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Posted by: cacjc / Apr 10, 2020

Stewards of Children Stewards of Children is an evidence-informed, award-winning two-hour training that teaches adults to prevent, recognize, and react responsibly to child sexual abuse. Through interviews with child sexual abuse survivors, experts, and treatment providers, Stewards of Children® teaches adults practical actions they can take to reduce instances of child sexual abuse in

What will be the final grade?

Posted by: cacjc / Jan 14, 2020 / Tags: Church of Latter-day Saints, clergy, faith-based, mandated reporters

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County I came across an article posted on Facebook that talked about a woman who was suing her church because they did not warn her husband that, by confessing he abused a child, it would be reported and investigated. The church (The

TAKE ACTION in 2020: Make a plan to do these 5 things to keep kids safe

Posted by: cacjc / Dec 28, 2019 / Tags: 2018 Action Plan to Prevent Abuse, Betsy Lewis, body boundaries, Darkness to Light, Internet Safety, PROTECT OUR CHILDREN Child Abuse Prevention Training

By Summer Lewis, Internet/Social Media Contractor for the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County The beginning of a new year is a great time to regroup, reevaluate and recommit to a new plan of action for protecting your kids from abuse. By knowing what to do and making a few simple changes, you

Mighty Together on Giving Tuesday

Posted by: cacjc / Dec 2, 2019

By Summer Lewis, Internet Marketing Contractor for the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County For a long time I was obsessed with wanting to work for this nonprofit in my community called, The Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC). I applied for their various job openings without success — until they needed a contractor to handle

Are your kids safe at summer camp?

Posted by: cacjc / May 26, 2019 / Tags: 15 Ways to Zap a Bully, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Child Abuse Prevention Services (CAPS), Dr. Jackie Humans, grooming, Leah Howell, National Child Abuse Hotline, PROTECT OUR CHILDREN Child Abuse Prevention Training, PROTECT OUR CHILDREN Project of the Children's Advocacy Center of Jackson County, Psychology Today, Summer Camp Safety, victimization by an older child, Workplace Bullying Institute

By Leah Howell I have worked at summer camps for most of my career. I started as a junior camp counselor, and over the course of high school, college, and graduate school found myself drawn to camp program management in the most beautiful of settings. I completed my graduate thesis at a summer camp, and

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

Which do you choose? Action or Silence

Posted by: cacjc / Mar 13, 2019 / Tags: PROTECT OUR CHILDREN Child Abuse Prevention Training, R Kelly

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County Have any of you been following the R Kelly sexual abuse scandal? I have to say that even though I have heard a lot of things in my career some of this is just down right unbelievable. But I somehow believe

Silent promises to my friend, Wendy

Posted by: cacjc / Jan 23, 2019 / Tags: child abuse survivor, Healing from painful things, reporting child abuse, Tammi Pitzen, trauma

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of The Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County I have been wanting to write this post for a long time. I asked the person who is at the heart of this story – twice — if it was okay. I have sat down hundreds of times trying to get started

The Many Faces of Healing: Tasha

Posted by: cacjc / Oct 18, 2018

My name is Tasha. I used to live with my mom and my dad. I used to do things that made my mom get mad at me and tell me I was bad. I had a secret that I wanted to tell her — but I was scared –so I would do things that

Usted podría ser la única esperanza

Posted by: cacjc / Oct 10, 2018 / Tags: Claudia Cervantes, DHS

By Claudia Cervantes, Bilingual Program Coordinator for the Protect Our Children Project Usted podría ser la única esperanza en la vida de un niño. Por cada 10 niños hay uno que es abusado antes de cumplir los 18 años, y usted podría ser su única esperanza si toma el tiempo para leer este artículo. Hay

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