Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention
AVANCE, Inc. (AVANCE)
National Headquarters
118 N. Medina
San Antonio, TX 78207
AVANCE's mission is to provide support and education services that will strengthen low-income families. AVANCE's focus is on community-based intervention that is family-centered, preventive, comprehensive, and continuous through the integration and collaboration of services. The AVANCE Family Support and Education Program is an example of one of AVANCE's programs: Targeted primarily at Hispanic at-risk parents with young children, the program aims to strengthen parent-child relationships and the parental role of advocate for the child. To find local contact information, please see the drop-down box, "Our Chapters," on the homepage of the Website.
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American Humane Association (AHA)
63 Inverness Drive East
Englewood, CO 80112-5117
The American Humane Association's (AHA) mission is to prevent cruelty, abuse, neglect, and exploitation of children and animals. AHA's Child Welfare Division has worked to improve the public and private child welfare systems so they can respond more effectively to the needs of abused and neglected children.
AHA is a national association of child protection programs, agencies, and individuals, and its membership includes State and local social service agencies, child advocates, courts, hospitals, schools, mental health professionals, and concerned citizens in every State. AHA information assists professionals and citizens in making informed decisions about how to help children and families in crisis. The association also develops resources and programs which help communities and citizens prevent child abuse.
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American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC)
350 Poplar Avenue
CHO 3B-3406
Elmhurst, IL 60126
General Scope:The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) addresses all facets of the professional response to child maltreatment: prevention, assessment, intervention, and treatment.
APSAC is committed to:
- Preventing and eliminating the recurrence of child maltreatment;
- Promoting research and guidelines to inform professional practice;
- Connecting professionals from the many disciplines to promote the best response to child maltreatment; and
- Educating the public about child abuse and neglect.
Training Specific: APSAC's Advanced Training Institutes offer in-depth training on selected topics. taught by nationally recognized leaders in the field of child maltreatment. For more information on the Institutes, see http://www.apsac.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=54086&orgId=apsac.
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Center for Effective Discipline (CED)
155 West Main Street
Suite 1603
Columbus, OH 43215
The Center for Effective Discipline provides educational information to the public on the effects of corporal punishment of children and alternatives to its use. CED is the headquarters for and the coordinator of both the National Coalition to Abolish Corporal Punishment in Schools (NCACPS) and End Physical Punishment of Children (EPOCH-USA).
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Center on Child Abuse and Neglect (CCAN)
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
PO Box 26901 CHO 3B 3406
Oklahoma City, OK 73190
General Scope: The Center on Child Abuse and Neglect (CCAN) was established in the Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. The purpose of CCAN is to organize the Health Sciences Center's efforts in the treatment and prevention of child abuse and neglect.
CCAN is a university-based center that directs research, professional and public education, clinical services, and administrative programs in the field of child maltreatment.
Training Programs Include:
- Interdisciplinary Training Program in Child Abuse and Neglect (ITP). ITP is a graduate training program for advanced students in medicine, law, psychology, social work, nursing, public health, and related disciplines.
- Annual Oklahoma Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect and Healthy Families. This annual conference is a three day event that utilizes local and national faculty on major topics in the prevention, intervention, and treatment of child abuse and neglect.
- Juvenile Sex Offender Training Conference. This annual conference is funded by the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to provide updated training to professionals in the State of Oklahoma who provide treatment, probation, and legal services to juvenile sex offenders.
- Child Abuse Medical Examiners Training. This two day conference focuses on identifying physical signs of child abuse, as well as working with the Oklahoma Department of Human Services, and the court system. The objectives of this course include defining the role of a Child Abuse Medical Examiner and providing information so the participants will be able to correctly diagnose physical and sexual abuse in children. This trianing is only for medical personnel.
- Project Making Medicine (PMM). PMM is a national training program for mental health professionals from tribal and Indian Health Service agencies in the prevention and treatment of child abuse.
- Child Abuse Fatalities Training Project. This project provides initial and advanced levels of training on the investigation of child abuse fatalities for child protective services personnel. The program is funded by the Oklahoma Department of Human Services and participation is restricted to Child Protective Services personnel.
For more information on these training programs, see http://http://devbehavpeds.ouhsc.edu/train.asp.
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- National Center on Sexual Behavior of Youth - http://www.ncsby.org/
This national center is a cooperative agreement between the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and the Center on Child Abuse and Neglect. The goal of this program is to provide states, territories, and the Disrict of Columbia information and support through training and technical assistance in order to improve the accuracy, accessibility, and strategic use of information about the nature, incidence, prevalence, treatment, and management of children with sexual behavioral problems.
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Chadwick Center For Children and Families
Children's Hospital and Health Center
3020 Children's Way, MC 5017
San Diego, CA 92123
General Scope: The Chadwick Center's mission is to protect children and strengthen families through prevention, treatment, education, public policy, advocacy, and research in the areas of child maltreatment and family violence. The Center uses a multidisciplinary, family-centered approach.
Training Specific: The Professional Education Department (PES) addresses prevention, recognition, assessment, investigation, treatment and prosecution of all forms of child maltreatment, including those related to family violence. Programs include: the annual winter San Diego Conference on Child Maltreatment; the advanced intensive Summer Seminars; intern, resident and fellowship programs; and the Clinical Training Program. The California Training and Technical Assistance Center, funded by the state of California, provides continuing education to a multitude of California professionals mainly in the 10 southern California counties who are concerned with child maltreatment issues. For information see http://www.chadwickcenter.org/conference.htm.
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Child Abuse Prevention Network
The Child Abuse Prevention Network, originally launched as an outreach effort of the Family Life Development Center at Cornell University, is sponsored by LifeNET, Inc. Child maltreatment, physical abuse, psychological maltreatment, neglect, sexual abuse, and emotional abuse and neglect are key areas of concern.
Through internet linkages, the Network provides professionals with online tools and support for the identification, investigation, treatment, adjudication, and prevention of child abuse and neglect. Current partners in the Network include:
- ICAN-NCFR Child Fatality Review
- Army Family Advocacy Programs
- Family Life Development Center
- Disability-Abuse.com
- Children's House
- Physicians Network
- ISPCAN
- LifeNET
- SBS Partners
- APSAC
- Prevent Child Abuse New York
- Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma.
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Child Lures Prevention
5166 Shelburne Road
Shelburne, VT 05482
The primary goals of Child Lures Prevention are to raise public awareness concerning the prevalence of childhood sexual exploitation and related crimes against children and to make prevention of these crimes a national priority.
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Child Molestation Research & Prevention Institute
1100 Piedmont Avenue
Suite 2
Atlanta, GA 30309
The Child Molestation Research & Prevention Institute is a national science-based nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing child sexual abuse through research, education, and family support. Its focus is on providing information to professionals and to families about the early warning signs of a problem, as well as the availability of early diagnosis and effective treatment.
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Child Welfare Information Gateway
Children's Bureau/ACYF
1250 Maryland Avenue, SW -- Eighth Floor
Washington, DC 20024
Child Welfare Information Gateway connects professionals and the general public to information and resources targeted to the safety, permanency, and well-being of children and families.
A service of the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Child Welfare Information Gateway provides access to programs, research, laws and policies, training resources, statistics, and much more.
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Child Welfare League of America (CWLA)
Headquarters
2345 Crystal Drive, Suite 250
Third Floor
Arlington, VA 22202
The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) is the oldest national organization serving vulnerable children, youth, and their families. CWLA provides training, consultation, and technical assistance to child welfare professionals and agencies while also educating the public on emerging issues that affect abused, neglected, and at-risk children. Through its publications, conferences, and teleconferences, CWLA shares information on emerging trends, specific topics in child welfare practice (family foster care, kinship care, adoption, positive youth development), and Federal and State policies.
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- Federal Resource Center for Children of Prisoners - http://www.cwla.org/programs/incarcerated/default.htm
The Resource Center is conducting research and evaluation, collecting and disseminating information, providing training and technical assistance, and increasing awareness among the many disciplines and service systems that come in contact with families separated by incarceration. The Resource Center's ultimate goal is to improve the quality of information available about children with incarcerated parents and to develop resources that will help create better outcomes for these children and their families.
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Childhelp®
15757 North 78th Street
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
Childhelp® is dedicated to helping victims of child abuse and neglect. Childhelp’s approach focuses on prevention, intervention and treatment. The Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline, 1-800-4-A-CHILD®, operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and receives calls from throughout the United States, Canada, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Guam. Childhelp’s programs and services also include residential treatment services; children’s advocacy centers; therapeutic foster care; group homes; child abuse prevention, education and training; and the National Day of Hope®, part of National Child Abuse Prevention Month every April.
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Children's Bureau (CB)
1250 Maryland Avenue, SW
Eighth Floor
Washington, DC 20024
The Children's Bureau, the oldest Federal agency for children and families, is located within the Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families. The Bureau is responsible for assisting States in the delivery of child welfare services designed to protect children and to strengthen families. The Bureau provides grants to States, Tribes, and communities to operate a range of child welfare services including child protective services, family preservation and support, foster care, adoption, and independent living.
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Circle of Parents
500 North Michigan Avenue
Suite 200
Chicago, IL 60611
The mission of the Circle of Parents is to prevent child abuse and neglect and to strengthen families through friendly, supportive, mutual self-help parent support groups. Currently the Circle of Parents national network represents a partnership of parent leaders and 26 statewide and regional organizations in 25 States.
The Circle of Parents website provides links to information about the program model, local programs nationwide, children's programs, parenting resources, and more.
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Committee for Children (CFC)
568 First Avenue South
Suite 600
Seattle, WA 98104-2804
The Committee for Children (CFC) maintains programs that focus on social and emotional learning and violence prevention. The CFC curricula address such topics as youth violence, bullying, child abuse, and personal safety.
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Darkness to Light
7 Radcliffe Street
Suite 200
Charleston, SC 29403
Darkness to Light is a primary prevention program whose mission is to engage adults in the prevention of child sexual abuse; to reduce the incidence of child sexual abuse nationally through education and public awareness aimed at adults; and to provide adults with information to recognize and react responsibly to child sexual abuse.
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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF)
650 Fifth Avenue, 19th Floor
New York, NY 10019
The mission of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's Child Abuse Prevention Program is to protect children from abuse and neglect in order to promote their healthy development.
The program awards grants to organizations to improve parent-child interactions and to increase parents’ access to information and services that help prevent child maltreatment before it occurs.
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- Early Intervention - http://www.ddcf.org/page.asp?pageId=342
The foundation supports early intervention initiatives that seek to integrate child abuse prevention strategies into national systems that serve large numbers of young children (ages 0 to 6) and their families on a regular basis. The foundation currently awards grants focused on the following service systems: Home Visiting Programs Early Education and Child Care Pediatric Health Care Special Populations
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FaithTrust Institute
2400 North 45th Street
No. 10
Seattle, WA 98103
The FaithTrust Institute is an interreligious educational resource that addresses issues of sexual and domestic violence. The Institute's goals are to engage religious leaders in the task of ending abuse, and to serve as a bridge between the religious and secular communities.
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Family Life Development Center (FLDC)
Cornell University
Martha Van Rensselaer Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853-4401
The mission of the Family Life Development Center is to improve professional and public efforts to understand and act upon risk and protective factors in the lives of children, youth, families, and communities that affect family strengths, child well-being, and youth development. The FLDC accomplishes its mission through research, training, outreach, education, and program development and implementation.
Current areas of special interest include childhood violence prevention and evaluation of programs designed to prevent abuse and neglect. The FLDC operates the National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN), which promotes scholarly exchange among researchers and makes original data available for secondary analysis.
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Fight Crime: Invest in Kids
1212 New York Ave, NW
Suite 300
Washington, DC 20005
Fight Crime: Invest in Kids is dedicated to reviewing research about what really works and what does not work to keep children from becoming criminals.
Fight Crime: Invest in Kids strives to educate policymakers, the mass media, and the public through briefings about effective crime prevention programs while also serving as an information clearinghouse for journalists, policymakers, and the public. Major topics of interest include child abuse and neglect prevention, prevention programs for prekindergartners, bullying prevention, and more.
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Freddie Mac Foundation
8250 Jones Branch Drive
Mailstop A40
McLean, VA 22102
The Freddie Mac Foundation provides funds for various nonprofit organizations that work on behalf of children, youth, and families. The Foundation focuses on children and prevention-oriented programs. Typically, grants are awarded to programs that build strong families, prevent child abuse and neglect, and recruit foster and adoptive parents. Among the Foundation's major programs are Healthy Families America and Wednesday's Child USA, a campaign to promote adoptions.
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- Healthy Families America - http://www.healthyfamiliesamerica.org/
The Healthy Families America (HFA) program helps first-time parents nurture their young children, and helps prevent child abuse and neglect. Home visitors are assigned to new parents to provide support, parenting education and referrals for the services they need, along with training and employment opportunities, for up to five years after the child is born. Healthy Families, a signature program of the Freddie Mac Foundation, is coordinated by Prevent Child Abuse America.
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General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC)
1734 N Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036-2990
The General Federation of Women's Clubs is the world's largest and oldest women's volunteer organization. GFWC's members include business owners, teachers, elected officials, homemakers, corporate executives, college students, and retirees. The organization's members are united by dedication to community improvement through volunteer service. GFWC advocates for conservation, quality education, health, civic awareness, safety, and crime prevention. The Federation's Advocates for Children Program is a referral and networking resource for Club members interested in assisting children. The program focuses on advocacy on behalf of children, prevention, and on improving public awareness of the importance of early intervention.
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Generation Five
2 Massasoit Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
The mission of Generation Five is to end the sexual abuse of children within five generations. Through suvivor leadership, community organizing, and public action, Generation Five works to interrupt and mend the impact of child sexual abuse on individuals, families, and communities.
Generation Five offers training and consulting on child sexual abuse to professionals and community organizations. This training helps people to develop child sexual abuse programs and pilot projects or to incorporate child sexual abuse issues into their existing programs. For more information, see http://generationfive.org/index.asp?sec=4.
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Healthy Families America (HFA)
200 South Michigan Avenue
Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60604
Healthy Families America, a program of Prevent Child Abuse America, promotes child health and development and positive parenting through voluntary home visits by trained staff.
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International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN)
245 W Roosevelt Road
Building 6, Suite 39
West Chicago, IL 60185
The International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN) is the only multidisciplinary international organization that brings together a global cross-section of committed professionals to work towards the prevention and treatment of child abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
ISPCAN's mission is to prevent cruelty to children in every nation, in every form: physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, street children, child fatalities, child prostitution, children of war, emotional abuse, and child labor.
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Kempe Children's Center
1825 Marion Street
Denver, CO 80218
General Scope:The Kempe Children's Center is a clinically based resource providing training, consultation, program development and evaluation, and research in child abuse and neglect. The Center is committed to multidisciplinary approaches to the prevention, identification, and treatment of all forms of abuse and neglect.
Training Specific: Kempe provides advanced training for front-line professionals who will subsequently become child abuse and neglect experts in their communities. Examples of trainings offered include:
- Training Opportunities through the Colorado Department of Human Services;
- Perpetration Prevention Training;
- Treatment of Sexually Abusive Youth: A Goal Oriented Approach.
For more information on training opportunities, see http://www.kempecenter.org/Home/ImaProfessional/TrainingContinuingEducation/tabid/270/Default.aspx.
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National Alliance of Children's Trust and Prevention Funds (ACT)
5712 30th Avenue NE
Seattle, WA 98105
The National Alliance of Children’s Trust and Prevention Funds (ACT) initiates and engages in national efforts that assist state Children’s Trust and Prevention Funds in strengthening families to prevent child abuse and neglect. This includes promoting and supporting a system of services, laws, practices, and attitudes that supports families by enabling them to provide their children with a safe, healthy, and nurturing childhood.
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National Center for Assault Prevention (NCAP)
606 Delsea Drive
Sewell, NJ 08080
General Scope: The mission of the National Child Assault Prevention (CAP) Project is to improve the quality of life for children by reducing the level of interpersonal violence through assault prevention education.
The NCAP is the host agency for the Child Assault Prevention (CAP) program which offers a specific approach to prevention. Although it focuses on empowering and informative workshops for children, education seminars addressing child abuse and neglect are also offered to parents and school staff.
Training Specific: A brief description of training programs include:
NCAP provides training and materials aimed at keeping children safe and healthy. For information on how to start a CAP program in your community, see http://www.ncap.org/bring/index.html.
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National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)
Charles B. Wang International Children's Building
699 Prince Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-3175
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children provides assistance to parents, children, law enforcement, schools, and the community in recovering missing children and raising public awareness about ways to help prevent child abduction, molestation, and sexual exploitation. The Center sponsors the CyberTipLine for online reporting of the sexual exploitation or molesting of children. One special program offered by the Center is the NetSmartz Workshops, for teaching Internet safety.
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National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome (NCSBS)
2955 Harrison Boulevard, #102
Ogden, UT 84403
The National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome (NCSBS) offers information on shaken baby syndrome, shaken baby syndrome prevention programs, and training professionals and parents nationwide.
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National Children's Advocacy Center (NCAC)
Administrative Offices
210 Pratt Avenue
Huntsville, AL 35801
General Scope: The National Children's Advocacy Center provides prevention, intervention, and treatment services to physically and sexually abused children and their families with a child-focused team approach. NCAC also operates the Southern Regional Children's Advocacy Center, which provides education and training to support the development of Children's Advocacy Centers nationwide.
Training Specific: The NCAC is one of the providers of training for professionals working with abused children and their families. These trainings are both multidisciplinary and discipline-specific. Training resources include:
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National Council on Child Abuse and Family Violence (NCCAFV)
1025 Connecticut Avenue NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20036
The National Council on Child Abuse and Family Violence is a nonprofit organization serving as a private sector response to the problems of child, spousal, and elderly abuse. The Council's primary purpose is to strengthen, professionally and practically, community child abuse and family violence prevention and treatment programs nationwide. A broad range of activities is included in the Council's three major program areas: public awareness and education, professional development, and organizational development.
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National Exchange Club Child Abuse Prevention Services
3050 Central Avenue
Toledo, OH 43606
The National Exchange Club Foundation (NECF) focuses on improving the lives of children and families through the prevention of child abuse. The NECF coordinates a nationwide network of community-based Exchange Club Child Abuse Prevention Centers that offer a professionally supervised parent aide program to at-risk parents, with the goal of replacing traditional patterns of abusive behavior with effective skills for nonviolent parenting.
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National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA)
5100 SW Macadam Avenue
Suite 300
Portland, OR 97239
The National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) functions as the only Native American organization focused specifically on issues of child abuse and neglect and tribal capacity to prevent and respond effectively to these problems. NICWA provide workshops and training programs, using one or more of over 25 culturally appropriate NICWA developed resources, including training materials, curricula, and books. NICWA also offers technical assistance and training on child care, family preservation, and substance abuse.
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National Parent Aide Network (NPAN)
c/o National Exchange Club Foundation
3050 Central Avenue
Toledo, OH 43606
The National Parent Aide Network (NPAN) is a component of the National Exchange Club Foundation. NPAN supports the growth of parent aide programs nationwide with the goal of promoting activities that will strengthen families through offering support to parents and by preventing child abuse.
The parent aide programs professionally train individuals who become a friend and a role model to parents who need help in dealing with life's daily challenges. Parent aides provide parenting skills, support, and encouragement with the goal of enabling parents to succeed.
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National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP) (FRIENDS)
Chapel Hill Training Outreach Project
800 Eastowne Drive, Suite 105
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
FRIENDS (Family Resource, Information, Education and Network Development Services) provides technical assistance to Federal grantee agencies implementing the Community-Based Grants for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, under the Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2003.
FRIENDS works to build the capacity of States and communities to prevent child abuse and neglect and strengthen and support families.
The National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP) (FRIENDS) is a service of the Children's Bureau, Office on Child Abuse and Neglect.
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National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center (NYVPRC)
PO Box 10809
Rockville, MD 20849-0809
The Resource Center, developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other Federal partners, provides current information developed by Federal agencies and the private sector pertaining to youth violence.
The Resource Center provides professionals, parents, youth, and other interested individuals with the tools to facilitate discussion with children, to resolve conflicts nonviolently, to stop bullying, to prevent teen suicide, and to end violence committed by and against young people.
Resources include fact sheets, best practices documents, funding and conference announcements, statistics, research bulletins, surveillance reports, and profiles of promising programs.
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NetSafeKids The National Academy of Sciences
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
NetSafeKids, sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences, is a resource for concerned parents regarding child safety and the Internet. It provides practical information and tips on types and sources of sexually explicit content, ways that inappropriate material can reach children and teens, the threat of cyberstalking, the pros and cons of filtering and monitoring tools, and other issues involving Internet safety.
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Partnership for People with Disabilities Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)
700 East Franklin Street, 10th Floor
Richmond, VA 23284
General Scope: The Partnership for People with Disabilities, formerly known as the Virginia Institute for Developmental Disabilities (VIDD), is recognized by the Federal Administration on Developmental Disabilities as a university center for excellence in developmental disabilities. The Partnership currently operates more than 20 Federal and State programs, supporting individuals with disabilities and their families.
Training Specific: In collaboration with seven University Centers for Excellence (UCEs) and five Protection and Advocacy (P&As) Agencies across the nation, the Maltreatment Education for Health Professionals project addresses deficits in the knowledge and skills of health professionals in responding to the maltreatment of individuals with disabilities. This three-year project is developing, field-testing, and disseminating state-of-the-art distance education materials (funded by the Association on Developmental Disabilities and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) to help prevent, identify, and report abuse and neglect of persons with disabilities. For more information about this project, see http://www.maltreatment.vcu.edu/info/.
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- Abuse and Neglect of Children with Disabilities: A Collaborative Response - http://www.vcu.edu/partnership/abuse_neglect.html
The Abuse and Neglect of Children with Disabilities Training Project developed an interdisciplinary curriculum for educators, child protection workers, law enforcement officers, and parents of children with disabilities.
- Abuse and Neglect of Children and Adults with Developmental Disabilities: - http://www.maltreatment.vcu.edu/info/
A Web Course for Health Professionals and Other Professionals Serving Children and Adults with Developmental Disabilities
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Prevent Child Abuse America (PCAA)
500 North Michigan Avenue
Suite 200
Chicago, IL 60611
Prevent Child Abuse America (PCAA) is committed to promoting legislation, policies, and programs that help prevent child abuse and neglect, support healthy childhood development, and strengthen families. Working with State chapters, PCCA provides leadership to promote and implement prevention efforts at the national and local levels.
PCAA's research arm is the National Center on Child Abuse Prevention Research (http://www.preventchildabuse.org/learn_more/research.html). The Center provides a link between research and practice by developing and evaluating prevention strategies, and by disseminating information about child abuse maltreatment and its prevention across the country.
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- National Center on Child Abuse Prevention Research - http://www.preventchildabuse.org/learn_more/research.html
The National Center on Child Abuse Prevention Research enhances the link between research and practice by developing and evaluating prevention strategies, and by disseminating information about child abuse maltreatment and its prevention cross the country.
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Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect Through Dental Awareness (PANDA)
Missouri Dental Association, Director of Administrative Services
3340 American Avenue
3340 American Avenue
Jefferson City, MO 65109
The Missouri coalition known as P.A.N.D.A (Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect Through Dental Awareness) was created to address a lack of reporting by dental professionals of suspected child abuse and neglect. P.A.N.D.A's educational programs include a history of family violence in our society, clinical examples of confirmed child abuse and neglect, and discussions of legal liability issues involved in reporting child maltreatment. Programs now extend beyond dental audiences to include physicians, nurses, teachers, child care workers, and anyone interested in preventing family violence.
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Prevention and Motivation Programs, Inc. Headquarters of Good-Touch/Bad-Touch
PO Box 1960
Cartersville, GA 30120
General Scope: The mission of Prevention and Motivation Programs, Inc., is to provide prevention and education activities aimed toward eliminating child abuse, especially child sexual abuse, and the long-term effects (suicide, juvenile delinquency, substance abuse, etc.) related to abuse.
Training Specific: Good-Touch/Bad-Touch is a trademarked, research-based, prevention curriculum for children in pre-K through 6th grades. The Good-Touch/Bad-Touch curriculum trains educators on how to recognize the signs and symptoms of abuse and what to do if a child makes a report of abuse.
For information on who should enroll in this training, training credit information, and training location options, see http://www.goodtouchbadtouch.com/training.php.
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Safe Child Program
Coalition for Children, Inc.
P.O. Box 6304
Denver, CO 80206
The Safe Child Program is a curriculum which teaches prevention of sexual, emotional, and physical abuse by people known to the child; prevention of abuse and abduction by strangers; and safety in self-care. Presented in a preschool through third grade series, it teaches a broad base of life skills.
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Safer Society Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 340
Brandon, VT 05733-0340
General Scope: The Safer Society Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit agency, is a national research, advocacy, and referral center on the prevention and treatment of sexual abuse. The Foundation provides training and consultation, research, sex offender treatment referrals, a computerized program network, and a resource library. It also publishes materials for the prevention and treatment of sexual abuse.
Training Specific: The Safer Society will help individuals, agencies, states, and organizations develop specialized training institutes on current and emerging topics related to sexual abuse prevention and treatment. To identify professional trainers or to set up a training event, please call for further information.
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Shaken Baby Syndrome Prevention Plus (SBS Prevention Plus)
P.O. Box 205
Groveport, OH 43125-0205
Shaken Baby Syndrome Prevention Plus develops, studies, and distributes informational materials that discourage Shaken Baby Syndrome and other physical child abuse and promote positive parenting and child care.
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Stop It Now!
351 Pleasant Street
Suite B319
Northampton, MA 01060
Stop It Now! is a national, nonprofit working to prevent and ultimately eradicate child sexual abuse. Stop It Now! challenges adults to take action by calling on abusers, adults at risk to abuse, and their friends and family, to come forward, learn the warning signs, and seek help. Services are available from 9am - 6pm, EST, Mon - Fri.
The toll-free number is a Confidential Hotline.
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Stop the Silence: Stop Child Sexual Abuse
The mission of Stop the Silence is to increase awareness about and conduct programming to address the prevention and treatment of child sexual abuse (CSA), and to address the relationships between this issue and the broader issues of overall family and community violence.
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