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Stop It Now! was founded in 1992 by child sexual abuse survivor Fran Henry with the intention of having "the sexual abuse of children recognized as a preventable public health problem". Following its foundation, the organization has cooperated with scientific researchers, organized focus groups and conducted opinion surveys to research and ...
CAFETY, along with the American Psychological Association, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Therapy, and the American Bar Association, was a major supporter of the bill H.R 911, "Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act", which was introduced in the U.S. Congress in 2009 and passed in ...
Thorn: Digital Defenders of Children, previously known as DNA Foundation, is a nonprofit organization that builds technology to defend children from sexual abuse.Founded in 2012, the organization creates products and programs to empower the platforms and people who have the ability to defend children.
In the U.S., over 550,000 children are known to authorities to be victims of abuse, and child welfare authorities investigate the safety of more than 7.5 million children each year.
Childhelp is a US non-profit organization dedicated to the prevention and treatment of child abuse. Founded in 1959 as International Orphans, Inc. [1] by Sara O'Meara and Yvonne Fedderson, Childhelp is one of the largest non-profit child abuse prevention and treatment organizations in the nation. It operates facilities in California, Virginia ...
Child-focused, school-based sexual abuse prevention programs were first developed in the United States in the 1970s in response to growing concerns about the prevalence and effects of child sexual abuse. Studies had shown that offenders targeted children perceived as being more compliant and less likely to disclose any molestation. [2] Such ...
A new California law requires parents to set aside money earned by child social media influencers and deposit the earnings into accounts their kids can’t access until they are adults.
Slavery Footprint, a nonprofit organization based in Oakland, California, that works to end human trafficking and modern-day slavery [23] Stop Child Trafficking Now, an organization founded by Lynette Lewis, an author and public speaker [24] Stop the Traffik, a campaign coalition which aims to bring an end to human trafficking worldwide