Its primary mission is to provide a forum for cities and counties to work together to develop long-term policies and programs that will lead to healthier and stronger communities. The Joint Center promotes community leadership initiatives, provides technical assistance and training, and conducts community policy and educational forums. The National Alliance of Children's Trust and Prevention Funds works with State Children's Trust funds and partner organizations to build and maintain a system of programs and services that prevent child abuse and neglect. Efforts to support children involve strengthening families by enabling parents to provide their children with safe, healthy, and nurturing childhoods. The Clearinghouse provides information, resources, and technical assistance to professionals in the fields of child abuse and neglect and child welfare.
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The Clearinghouse maintains the nation's largest database of child maltreatment materials, a prevention program database, and a database of national child abuse and neglect related organizations. The theme of the Clearinghouse's Prevention Month 1999 Web site is community collaboration for prevention. The National Community Building Network is an alliance of urban initiatives working at the community level to reduce poverty and create social and economic opportunities through comprehensive community building strategies. The Network provides a forum for community practitioners, researches, foundations, and others engaged in neighborhood revitalization to share their common interests, insights, and field-tested strategies for rebuilding communities which can then offer better opportunities for disadvantaged children and their families. The Network also works to collectively shape comprehensive community building policies at the federal, State, and local levels.