Children Are the Safest They've Been in 25 Years, Says Committee for Children
March 31, 2015 14:24 ET
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Committee for Children
SEATTLE, Wash., March 31, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, and according to Committee for Children, a leader in the child abuse prevention field, a recent review of...
Best Prevention for Child Sexual Abuse Is Open Communication
November 05, 2014 14:27 ET
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Committee for Children
SEATTLE, Nov. 5, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The statistics are hard to believe. An estimated one in four girls and one in six boys is sexually abused before the age of 18*. "Child sexual abuse is...
National Children's Alliance and 03801 Productions Announce Emmy Win for Stand Up, Step Forward Public Awareness Campaign
June 18, 2014 17:24 ET
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National Children's Alliance
WASHINGTON, June 18, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On June 7, 2014, the Boston/New England Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences recognized National Children's Alliance and 03801...
Kentucky becomes only fourth state to mandate physician training on child abuse
April 29, 2014 16:36 ET
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Kosair Children's Hospital
LOUISVILLE, KY., April 29, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kentucky and Indiana continue to rank among the worst states in the nation for the number of children who are abused and neglected, according to...
Award-Winning Author Tom North Pledges Support to End Child Abuse
November 27, 2013 13:24 ET
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Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
SEATTLE, Nov. 27, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National CASA Association has announced that award-winning author Tom North has become an official supporter of the organization and its work to put...
Survivor Myra C. Fox transforms tragedy into triumph
March 19, 2013 11:43 ET
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Genesis Global Media, Inc.
NEW YORK, NY, March 19, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Some stories need to be told, no matter how painful. For this
reason, Myra C. Fox, founder of The Castle Lewis I
Survived Foundation, has finally told...
Hedge Funds Care Canada Gala Raises Nearly C$200,000 for Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse
November 01, 2012 06:07 ET
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Hedge Funds Care Canada
TORONTO, Nov. 1, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- More than 200 Canadian hedge fund industry professionals and supporters gathered at Spice Route in Toronto October 23rd for the ninth annual "Open Your Hearts...
Education, Communication Keys to Preventing More "Perversion Files"
October 23, 2012 19:22 ET
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Committee for Children
SEATTLE, Oct. 23, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In the wake of the Boy Scouts of America's release of the so-called "perversion files" last week, many adults are wondering how—and even if—we...
Sandusky Sentencing Reminder of Need for Best Prevention Practices
October 07, 2012 13:14 ET
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Committee for Children
SEATTLE, Oct. 7, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Jerry Sandusky, former assistant football coach at Penn State, was convicted in June of sexually abusing 10 boys. On October 9, he is scheduled to be...
A Heartrending Novel, 'Peregrine' Mirrors the Struggles of Real Victims
August 20, 2012 17:37 ET
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Author Linda O'Dochartaigh
BISMARCK, ND--(Marketwire - Aug 20, 2012) - For a child, sexual abuse can be just the first domino to fall in a lifetime of consequential pain and abuse, a reality reflected in Linda O'Dochartaigh's...