The National Children’s Advocacy Center will host the 9th National Conference on Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Prevention at the Marriott Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana on August 26-28, 2008.
Missouri KidsFirst, along with Mercy Health Plans and the Fraternal Order of Eagles of Columbia, Missouri invite child abuse prevention leaders from around the state to attend our 1st Annual Child Abuse Prevention Summit, May 14, 2008, at the Marriott Courtyard in Columbia, Missouri. Registration can be made on-line. Jim Hmurovich, Prevent Child Abuse America President & CEO, will be the keynote speaker for this one-day Summit.
Missouri KidsFirst will be hosting a Child Abuse Prevention Summit on Wednesday, May 14, 2008, at the Marriott Courtyard in Columbia, Missouri. Missouri KidsFirst is the lead agency for the new Missouri Chapter of Prevent Child Abuse America. As Missouri KidsFirst takes on this new role, we want to assure we understand the needs of local child abuse prevention agencies to provide the best services possible. For a copy of the Save the Date card, click here . More details will be shared soon.
Go Blue to put Missouri’s kids first is a statewide child abuse prevention month campaign aimed at educating adults on what they can do to stop child abuse in their communities. Join Missouri KidsFirst as we GO BLUE to end child abuse NOW.
Mark your calendar for the all-new Stop Bullying Now! Webcast hosted by U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services, Health Resources & Services Administration and Maternal and Child Health Bureau. The webcast will be held on Wednesday, April 16, 2008, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 pm. EDT. The Stop Bullying Now! Webcast will feature “spotlight examples” of state- and community-level campaigns that use the Stop Bullying Now! resources, and will outline how YOU can put the resources to work locally. The webcast will also include a brief overview of the entire Stop Bullying Now! campaign and its resources. Stay tuned for details on how to register!
Break the Cycle is proud to offer a webinar that will look at the challenges that arise when responding to statutory sexual violence, Improving Community Responses to Statutory Sexual Assault. The webinar will be held on Tuesday, March 25, 2008, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m EST.
The Kansas City Child Abuse Roundtable Coalition is sponsoring Kansas City's 1st Annual Child Abuse Prevention Month "Wear Blue Day" on Friday, April 18, 2008. Businesses, churches, schools, civic organizations, government and nonprofit organizations metro-wide are being asked for their commitment to have members and staff wear blue on this important day to make a visible statement across our community that child abuse prevention is our shared responsibility. This is a great way for large groups of people to get involved and increase awareness with virtually no expense. The Kansas City Child Abuse Roundtable Coalition’s goal is to have at least 10,000 individuals participate this year. If you have questions about Wear Blue Day please contact Heather Solis.
The Kansas City Child Abuse Roundtable Coalition, a group of advocates and elected officials, is joining together again this year to promote awareness of child abuse and the prevention, training and treatment services available in the greater Kansas City metropolitan area. In past years, more than 30 community agencies have brought needed attention to this important issue through cooperation and educational opportunities for adults and children. In 2006, the coalition expanded our Child Abuse Prevention Month activities to become a bi-state effort; and that continues for 2008.
The Roundtable Coalition will produce a calendar of scheduled events for Child Abuse Prevention Month in April. The coalition encourages your organization to plan and submit events for inclusion. Through the generous donation of The Kansas City Star, the calendar will be published in the March 31, 2008 edition. To have your event(s) included in this calendar, please submit the online form at The Children’s Place.
Missouri KidsFirst is pleased to announce the availability of the Prevent Child Abuse Missouri Child Abuse Prevention Month Packet. April is designated Child Abuse Prevention Month. This year’s theme, Strong Families-Safe Kids recognizes that the most important thing we can do to prevent child abuse is to support families. Prevention efforts are the best hope for eliminating child abuse in Missouri. Missouri KidsFirst would like to collect contact information on new users to help keep you informed of any new information and evaluate the usefulness of our packet and resources. We would also use this information to notify you about the 2009 packets.
Parents who teach "tough love" by disciplining their children with spankings could be making them more likely to have sexual problems as teenagers and adults, a leading researcher said. Full story at Reuters
