The purpose of State Essentials for Childhood:
Implementation of Strategies and Approaches for Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention (EfC:ISAC) Notice of Funding Opportunities (NOFO) is to decrease Child Abuse and Neglect (CAN) risk factors and increase CAN protective factors by leveraging multisector
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partnerships and resources to improve coordination and implementation of comprehensive CAN prevention efforts statewide.
As a result, there will be increased awareness of societal factors that lead to safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments; and increased evidence of impact from population-based approaches of CAN prevention that will also help close the gap of the inequitable burden of CAN.