Action For Child Protection

Action for Child Protection, known as Action, is a private, non-profit organization headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. Action employs 15 individuals. Action specializes in strengthening and improving child protection efforts across the United States. Their mission focuses on providing practical solutions to enhance the competence of professionals involved in child welfare, including areas like child abuse and neglect, foster care, adoptions, and youth services. Action works to improve the effectiveness of agencies and organizations involved in child protection, and increases community awareness and understanding of child abuse, neglect, and protective measures. Action achieves its goals through expert services in technical assistance, training, and evaluation. These resources aim to equip individuals, groups, and decision-making bodies with the tools needed to enhance responses to maltreated children and their families. Action's approach emphasizes finding realistic solutions applicable to the practical realities faced by child welfare agencies. For more information, please visit Action's website at action4cp.org.