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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

How long will we look the other way

Posted by: The Children's Advocacy Center of Jackson County / Apr 13, 2015 / Tags: cerebral palsy, children, Danielle Ellison, Jackson County Oregon, Shaken Baby Syndrome

By Danielle Ellison of Medford, Oregon How do we value the life of a child? How do you put a price on Christmas morning, the first day of school, snow angels in the winter, cannonballs in the summer, and high school graduation? I ask because my son was nearly robbed of these memorable childhood

April ~ A Month to Honor Children

Posted by: cacjc / Apr 13, 2015 / Tags: Child abuse, Child Abuse Prevention Month, Denise Levertov, Jackson County Oregon, Medford Oregon, National Poetry Month, Poetry, wisdom of poetry, young children

By Michelle Wilson April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. It is a month to honor children everywhere, those who have been harmed and those we hope to protect. It is also National Poetry Month. For this blog, I want to share a poem by a woman I had the great fortune to meet and hear

707 Victims of Child Abuse in Jackson County

Posted by: cacjc / Mar 13, 2015 / Tags: abused children, Child Abuse Prevention Month, child sexual abuse, Donate Now, invisible victims, Jackson County Oregon, reporting child abuse, Tammi Pitzen, volunteering

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County In preparation for April’s child abuse prevention and awareness activities, I have been looking at a lot of child abuse numbers . . . statistics etc. I do not believe that the numbers ever tell the full story. In Jackson County in

You Matter!

Posted by: The Children's Advocacy Center of Jackson County / Nov 16, 2013 / Tags: #GivingTuesday, Ben B Cheney Foundation, Black Friday, Bruce Abeloe, Cyber Monday, District Attorney Bud Cramer, Hughes Plywood, Jackson County Child Abuse Task Force, Jackson County Junior Service League, Jackson County Oregon, Josephine County Oregon, Kogap Lumber, Mark Huddleston, St. Mark's Church

This is a guest post by Children’s Advocacy Center Board Member, Mark Huddleston. You matter! In fact, if it weren’t for you, and people like you, our Children’s Advocacy Center would not exist today. Some people think that our CAC gets the majority of its funding from grants, foundations and government assistance. The reality is

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