United States whose sole mission is “to prevent the abuse and neglect of our nation’s children.” It undertakes its mission by affecting change at the governmental and community level on the systems that support the full range of services needed to promote the child development process and provide parents with better conditions to be the kind of parents they want to be. Based in Chicago, PCA America has state chapters in 44 states and over 400 Healthy Families America (HFA) sites in 41 states. Together, approximately 500 staff in the National Office and chapters manages over 353 different locally based strategies to meet the mission of the organization, and an additional 2900 home visitation workers, supervisors and program managers oversee and implement HFA. (read less)

Prevent Child Abuse America (PCA America) was founded in 1972. PCA America is the first organization in the United States whose sole mission is “to prevent the abuse and neglect of our nation’s children.” It undertakes its mission by affecting change at the governmental and community level on the systems that support the full range of services needed to promote the child development process and provide parents with better conditions to be the kind of parents they want to be. Based in Chica... (read more)