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Child abuse
Light 2024 - A Multistate Educational Conference on Childhood Trauma
Event Dates
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Central
Location
Par-A-Dice Hotel and Casino
East Peoria, IL
Event Type
Conference
Unmasking Sexual Abuse: Understanding, Healing, and Prevention
Event Dates
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Central
Location
White Oak Estates and Gardens
Baton Rouge, LA
Event Type
Workshop
Report on Project to Reduce Child Deaths Due to Abuse and Neglect
Learn how five OVC grantees successfully expanded their understanding of how to promote child and family well-being.
Report Highlights Efforts To Engage Communities To Address Child Abuse and Neglect
Learn about Michigan’s efforts to reduce fatalities or near-death injuries due to child abuse or neglect through the Child Safety Forward initiative.
Courage First Athlete Hotline
This helpline provides support to athletes, former athletes, parents, coaches, and sports communities who wish to report concerns about emotional, physical, or sexual abuse. Contact the hotline's athlete-centered counselors by phone or text at 888-279-1026 or by online chat.
Report Focuses on Training Multidisciplinary Teams To Reduce Child Maltreatment and Fatality
A new OVC-sponsored report from Cook County Health evaluates recent efforts to reduce fatalities or near-death injuries due to child abuse or neglect.
April 2023 Featured Resources
This featured news content includes information about National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, and National Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Report Focuses on Parent and Community Organizing for Child Maltreatment Intervention and Prevention
Learn about Child Safety Forward, a nationwide, 3-year demonstration initiative funded by OVC to reduce fatalities or near-death injuries due to child abuse or neglect.
The Use of Children as a Tactic of Intimate Partner Violence and its Relationship to Survivors' Mental Health
Date Published
October 2022
Agencies
OVC-Sponsored
Podcast Discusses Engaging Parents to Reduce Child Injuries and Fatalities
Listen to a podcast about an initiative to address serious or near-death injuries as a result of child abuse/neglect, and to reduce the number of child fatalities.
Child Victims with Disabilities: A Guide for Prosecutors
Date Published
April 2022
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
Child Abuse Prevention Month: Message From the Director of the Office for Victims of Crime
Learn about OVC initiatives to improve services for victims of child abuse in this message from OVC Director Kristina Rose.
Register: OVC Materials for Child Victims and Witnesses Support Webinar
Join OVC for a webinar to learn about materials that support children and youth, ages 2–18, as they navigate the justice system
Who Is Everybody? In Family or Dependency Court
Summary
Who Is Everybody? In Family or Dependency Court is a brief guide in the I Am Isabella series that explains the different roles of people that a child may hear of or interact with throughout their child welfare case and in family or dependency court.
It includes practical tips for preparing for court and information on some...
Family and Dependency Court Resources
Family and Dependency Court Resources
Use these materials with children and youth who may have involvement with family and dependency court as the victim of or witness to a crime. The materials teach children about how the child welfare system works, what their rights are, and how they can cope with the difficult feelings they might have during the process.
Character booklets about court roles...