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Children and Youth: COVID-19 Listening 
Session 

 

Resources 

 

The past few weeks have brought significant and unprecedented 
changes to our lives and work. While everyone is impacted by the 
COVID-19 public health crisis, the impact is far greater on people 
from underserved communities, including children and youth. 
Prior to COVID-19, children and youth were already underserved 
by victim services despite experiencing higher rates of 
victimization. They also have access to fewer resources, which 
compounds the challenges they already face and the new 
challenges created by COVID-19. 

 

To ensure children and youth are at the center of all COVID-19 
response efforts, we sought to better understand the impact this 
health crisis is having on survivorsÕ needs and better resource the 
crime victim services field to respond to their needs. 

 


Through the children and youth listen session some of the unique 
challenges facing survivors from this underserved community 
surfaced. In addition, promising strategies and resources were 
shared. This document is a compilation of those strategies and 
resources. 

 

Child Abuse Reporting 

„ National ChildrenÕs Alliance developed a brief on child abuse 
reporting this for Child Advocacy Centers (CACs) working 
with the media on awareness. 
„ Safe2Say Something is a youth violence prevention program 
run by the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General. 
„ Darkness to light 
„ Missouri Kids First launched their #Essential4Kids campaign 
with resources for reporting child abuse. 


Tele-mental health, Tele-health Resources, Tele-
forensic Interviewing 

„ National ChildrenÕs Alliance Covid-19 Resources 
„ Western Regional CAC Tele-mental health resource page 
„ Baltimore ChildrenÕs Advocacy Center Tele-FI resources 



Virtual Therapy Engagement 

„ The National Child Traumatic Stress Network resources for 
working with families and children who've experienced 
trauma and child abuse prevention 
„ National Child Traumatic Stress Network Covid-19 resource 


Parents and Caregivers 

„ National Child Advocacy Center response to COVID-19 
„ National Child Advocacy Center COVID-19 Š Toolkit English 
„ National Child Advocacy Center COVID-19 Š Toolkit Espa–ol 
„ Suffolk Child Advocacy Center COVID-19 Support 
„ The National Child Traumatic Stress Network Outbreak 
Factsheet 
„ The National Child Traumatic Stress Network Supporting 
Children COVID-19 Factsheet 
„ The National Child Traumatic Stress Network Activities for 
Children and Adolescents 
„ Big Life Journal Engaging Resources for Kids 


Personal and Organizational Well-Being 

„ Recorded conversation with Francoise Mathieu on well-being 
„ TEND Academy has great resources to address Vicarious 
Trauma (VT) / Secondary Traumatic Stress (STS) 
„ People Incorporated is offering a Free Training Opportunity - 
Resiliency Skills amid COVID19 



Staying Connected to and Serving Your Community 

„ We have been getting small care packages together for our 
clients and those that we know could use items. these 
include snacks, drinks, sidewalk chalk, scavenger hunt 
ideas, jump ropes, card and board games for kids, small 
things that can keep kids busy that may not have anything 
to keep them entertained. 
„ The National Child Traumatic Stress Network Activities for 
Children and Adolescents 
„ Our community has also done a bear hunt where are local 
person has read the book on Facebook live (going on a bear 
hunt) and many people and businesses have place teddy 
bears in their windows or yard to be "Hunted" 
„ For April we have also done something similar in that they 
are on a Pinwheel hunt for child abuse awareness 
„ Volunteers have transitioned from their usual tasks to 
making face masks for our frontline staff 
„ One state is doing some sort of wellness activity each 
Monday. This week they all made pinwheels together, 
including with kids at home! 


COVID-19 Response Grants to Help CACs/Other 
Nonprofits 

„ Council of Non-Profits COVID-19 Grant 
„ Candid Coronavirus Funds