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Child Maltreatment Solutions Network announces funding recipients

Six projects were awarded funding from the Child Maltreatment Solutions Network to advance the work of child maltreatment prevention and awareness.

Savannah Girod and Erika Lunkenheimer paper selected by editor of Journal of Family Psychology as an Editor’s Choice selection!

Congratulations CM T32 Fellow Savannah Girod, Longfeng Li and CMSN faculty Erika Lunkenheimer on having your paper selected as an American Psychological Association Editor's Choice selection!

CMAS Courses highlighted

The Daily Collegian highlights April as Child Abuse Prevention month, points to CMAS courses.

CMAS Minor Student Group recognized!

Their first year has been exciting! Check out this article highlighting the great work they've been doing.

CMSN 2025-26 Scholarship Award Winners

de Lissovoy Intern and Reducing Disparities in Child Welfare Scholarship award winners announced for 2025-26

Alumni couple make donation to Penn State’s Fostering Lions program.

Penn State’s Fostering Lions program, which operates through the Child Maltreatment Solutions Network, received a $50,000 gift and a $100,000 estate commitment from Penn State alumni, longtime donors and volunteers Alan Bedrick, MD (Science; Medicine) and Sally (Pollock) Bedrick (Ed).

CMSN Faculty, Sheridan Miyamoto and the Penn State SAFE-T Center named the American Nurses Enterprise 2025 Innovation Award Winner of the Nurse-led Team Award!

Winner of the nurse-led teams award - Sheridan Miyamoto, PhD, RN, FAAN and SAFE-T Center team!

Child maltreatment and advocacy minors share ‘beneficial, valuable’ internship experiences

CMAS Minors Peyton Florek, Jack Brennan and Robin Goodfellow share the impact of their CMAS 493 capstone/internship experience as part of the minor.

FLP Student, Zion Sykes, Leading with determination: A journey from adversity to advocacy

Connell appointed the Ken Young Family Professor for Healthy Children

Christian M. Connell was recently named the HHD Ken Young Family Professor for Healthy Children as part of a $1 million gift to support a faculty member focused on enhancing the health and well-being of vulnerable children, especially survivors of child maltreatment.