The purpose of this assignment is to identify an area of prevention for child abuse and neglect and to select and apply one prevention strategy when creating a community prevention plan.  Additionally, you will develop an evaluation plan for this prevention intervention.  

Identified Problem: Child born substance exposed

1. Identify the problem of child abuse and neglect and support the presence of the problem with support from literature and statistics.
2. Identify the population or community you will focus on for your prevention plan.  Describe this      population or community, supported with literature/statistics on the community or population.
3. Provide several options of prevention plans based on your search of the literature (library search of      articles, government websites, childwelfare.gov, etc.).
4. Discuss the pros and cons of each option when considering use with your community/population.  

Select 1 prevention plan and detail how it would be implemented, including a timeline, and one key goal, and a minimum of 2 SMART objectives. Discuss your evaluation plan- how will you measure if this intervention is working? How will you know if it is making a difference? (hint- if your objectives are MEASURABLE, then this part will be very simple).  Provide a conclusion including discussion of any potential barriers to implementing your community prevention plan.