TEXPROTECTS-THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN

Texas Prenatal to Three Collaborative: Texas Prenatal to Three Collaborative: The Texas Prenatal-to-Three (PN-3) Collaborative was established to meet the critical need for a coordinated early childhood system of care that effectively delivers services to infants, toddlers, and their families. The PN-3 Collaborative aims to ensure every child in Texas is born healthy and has equitable access to health services, family supports, and early learning in their homes and communities. This level of collaboration and alignment on an early childhood agenda across child protection, health, and early childhood care and education in Texas did not exist before the formation of the PN-3 Collaborative. The Collaborative has an overarching goal to ensure more than 400,000 additional infants, toddlers, and mothers receive health, education, and family support services by 2026.

Community Outreach, Partnerships and Texas Prevention Network:TexProtects raises awareness of evidence-based and preventative solutions throughout the state of Texas to prevent child maltreatment. This includes convening partners to create a strong prevention ecosystem, supporting professionals in delivering programs that strengthen families and ensuring families and communities are connected to needed support services and resources. The Texas Prevention Network, originally established by TexProtects as the Texas Home Visiting Consortium in 2012, has relaunched creating a platform for all organizations in our state that engage in preventing child abuse and neglect to connect with and learn from each other. In 2024 TexProtects began working directly with prevention providers to strengthen their programming.