Building Community, Building Hope
The Building Community, Building Hope film series shows real-world, collaborative solutions to the problem of child abuse and neglect. Each film comes with a discussion toolkit and supporting materials.Download the BCBH User’s Guide to learn how you can use the film series to spark conversations with potential partners in your community.
Relationships Matter: Strengthening and Supporting Families
How creating a community-based network built on strong relationships can truly transform lives. (09:05)
Engaging Dads: Seeing Their Strengths
Instead of believing dads are a liability, we need to understand they are an asset. (01:59)
Dads Rock: Getting Real with Fathers
Men grow by sharing experiences and bonding with others. This video explains how men grow as fathers and shape and mold their children’s lives. (3:17)
Dads Rock: Xavier’s Story
Learn how Xavier overcame challenges to become a better father – and a role model for boys growing up without fathers. (2:16)
Dads Rock: Nurturing Father Engagement
How can programs work differently with dads to ensure they are part of their children's lives? (11:03)
An Unlikely Partnership
Two Washington state departments collaborate to help keep families together during a parent's incarceration. (9:42)
Fostering Hope Initiative
"It takes a village" in an old idea, but here in Oregon, it’s tangibly changing community supports for families. (6:18)
Magnolia Community Initiative
Could 35,000 low income children in Los Angeles break records of success in education, health & economic stability? (6:39)
Partners United for Supportive Housing
How does it change the game when you provide stable housing to families first, then address their other complex needs? (7:55)
Building Community, Building Hope
Start the conversation in your community about what you can do to support families. (22:39)
Engagement Toolkits
About the Film Series
We know that there is tremendous power in communities to solve the problem of child abuse and neglect. We also know that families don’t exist in a bubble—they are affected by community factors around them. Housing, healthcare, jobs—all of these are important in understanding the types of stresses that families encounter.
Building Community, Building Hope shows real-world collaborative solutions in action. The film highlights innovative programs working to prevent and respond to child maltreatment by engaging parents and communities and forming the partnerships needed to ensure the safety and well-being of all children and families.
We encourage communities to use the films to foster conversations about what we as a society can—and should—do to ensure children grow up to achieve their full potential, free from abuse and neglect. Share it with your staff, programs, partners, community, and policy makers. Feel free to use or adapt the resources provided above to help you in this process.
