Mission

ACT—Adults and Children Together—Against Violence

The program mission is to educate communities and adults to create safe, healthy environments that protects children and youth from violence.

The program accomplishes its mission by disseminating research-based information and skills to adults in simple, accessible, user-friendly messages and materials.

APA is committed to making psychological knowledge and findings available to help communities mobilize against violence and help families use them in their daily lives.

Generous funding for this Web site and other components of ACT has been provided by the MetLife Foundation.