Join child advocates at the Capitol as they raise awareness about child abuse prevention. WHAT: PA Family Support Alliance (PFSA), widely recognized as the leading expert on child protection and child abuse prevention in Pennsylvania, will host its outdoor flag planting and annual Blue Ribbon Champions for Safe Kids ceremony at the Capitol on Tuesday, […]
2023
CBS 21: Some families are at risk of entering the child welfare system due to impacts of inflation
Inflation continues to rattle families across the country. However, for some who were already facing poverty, their family is being faced with the foster care system. Tri County Community Action serves Cumberland, Dauphin, and Perry Counties. Director of early childhood and family development at Tri County, Sheila Deer, said they’ve seen an increase in the […]
Pennsylvania’s Current Efforts to Support Child Abuse Survivors
Pennsylvania has been home to many child abuse scandals. From the coverup of Jerry Sandusky’s abuses to the grand jury investigation into the Catholic dioceses, the issue of child abuse has been at the forefront of everyone’s minds. More recently, our legislature has been grappling with what to do and how to help adult survivors […]
Trying to Keep Up with TikTok Challenges?
As a parent, grandparent, or caregiver, you have probably heard of or even witnessed the children in your lives participate in a TikTok challenge. Some of these challenges can even be fun like the viral TikTok challenges where children compete against their parents in a homemade dancing competition. However, many of these challenges can be […]
Examining Big Tech’s Impact on Children
When the Seattle public school district filed a lawsuit against four Big Tech companies, industry experts, elected officials, advocates, and child abuse prevention organizations like ours took notice. Seattle public school district filed a lawsuit against Alphabet Inc. (parent company of Google), Meta Platforms, Inc. (owner of Facebook and Instagram), Snap, Inc. (owner of Snapchat), […]
Philadelphia Tribune: People on the Move
Pennsylvania Family Support Alliance (PFSA), the state leader in child abuse prevention, announced the appointment of Dr. Rosalind Lee to serve as vice chair of its Board of Directors. “Our organization is delighted and very fortunate to have Dr. Lee assume the role of Vice Chair on our Board of Directors,” Angela Liddle, president/CEO of […]
