Light 2024 - A Multistate Educational Conference on Childhood Trauma
Event Dates
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Central
Location
Par-A-Dice Hotel and Casino
East Peoria, IL
Event Type
Conference
Child abuse
Unmasking Sexual Abuse: Understanding, Healing, and Prevention
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Central
Location
White Oak Estates and Gardens
Baton Rouge, LA
Event Type
Workshop
Report on Project to Reduce Child Deaths Due to Abuse and Neglect
Learn how five OVC grantees successfully expanded their understanding of how to promote child and family well-being.
Report Highlights Efforts To Engage Communities To Address Child Abuse and Neglect
Learn about Michigan’s efforts to reduce fatalities or near-death injuries due to child abuse or neglect through the Child Safety Forward initiative.
Courage First Athlete Hotline
This helpline provides support to athletes, former athletes, parents, coaches, and sports communities who wish to report concerns about emotional, physical, or sexual abuse. Contact the hotline's athlete-centered counselors by phone or text at 888-279-1026 or by online chat.
Report Focuses on Training Multidisciplinary Teams To Reduce Child Maltreatment and Fatality
A new OVC-sponsored report from Cook County Health evaluates recent efforts to reduce fatalities or near-death injuries due to child abuse or neglect.
April 2023 Featured Resources
This featured news content includes information about National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, and National Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Report Focuses on Parent and Community Organizing for Child Maltreatment Intervention and Prevention
Learn about Child Safety Forward, a nationwide, 3-year demonstration initiative funded by OVC to reduce fatalities or near-death injuries due to child abuse or neglect.
The Use of Children as a Tactic of Intimate Partner Violence and its Relationship to Survivors' Mental Health
Date Published
October 2022
Agencies
OVC-Sponsored
Podcast Discusses Engaging Parents to Reduce Child Injuries and Fatalities
Listen to a podcast about an initiative to address serious or near-death injuries as a result of child abuse/neglect, and to reduce the number of child fatalities.
Child Victims with Disabilities: A Guide for Prosecutors
Date Published
April 2022
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
Child Abuse Prevention Month: Message From the Director of the Office for Victims of Crime
Learn about OVC initiatives to improve services for victims of child abuse in this message from OVC Director Kristina Rose.
Register: OVC Materials for Child Victims and Witnesses Support Webinar
Join OVC for a webinar to learn about materials that support children and youth, ages 2–18, as they navigate the justice system
I Am Isabella
Summary
I Am Isabella tells the story of what happens to a young girl named Isabella after a caseworker visits her home.
To illustrate common occurrences in child welfare cases, the story follows Isabella as she meets a caseworker, talks to a counselor at school, goes to court and meets her advocate, and builds a network of support...
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
The Center for Court Innovation’s Child Witness Materials Project is a collaborative effort between the Center for Court Innovation, Center for Urban Pedagogy, and Alternate History Comics and is supported by cooperative agreements #2016-VF-GX-K011 and #2018-V3-GX-K069, awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime. The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in these...
Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials
Introduction
For children and youth, participating in the justice system as a victim or witness can be especially confusing, distressing, and even re-traumatizing. Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials was created to support children and youth during their involvement with the justice system as a victim or witness to a crime.
Based on the input of national experts and lived experience experts, these materials are...