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All Adults are KEY to protecting our children from abuse

Posted by: cacjc / Apr 15, 2019

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County April is Child Abuse Awareness month. I want to use this opportunity to talk to you about the unvarnished and raw truth about child abuse. Generally, people do not like to talk about it. I have been in meetings where we

The 872 abused children in Jackson County are “Our People”

Posted by: cacjc / Apr 22, 2018 / Tags: 2016 Child Welfare Data Book, April Child Abuse Prevention Month, Jackson County Oregon Child Abuse Statistics, Sexual Assault Awareness Month

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County I am sitting in my office this morning blasting music before everyone gets here. This is not unusual. I tend to get here before staff and before things get too hectic to plan out my day and to get as much

The Stories the Numbers Do Not Tell

Posted by: cacjc / Dec 14, 2017 / Tags: PROTECT OUR CHILDREN Child Abuse Prevention Training

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County As another year comes to an end, I am reflecting on things I could have done better, missed opportunities and what changes I will be committed to in the New Year. I am also looking back over all the good work that

One Thing You Can Do That Matters

Posted by: cacjc / Dec 6, 2017 / Tags: 5 Steps to Protect Our Children, Darkness to Light, Do One Thing, Do One Thing That Matters, Ginny Sagal, Leah Howell, one on one situations, PROTECT OUR CHILDREN Child Abuse Prevention Training, Stewards of Children, University of Oregon Center for Prevention of Abuse and Neglect

By Ginny Sagal, Communication & Outreach Coordinator for the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County You can’t read a newspaper or turn on a television without hearing about child sexual abuse. Do not feel helpless. There is one thing you can do that matters in addressing child sexual abuse. You can take a child abuse

What Will Be YOUR One Thing?

Posted by: cacjc / Nov 19, 2017 / Tags: ACEs, Adverse Childhood Experiences Study, Corey Haim, Cory Feldman, Michael Jackson, Taylor Swift

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County Have you picked up a paper lately and there not be a story about someone coming out and stepping forward to tell about their abuse history? Almost daily there is a breaking news story about a child actor or actress being sexually

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