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These results are current as of: September 15, 2012
Organizations that provide information on resources for preventing child abuse and neglect. If you are aware of any others, please contact Child Welfare Information Gateway at OrganizationUpdates@childwelfare.gov. Inclusion on this list is for information purposes and does not constitute an endorsement by Child Welfare Information Gateway or the Children's Bureau.
To search for child-welfare related national organizations by topic, use the Related Organizations Search at http://www.childwelfare.gov/organizations/search.cfm.
Phone: | (210) 270-4630 |
Fax: | (210) 270-4612 |
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- Child Abuse and Neglect Intervention (Programs) - http://www.avance.org/
Phone: | (303) 792-9900 |
Fax: | (303) 792-5333 |
Toll-Free: | (800) 227-4645 |
AHA offers education and resources to professionals, conducts conferences, roundtables and training, and provides consultation and technical assistance to State and county child welfare and community agencies. In addition, AHA conducts research and evaluation, disseminates knowledge on child welfare, and advocates for social service systems that promote the best interest of children, youth, and families. AHA also offers membership subscriptions.
AHA promotes collaboration across systems, including its recent focus on the juvenile justice system and the restorative justice approach for youth justice. AHA is also known for its work on the human-animal bond which inlcudes programs that strengthen families and their connection to animals. AHA is actively involved in child welfare legislation and public policy at both the State and Federal levels.
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- National Child Protection Research Center - http://www.americanhumane.org/researchcenter
- Quality Improvement Center on Non-Residential Fathers & the Child Welfare System - http://www.americanhumane.org/fathers
- Breakthrough Series Collaborative on Safety & Risk Assessments - http://www.americanhumane.org/bsc
- Differential/Alternative Response - http://www.americanhumane.org/differential
- Migration and Child Welfare Initiative - http://www.americanhumane.org/migration
- Workload Studies - http://www.americanhumane.org/workload
- Therapy Animals Supporting Kids (TASK)™ Program - http://www.americanhumane.org/human-animal-bond/programs/therapy-animals-supporting-kids/
- Family Group Decision Making - http://www.americanhumane.org/children/programs/family-group-decision-making/
Phone: | (630) 941-1235 |
Fax: | (630) 359-4274 |
Toll-Free: | (877) 402-7722 |
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.
Phone: | (614) 221-8829 |
Fax: | (614) 221-2110 |
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- National Coalition to Abolish Corporal Punishment in Schools (NCAPS) - http://www.stophitting.com/index.php?page=atschool-main
Phone: | (314) 935-8129 |
CVIP's partners and collaborators include multiple universities and community-based agencies serving the most vulnerable populations.
CVIP is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- "Safe 'N Sound" Injury Prevention Program - http://cvip.wustl.edu/research/Funded/Pages/Save-N-Sound-Injury-Prevention-Program.aspx
Phone: | (319) 892-0230 |
Fax: | (319) 892-0203 |
This vision will be accomplished through the efforts of staff and community service providers advocating on behalf of trafficked children and utilizing human trafficking prevention and intervention tools and resources to heal and restore children and families.
Phone: | (858) 966-8572 |
Fax: | (858) 966-8018 |
Training Specific: The Chadwick Center offers accredited Professional Education to those involved in fields of prevention, investigation, diagnosis, treatment, and prosecution of child abuse and family violence.
Major educational activities include the annual San Diego International Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment (http://www.sandiegoconference.org/), the Clinical Training Program for visiting professionals, the weekly multidisciplinary Child Protection Team Case Conference, and various local, county, and state trainings funded through contracts.
Phone: | (919) 490-5577 |
Fax: | (919) 490-4905 |
TDD: | (919) 490-5577 |
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- ARCH National Respite Network - http://archrespite.org/
- FRIENDS CBCAP - http://www.friendsnrc.org/
- Family Resource Centers - http://chtop.org/Programs/FRC.html
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.
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- Victim Services - http://www.abusewatch.net/victim.php
Phone: | (802) 985-8458 |
Fax: | (802) 985-8418 |
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- School Resources for Grades PreK - 2 - http://www.childluresprevention.com/gradesk-2/index.asp
- Parent Resources - http://www.childluresprevention.com/parents/index.asp
- Resources for Faith-Based Organizations - http://www.childluresprevention.com/faith-based/index.asp
- Teen Prevention - http://www.teenluresprevention.com
- School Resources - Grades 3 - 6 - http://www.childluresprevention.com/grades3-6/index.asp
- School Resources Grades 7 - 12 - http://www.childluresprevention.com/grades7-12/index.asp
Phone: | (404) 872-5152 |
Phone: | (410) 252-4000 |
Training Specific: The Child Safe program offers workshops, educational materials, and online training programs for primary caregivers, professionals, volunteers and children around the topics of sexual abuse awareness, prevention, and intervention. For more information, please see http://www.childsafeeducation.com/trainingcenter.html.
Fax: | (703) 225-2357 |
Toll-Free: | (800) 394-3366 |
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.
Phone: | (202) 688-4200 |
Fax: | (202) 833-1689 |
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- NRC for Child Welfare Data and Technology - http://www.nrccwdt.org/
- Kinship Care - http://www.cwla.org/programs/kinship/default.htm
- Child Welfare Standards of Excellence - http://www.cwla.org/programs/standards/default.htm
Phone: | (480) 922-8212 |
Fax: | (480) 922-7061 |
TDD: | (800) 2AC-HILD |
Toll-Free: | (800) 4AC-HILD |
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- Training and Technical Assistance Network - http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/tta/index.htm
- Child & Family Services Reviews (CFSR) - http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/cwmonitoring/index.htm
Phone: | (773) 257-0111 |
Fax: | (773) 277-0715 |
Currently the Circle of Parents national network represents a partnership of parent leaders and 26 statewide organizations in 25 States and Puerto Rico. The organization was formed after a successful collaborative project of Prevent Child Abuse America and the National Family Support Roundtable, which was made possible by the Children's Bureau, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The Circle of Parents website provides links to information about the program model, its state network member organizations, training and technical assistance to its membership, parenting resources, and more.
Fax: | (206) 438-6765 |
Toll-Free: | 1-800-634-4449 ext. 6223 |
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- Talking About Touching: A Personal Safety Curriculum - http://www.cfchildren.org/programs/tat/overview/
Phone: | (202) 720-4795 |
The Coopertive Extension System’s new eXtension (e-extension) Initiative provides a web-based interactive learning environment linking users to resources of the Cooperative Extension System to support a variety of educational outreach efforts including resources to promote healthy families.
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- Parenting - http://www.extension.org/parenting
Phone: | (843) 965-5444 |
Fax: | (843) 965-5449 |
Toll-Free: | (866) FOR-LIGH T8663675444 |
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- Child Sexual Abuse Support and Prevention Resource - http://www.darkness2light.org/GetHelp/helplines.asp
- 7 Steps to Protecting Our Children - http://www.darkness2light.org/7steps/
Phone: | (212) 974-7000 |
Fax: | (212) 974-7590 |
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):
- Child Abuse Prevention Program - http://www.ddcf.org/Child-Abuse-Prevention/
Phone: | (202) 223-8177 |
Fax: | (202) 223-8499 |
The Every Child Matters Education Fund works with children's organizations and volunteers to conduct campaigns of public opinion polling, press outreach, and community and voter outreach. Links to individual State activities are provided.
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- National Coalition to End Child Abuse Deaths - http://www.everychildmatters.org/home/coalition
- Child Abuse and Neglect - http://www.everychildmatters.org/national-activities/child-abuse-and-neglect
Phone: | (206) 634-1903 |
Fax: | (206) 634-0115 |
Toll-Free: | 1-877-860-2255 |
Phone: | (607) 255-7794 |
Fax: | (607) 255-8562 |
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.
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect - http://www.ndacan.cornell.edu/
Phone: | (202) 776-0027 |
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.
Phone: | (703) 918-8888 |
Fax: | (703) 918-8895 |
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- Wednesday's Child - http://www.freddiemacfoundation.org/ourwork/founwedn.html
Phone: | (202) 347-3168 |
Fax: | (202) 835-0246 |
Toll-Free: | (800) 443-4392 |
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- Domestic Violence - http://www.gfwc.org/gfwc/Domestic_Violence_Awareness_Program.asp
- Advocates for Children - http://www.gfwc.org/gfwc/Juniors_Special_Project_Advocates_for_Children.asp
Phone: | (415) 285-6658 |
Fax: | (415) 861-6659 |
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/progs.php.
Phone: | (312) 663-3520 |
Fax: | (312) 939-8962 |
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
Phone: | (856) 582-8282 |
Fax: | (856) 582-3588 |
Toll-Free: | (800) 258-3189 |
Training Specific: Training programs for various age groups, from preschool through the teens years, as well as training for adults, is available. For more information, please see .http://www.internationalcap.org/programs_approach.html
Phone: | (303) 864-5220 |
Fax: | (303) 864-5222 |
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.
Phone: | (651) 714-4673 |
Fax: | (651) 714-9098 |
Toll-Free: | (800) 325-HOPE |
The JAWRC is a program of the National Child Protection Training Center http://www.ncptc.org/.
Phone: | (303) 864-5250 |
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.
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- Kempe's Child Protection Team - http://www.kempecenter.org/Programs/ChildProtectionTeam/tabid/166/Default.aspx
- Kempe Perpetration Prevention Program - http://www.kempecenter.org/Programs/PerpetrationPreventionProgram/tabid/244/Default.aspx
- Infants in Foster & Kinship Care Program - http://www.kempecenter.org/Programs/InfantsinFosterKinshipCareProgram/tabid/242/Default.aspx
- Therapeutic Preschool - http://www.kempecenter.org/Programs/TherapeuticPreschool/tabid/248/Default.aspx
Toll-Free: | (800) 467-6997 |
Kidpower™ provides information, resources, and training on bullying prevention, child abuse prevention, stranger awareness, and personal safety for children, teens, and adults, including those with special needs.
Phone: | (206) 526-1221 |
Fax: | (206) 526-0220 |
Phone: | (703) 274-3900 |
Fax: | (703) 274-2200 |
Toll-Free: | (800) THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678) |
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- CyberTipLine - http://www.cybertipline.com
- NetSmartz Workshops - http://www.netsmartz.org/
Phone: | (801) 447-9360 |
Fax: | (801) 447-9364 |
Training Specific: The Online Training Center contains three training modules: the Period of PURPLE Crying® program overview, Basic Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS/AHT) education, and Intermediate Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS/AHT) education. For more information on these training modules, please see http://www.dontshake.org/lms/index.php.
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- Period of PURPLE Crying Program - http://www.dontshake.org/sbs.php?topNavID=4&subNavID=32
Phone: | (507) 457-2890 |
Fax: | (507) 457-2899 |
The Center promotes reformation of current training practices by providing an educational curriculum to current and future front-line child protection professionals around the nation so that they will be prepared to recognize and report the abuse of a child.
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- NAPSAC - http://napsac.us/
- Speaker's Bureau - http://www.ncptc.org/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={F7FF2FCA-B93C-472F-A1D7-410DC956F4DC}
- Jacob Wetterling Resource Center - http://www.jwrc.org/
- Center for Effective Discipline - http://www.stophitting.com/
Phone: | (256) 533-KIDS (5437) |
Fax: | (256) 534-6883 |
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:
- National Conferences (National Symposium on Child Abuse and the National Conference on Child Sexual Abuse Prevention)
- Training Courses include three new trainings for professionals: Prosecuting Child Abuse 101: An Advocacy Course on Child Sexual Abuse, Victim Advocacy 101: Working with Child Victims and Witnesses, and Investigating Child Abuse 101: A Course for Law Enforcement Officers.
- Online Trainings (For those who cannot travel to one of the national conferences or the NCAC National Training Center, a series of free online training is available. Academy Online is designed to be viewed by either individuals or groups of child abuse professionals.)
- Additional Training Opportunities (The NCAC develops and delivers customized training sessions on a number of topics. These trainings can be delivered on-site at the NCAC Training Center in Huntsville, AL, or in the host community.) Additional information about all of these training resources is available online at http://www.nationalcac.org/professionals/trainings/.
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- Southern Regional Children's Advocacy Center - http://www.ncac-hsv.org/
- Family Advocates Program - http://www.nationalcac.org/professionals/model/fam_adv_model.html
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- National Plant to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation 2012 - http://www.preventtogether.org/nationalplan2012
Phone: | (202) 429-6695 |
Fax: | (202) 521-3479 |
Fax: | (419) 535-1989 |
Toll-Free: | (800) 924-2643 |
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- Child Abuse Prevention Services (CAP) - http://www.preventchildabuse.com/
Phone: | (503) 222-4044 |
Training Specific: NICWA had developed a Tribal Child Welfare Worker Certification that will serve as an aid for the continual development of Indian child welfare workers to better serve our tribal children and families. For more information, please see http://www.nicwa.org/certification/.
NICWA has developed trainings on a variety of topics related to American Indian child welfare that are available via on-site training, training institutes, or ICWA online training courses. For more information, please see http://www.nicwa.org/training/.
Phone: | (909) 621-6184 |
Toll-Free: | (855) 427-2736 |
Phone: | (202) 371-1565 |
The QIC-EC will generate and disseminate evidence and new knowledge about program and systems strategies that contribute to child maltreatment prevention and optimal developmental outcomes for infants, young children, and their families.
Phone: | (919) 490-5577, x 222 |
Fax: | (919) 490-4905 |
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.
Phone: | (202) 334-2605 |
Fax: | (202) 334-2318 |
Phone: | (909) 621-6184 |
Fax: | (909) 625-6304 |
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- National Coalition for Parent Advocacy in Child Protective Services - http://www.parentadvocacy.org/contact-us.html
- National Center on Shared Leadership - http://www.sharedleadershipnetwork.org
- National Parent Leadership Month - http://www.parentsanonymous.org/pahtml/NPLMonth_tk1.html
- National Parent Helpline - http://www.nationalparenthelpline.org/
Phone: | (631) 689-2672 |
PFML/CVC is funded by the U.S. Justice Department to staff the National Megan’s Law Helpline to support the community when sex offender notifications are implemented and to provide appropriate law enforcement referrals when registrants are failing to comply with registration requirements or are in positions of trust which may pose a risk to public safety.
Phone: | (804) 828-3876 |
Fax: | (804) 828-0042 |
TDD: | (800) 828-1120 |
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
- Abuse and Neglect of Children and Adults with Developmental Disabilities: - http://www.maltreatment.vcu.edu/info/
Phone: | (312) 663-3520 |
Fax: | (312) 939-8962 |
PCAA's research arm is the National Center on Child Abuse Prevention Research (http://member.preventchildabuse.org/site/PageServer?pagename=research_index). 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):
- Healthy Families America - http://www.healthyfamiliesamerica.org/
- Credentialing (Healthy Families America Programs) - http://www.healthyfamiliesamerica.org/network_resources/credentialing.shtml
Phone: | (770) 607-9111 |
Fax: | (770) 607-9600 |
Toll-Free: | (800) 245-1527 |
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/gtbt/at-school/training.
Phone: | (303) 320-6328 |
Fax: | (303) 809-6328 |
Phone: | (802) 247-3132 |
Fax: | (802) 247-4233 |
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.
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- The Safer Society Press - http://www.safersociety.org/safer-society-press/
Phone: | (413) 587-3500 |
Toll-Free: | (888) 773-8368 |
Visit the Online Help Center at StopItNow.org for guidance and resources to prevent child sexual abuse.
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