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WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO THOSE WHO HAVE MADE DONATIONS TO PARTNERS IN PREVENTION THIS YEAR TO HELP US CONTINUE CRITICAL PREVENTION WORK. “As the new social worker for the school district, I want to educate staff and students about child abuse. l am a previous CPS worker and forensic interviewer. In my past role, I noticed that there is an underreporting of child abuse in this community. Now in this new role, I want to provide that education to ensure children are safe.” —KARINA, SCHOOL DISTRICT SOCIAL WORKER It’s a time of year for giving and gratefulness, and we […]
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Emerging with Hope and Resilience
WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO EACH OF YOU AND TO OUR PARTNER PROFESSIONALS FOR A TRULY MEANINGFUL CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH. EMERGING WITH HOPE AND RESILIENCE Learning From Our Informative April Partner Talks Our April Partner Talks were a resounding success, thanks to our wonderful partners. We were joined by three knowledgeable professionals who generously answered the questions of our audience and shared their unique expertise with us. Dr. Suzanne Giraudo, psychologist and Clinical Director at the Kalmonovitz Child Development Center at CPMC, talked about children’s fears and mental health. Giraudo shared information about how the pandemic has impacted children’s […]
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April is national child abuse prevention month! Remember, it’s the responsibility of adults like us to keep children safe.
A YEAR OF RECKONING WITH EPIDEMICS When the Disease is Child Abuse, What is the Cure? Dear Partner, April is here once again. This time last year, we were just beginning to stay home to prevent Covid’s spread. We couldn’t yet know what a far-reaching impact this disease would have on our lives. A year later, over 500,000 American lives have been lost, and many more have been severely compromised by the pandemic’s effects on nearly every aspect of family and civic life. Among those most traumatically affected by Covid have been children. As we’ve detailed in numerous PiPSpeaks over […]
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Blue Ribbon Month
APRIL IS NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH! ‘APRIL’ COMES FROM THE LATIN ‘APARIRE’, MEANING ‘TO OPEN’. THIS APRIL, LET’S HELP KIDS EMERGE FROM THE PANDEMIC WITH HOPE AND RESILIENCE, ENCOURAGING THEM TO OPEN UP, SPEAK OUT, AND BUILD STRONG NETWORKS OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT. EMPOWERING KIDS MAKES THEM LESS VULNERABLE TO ABUSE. Dear Partner, We, the founders of Partners in Prevention, met in the 1990s by way of a shared passion for the magic of childhood and the importance of a safe and healthy start for children. Kathy was a social worker with a long career in child abuse prevention and […]
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Our Pandemic Era Report
Our Pandemic Era Report | 2020-2021 For over ten years, Partners in Prevention has worked to increase awareness of the effects of child abuse and neglect while expanding opportunities to access prevention and support services. Donations like yours have allowed us to develop new paths to prevent the abuse of children. Your support has made possible the growth of our programs, allowing us to expand existing campaigns while simultaneously creating new tools and programming to reach a wider audience. Covid-19 created danger and uncertainty in the lives of many. Isolation made mandated reporting of child abuse and neglect much more […]
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Look for the Helpers: Now More than Ever! Follow our PIPSPEAK Briefings
Dear Partner, We hope this finds you and your loved ones safe and well. Although sheltering-in-place may help to flatten the curve when it comes to COVID-19, home isn’t always a safe place for everyone. Now more than ever, we all need to be helpers for the most vulnerable around us. As we all are social distancing it makes it all the more difficult to be there for children who now are behind walls everywhere. Our most vulnerable have had a social safety network of doctors, nurses, teachers, child care providers, clergy, and police who provided the eyes and ears […]
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Happy 2020: Partners In Prevention Annual Report is Here!
Happy 2020 and we hope this newsletter finds you well! Since 2010, Partners in Prevention has worked to increase awareness of the effects of child abuse and neglect while expanding opportunities to access prevention and support services within a wide range of communities in the Bay Area and beyond. Generous donations have empowered us with the confidence to reach further and imagine new paths in pursuing our mission to prevent abuse of children. Our prevention work focuses on innovative methods to engage and educate so that children and families can create a plan for intervention before abuse occurs. A PHASED […]
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Safety Awareness Materials Now Available in 19 Languages and More!
Partners in Prevention September Newsletter Safety Awareness Materials Now Available in 19 Languages School is in and we are happy to report that after translating our Safety Awareness Education Activity Pages and Speak Out! posters into a total of 11 languages last year, we have now added 8 additional languages to reach as many children as possible and, of critical importance, their home and family members. This was made possible by a generous grant from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. While our initial focus was the Greater Bay Area, we quickly became aware of additional language needs for the K-18 […]
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A SINGULAR FOCUS: PREVENTION
Our dear founder and inspiration, Dr. Moses (Misha) Grossman, passed away in January. We are deeply saddened to lose this gentle, intelligent, caring and very special man. Misha leaves behind a legacy that will continue to grow; educators, health professionals, law enforcement members, faith community …all adults who strive for a safer community for children.
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Wishes Do Come True
DEAR FRIENDS, We know you care about protecting children, that’s why you are taking time now to read this, and we thank you. It seems each day we wake up to another revelation of sexual abuse by someone we thought we “knew“.
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