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10 ways to keep children safe from abuse this holiday season

Posted by: cacjc / Nov 12, 2019 / Tags: 5 Steps to Protect Our Children, Darkness to Light, Minimizing Opportunity, Stewards of Children

By Betsy Lewis, Social Media Contractor for the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County The holidays are coming, and families and friends will be gathering together to celebrate. Unfortunately, the holiday season is also the time of year when all types of child abuse increase. And it is those we know, these very family

Calling All Grandparents!

Posted by: cacjc / Sep 9, 2019 / Tags: Active Bystander, Grandparent, Grandparents, PROTECT OUR CHILDREN Project of the Children's Advocacy Center of Jackson County, Stranger Danger

By Betsy Lewis, Internet and Social Media Contractor for the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County I don’t know about you, but back when I was a parent in the 1980s and ‘90s I didn’t know much about child abuse or how to prevent it. I just assumed it wouldn’t happen to my kids

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

Community “Farmers” Planting Seeds of Hope

Posted by: cacjc / Oct 25, 2017 / Tags: Asante Health System, Cherish a Child Luncheon 2017, Community Response, Family Support Team, HB5061, Jackson County Child Abuse Task Force, Jackson County Multi-Disciplinary Team, Mark Huddleston, MDT, National Children's Alliance, Planting a Seed Cherish a Child Luncheon

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County — from her speech at our October, 2017 Cherish a Child Luncheon A wise man looked at the response in place in Jackson County for victims of child abuse and thought there was opportunity to improve this response. That wise man

Does child abuse happen in our state? In Jackson County?

Posted by: cacjc / Apr 24, 2017 / Tags: CASA, Child Abuse Awareness Month, Child Abuse in Jackson County Oregon, Child Abuse Prevention Month, Child Fatalities, foster children, Foster Parent Shortage, Protect Our Children Training, Responding to Allegations of Child Maltreatment

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County April is child abuse prevention/awareness month. This is my traditional April Blog recognizing and focusing on the problem of child abuse. I was doing a little research to see what was going on in the world of child abuse. I found a

Philanthropy Should Be at the Heart of All Local Businesses

Posted by: cacjc / Feb 13, 2017 / Tags: Civic 50, Giving USA, Key Bank Foundation, KeyBank, National Conference on Citizenship and Points of Light, Philanthropy, Renae Dixon, Southern Oregon Business Conference

By Renae Dixon, KeyBank At KeyBank, we have one overall goal: to help our clients and communities thrive. While we have a laser focus on financial wellness, we realize the benefit of a holistic approach to well-being and are always looking for ways to be involved in the communities where we live and work. That

How are children faring in Oregon?

Posted by: cacjc / Oct 17, 2016 / Tags: 2015 Child Welfare Data Book, CAC Community Forum, CASA Jackson County Oregon, Jackson County Oregon, Oregon Foster Parents, PROTECT OUR CHILDREN Child Abuse Prevention Training, The Family Nurturing Center

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County Today I am sitting in my office listening to the rain and feeling a little sad and a lot overwhelmed. It’s Sunday and the office is very quiet except for the rain trickling through the rain gutters and the tap of my

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