Child Welfare Information Gateway2014-03-312014-03-312014Child Welfare Information Gateway. (2014). Protective factors approaches in child welfare. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/issue_briefs/protective_factors.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/1347This issue brief provides a succinct overview of protective factors approaches to the prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect. It is designed to help policymakers, administrators, child welfare and related professionals, service providers, advocates, and other interested individuals understand the concepts of risk and protective factors in families and communities and learn ways in which building protective factors can help to lessen risks for child abuse and neglect.en-USchild welfarepreventiontreatmentchild protectionArticle