Child Abuse Neglect Education and Prevention

5 Safety Rules from the Monique Burr Foundation for Children

These safety rules are strategies designed to help children, teens and adults identify and respond to abuse, bullying and other types of victimization.

Families Forward Virginia

Working with parents and their children, the statewide non-profit provides Home Visiting Programs, Family Support and Education, Professional Development, Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Programs, Advocacy and Public Awareness/Public Education.

Child Welfare Information Gateway

This resource highlights the importance of families and communities working together to prevent child abuse and neglect.

Lauren’s Kids

The Safer, Smarter Families Family Safety Toolkit is designed to help families address personal and digital safety learning in a way that is comfortable and accessible for both guardians and their children.

Saprea

Saprea’s approach invites parents to talk about anything and everything with their child, become a child’s trusted source for all things related to their bodies and sex, to monitor what their child is doing, and help their child navigate the ups and downs of the human experience.

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Darkness to Light

Darkness to Light is a non-profit committed to empowering adults to prevent child sexual abuse. Darkness to Light’s work is guided by the vision of a world free from child sexual abuse, where children can grow up happy, healthy and safe. We know that prevention is possible, and we believe that it is an adult responsibility to protect children.

Darkness to Light offers in-depth learning, tools, and practical guidelines to help adults prevent, recognize, and react responsibly to child sexual abuse in their Stewards of Children® training. Details about the full training are at www.D2L.org/Stewards. For reports of immediate danger, call local law enforcement at 911.

The CDC: Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention

CDC’s research and programs work to understand the problem of child abuse and neglect and prevent them before they begin.

National Children’s Alliance

The NCA models, promotes, and delivers excellence in child abuse response and prevention through service, education and leadership.

Tipping the Scales in their Favor: Your Role in Recognizing and Responding to Abuse and Neglect of Children with Disabilities

Leadership Empowerment and Prevention Training (LEAP)

Developed in collaboration between VCU’s School of Social Work and the Partnership for People with Disabilities, LEAP provides training on healthy relationships and information about preventing abuse to adults with disabilities.

Greater Richmond SCAN (Stop Child Abuse Now)

Greater Richmond SCAN (Stop Child Abuse Now) is a local non-profit organization dedicated solely to the prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect in the Greater Richmond area. SCAN’s services promote positive parenting, strengthen families and help create a community that values and cares for its children. Our programs include the Child Advocacy Centers (CAC), Family Support Program, Community Programs, Richmond Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) and The Circle Preschool Program.

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Reporting Child Abuse

Virginia Department of Social Services Abuse and Neglect Reporting Website

To report suspected abuse and/or neglect, contact your local department of social services or the Virginia Department of Social Services’ 24/7, toll-free Child Protective Services (CPS) hotline at (800) 552-7096. You can also complete the VDSS online form.

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Cyber-Tipline

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s CyberTipline is the nation’s centralized reporting system for online exploitation of children.

Counseling for Child Abuse

Darkness to Light

Darkness to Light is a non-profit committed to empowering adults to prevent child sexual abuse. Darkness to Light’s work is guided by the vision of a world free from child sexual abuse, where children can grow up happy, healthy and safe. We know that prevention is possible, and we believe that it is an adult responsibility to protect children.

Building Resilience

Rappahannock Area Community Services Board HopeStarter

Resilience is how we respond to adversity, trauma or tragedy. Resilience is how we deal with difficult situations and move forward from them. These tools and skills in your wellness toolbox can help you adapt to life’s challenges in more positive ways.

Darkness to Light

Darkness to Light is a non-profit committed to empowering adults to prevent child sexual abuse. Darkness to Light’s work is guided by the vision of a world free from child sexual abuse, where children can grow up happy, healthy and safe. We know that prevention is possible, and we believe that it is an adult responsibility to protect children.

Child Help Hotline

The child help provides guidance and support for child abuse victims.

Saprea

Saprea has a message to survivors of child sexual abuse: You are not alone. Saprea has programs and services to provide education, support and strategies to help you begin the process of healing.

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YMCA and Abuse Prevention

YMCA of the USA’s Commitment to Child Protection at the Y

Ensuring the safety and well-being of young people is foundational to everything the Y does to help children learn, grow and thrive. See what YMCAs around the country are doing to protect children.

Helping your Community

Richmond CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates)

Richmond CASA recruits, trains, and supervises competent and dedicated volunteers who advocate for the needs of abused, neglected and at-risk children in juvenile dependency proceedings.