Child Maltreatment Prevention Action Team

Decreasing the rate of child neglect cases in the county, specifically focusing on substance use and domestic violence.  

Montezuma County

Our Approach

Increase community knowledge of child maltreatment prevention and awareness of the community responsibility of prevention through norms change

Key Actions

Development and promotion of the #MontezumaCountySupportsEachOther Media Campaign on the awareness of child abuse and prevention throughout Montezuma County. Media campaign activities included:

  • Painting the large mural on the corner of Montezuma and N Market St in Cortez

  • Creation of a billboard on the busy highway 160 coming into Cortez

  • Posting an ongoing positive norming campaign on the CMPAT Facebook page

  • Distribution of a community-wide mailer to over 10,000 households in the county

  • Created a movie theater ad to raise awareness of the community responsibility to prevent maltreatment which played in the local movie theater for over 15 months.

Distribution of a survey to measure the community and individual perception of child abuse and neglect, and one’s responsibility in prevention which informed the direction and content of multiple years of prevention activities, including the positive norming media campaign

Led multiple youth groups in supporting the norms campaign on the prevention of child abuse and neglect. Youth groups painted murals, presented to local leadership, and engaged in a variety of prevention courses and activities

Facilitated ongoing community-wide child abuse prevention and mandated reporter trainings

Development and upkeep of the online, interactive community resource guide: padlet.com/CMPAT/Resources

Strategy #1

Resources

Child Maltreatment Prevention Mailer

Child Abuse Prevention Tips and Infographics

Child Maltreatment Prevention Movie Theater Ad

Interactive Community Resource Guide

Community Profile for Child Maltreatment Prevention 2018

Find more Child Maltreatment Prevention Resources