1. Association of Professionals Solving the Abuse of Children – apsac.org
“The Association of Professionals Solving the Abuse of Children (APSAC), formerly the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, was founded in 1986 and has been in partnership with The New York Foundling since 2016. APSAC is a nonprofit organization focused on meeting the needs of professionals engaged in all aspects of services for maltreated children and their families.”
2. American Society for the Positive Care of Children – americanspcc.org
“American SPCC is dedicated to preventing child maltreatment and creating a world where every child thrives. We empower caregivers, advocate for children’s rights, and provide educational resources to foster positive childhood experiences.”
3. Ark of Hope for Children – arkofhopeforchildren.org
“Ark of Hope for Children breaks the chains for those victimized as children by human trafficking, child abuse and bullying to lead survivors into lives filled with faith hope and love. We help survivors experience unconditional love, emotional healing and life change. Our programs are meant to equip and empower them to mold the challenges of their past into hope filled futures.”
4. Arte Sana – arte-sana.com
“By providing services to improve the quality of life of survivors of gender violence and racism, we strive to prevent violence in our communities. Arte Sana believes in the intrinsic healing power of art and culture. We believe that violence risk reduction programs and services must be culturally competent and linguistically appropriate. Arte Sana is committed to the value of indigenous leadership and collaboration sin fronteras (without borders).”
5. Association for the Treatment & Prevention of Sexual Abuse – atsa.com
“Creating a world where ending sexual harm is a shared responsibility and an achievable goal. ATSA champions research and treatment, informs public policy, and advocates for best practice.”
6. Child Lures Prevention – childluresprevention.com
“Child Lures Prevention is based in Shelburne, Vermont – and reaches worldwide. Our mission began in 1983, and continues today: we are here to help you prevent crimes against children and youth through education and awareness. Together, we can make this a safer and gentler world for children.”
7. The Child Molestation Research & Prevention Institute (CMRPI) – childmolestationprevention.org
“The Child Molestation Research & Prevention Institute (CMRPI) is a national, science-based, 501(c)3, nonprofit organization. CMRPI conducts research to prevent child sexual abuse and provides information to prevention organizations, agencies, professionals, and families to use to prevent abuse.”
8. Childhelp – childhelp.org
“Childhelp aims not only to address the immediate consequences of child abuse, but also to create a foundation for long-term healing and prevention. By breaking the cycle of abuse, Childhelp strives to empower children and families to lead healthier, more secure lives.”
9. Child Rights International Network (CRIN) – crin.org
“CRIN believes transparency, accountability, access to justice for children, and protection from violence are crucial to ending sexual violence against children. To this end, our work so far has focused on closed institutions, which are notorious for their lack of transparency and accountability. Our goal is to push for reforms that will open these institutions to scrutiny, prevent cover-ups and allow victims to access justice.”
10. The Children’s Bureau (CB) Administration for Children & Families U.S. Department of Health & Human Services – acf.hhs.gov
“The Children’s Bureau (CB) focuses on improving the lives of children and families through programs that reduce child abuse and neglect, increase the number of adoptions, and strengthen foster care.”
11. Darkness to Light – d2l.org
“Darkness to Light empowers adults to prevent, recognize, and react responsibly to child sexual abuse through awareness, education, and the reduction of stigma.”
12. Defend Innocence – defendinnocence.org
“We empower parents and caregivers to protect children from sexual abuse through education and online resources. We make it safe to openly discuss sexual abuse through community dialogue and social awareness. … Founders Shelaine and Derek Maxfield have a passion for helping others. Their kindness and generosity led them to start The Younique Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public charity, in December 2014. The Younique Foundation focuses on helping survivors heal from the impact of childhood sexual abuse. A sub-brand of The Younique Foundation, Defend Innocence focuses on preventing child sexual abuse; we want to stop abuse before it even happens.”
13. End Rape On Campus – endrapeoncampus.org
“End Rape on Campus (EROC) works to end campus sexual violence through direct support for survivors and their communities; prevention through education; and policy reform at the campus, local, state, and federal levels.”
14. Futures Without Violence – futureswithoutviolence.org
“Striving to reach new audiences and transform social norms, we train professionals such as doctors, nurses, judges, and athletic coaches on improving responses to violence and abuse. We also work with advocates, policy makers, and others to build sustainable community leadership and educate people everywhere about the importance of respect and healthy relationships.”
15. generationFIVE – generationfive.org (Broken link removed 9/2022)
“The mission of generationFIVE is to end the sexual abuse of children within five generations. We work to interrupt and mend the intergenerational impact of child sexual abuse on individuals, families, and communities. Through survivor and bystander leadership development, community prevention and intervention, public action, and cross-movement building, generationFIVE works to interrupt and mend the intergenerational impact of child sexual abuse on individuals, families, and communities.”
16. Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment (GRACE) – netgrace.org
“GRACE trains, equips, educates and investigates with the goal of supporting effective safeguarding and accountability. Fundamental to GRACE is our attention to fostering cultures that care for survivors, safeguard the vulnerable, and hold abusers accountable.”
17. Grateful Garment Project – gratefulgarment.org
“As Champions of Change, The Grateful Garment Project affects the lives of victims of sexual violence daily by providing care, dignity and support to survivors.”
18. Just Detention International – justdetention.org
“Just Detention International is a health and human rights organization that seeks to end sexual abuse in all forms of detention.”
19. Advocates for Youth – advocatesforyouth.org
“Know Your IX is youth- and survivor-led project of Advocates for Youth empowering students to end gender-based and sexual violence in schools.”
20. MaleSurvivor – malesurvivor.org
“MaleSurvivor is a 501(c)(3), non-profit, public benefit organization committed to preventing, healing, and eliminating all forms of sexual victimization of boys and men through support, treatment, research, education, advocacy, and activism.”
21. MinistrySafe Institute – ministrysafeinstitute.com
“Child sexual abuse issues are invariably intertwined with the need for legal guidance: reporting to authorities, changes in the law, application of clergy privilege and insurance coverage. MinistrySafe Institute™ was created by legal professionals who are sexual abuse experts. After decades of litigating cases and providing counsel related to sexual abuse issues, Gregory Love and Kimberlee Norris founded MinistrySafe Institute™ to equip ministry leaders with an understanding of the issues and how to best navigate through them.”
22. National Alliance to End Sexual Violence (NAESV) – endsexualviolence.org
“The National Alliance to End Sexual Violence (NAESV) is the voice in Washington for survivors and the programs that support them. We advocate for policies and funding that make healing possible, prevent sexual violence, and build safer communities nationwide.”
23. National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) – missingkids.org
“NCMEC provides assistance and support to families impacted by child sex trafficking. Family Advocacy Specialists offer crisis intervention to families as well as local referrals to appropriate professionals for longer-term support.”
24. National Center for Victims of Crime – victimsofcrime.org
“The Center for Victim & Survivor Services’ (CVSS) mission is to promote safety, healing, and justice for victims and survivors of crime by meeting their individualized needs, upholding victims’ rights, and enhancing community and national responses to harm. We achieve our mission by building programs that focus on direct services, consultation, training, collaborative partnerships, and developing innovative solutions to meet the needs of individuals who experience crime. …
CVSS provides consultation and training in their areas of expertise. This includes, but is not limited to, human trafficking, crime victims’ rights, child sexual exploitation, victim services, hotline services, and trauma. CVSS can provide short-term and long-term services based on organizational needs.”
25. National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence – ncdsv.org
“The National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence designs, provides and customizes training and consultation; influences policy, promotes collaboration; and enhances diversity with the goal of ending domestic and sexual violence.”
26. National Children’s Advocacy Center – nationalcac.org
“The NCAC Virtual Training Center (VTC) offers a wide range of FREE online training opportunities for child abuse professionals. NCACvtc includes live and archived Webinars and Recorded Trainings.”
27. National Organization of Sisters of Color Ending Sexual Violence –sisterslead.org
“The National Organization of Sisters of Color Ending Sexual Assault (SCESA) is dedicated to ending sexual assault through a culturally specific lens of providing technical assistance and training to Communities of Color organizations addressing sexual assault, engaging with communities and survivors at a grass roots level and being instrumental in policies concerning Women and Girls of Color.”
28. The National Sexual Violence Resource Center – nsvrc.org
“Our mission is to provide leadership in preventing and responding to sexual violence through collaborating, sharing and creating resources, and promoting research.”
29. Prevent Child Abuse America – preventchildabuse.org
“At Prevent Child Abuse America®, we lay the groundwork to deliver the great childhoods that all children deserve. We are a 501(c)3 dedicated to promoting services that improve child well-being in all 50 states and developing programs that help to prevent all types of abuse and neglect.”
30. RAINN – rainn.org
“RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) is the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization. RAINN created and operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline (800.656.HOPE, online.rainn.org y rainn.org/es) in partnership with more than 1,000 local sexual assault service providers across the country and operates the DoD Safe Helpline for the Department of Defense. RAINN also carries out programs to prevent sexual violence, help survivors, and ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice.”
31. Safe to Compete – safetocompete.org
“Protecting children and providing safe spaces for them to learn, play and grow is central to the mission of every youth-serving organization. Safe to Compete is a program of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC) which provides access to resources to help youth-sports organizations and the families of child athletes protect those children from sexual abuse.”
32. Saprea – saprea.org
“Saprea exists to liberate individuals and society from child sexual abuse and its lasting impacts. We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public charity, funded by a combination of public and private donations. Our offices are located in Lehi, Utah and Alpharetta, Georgia.” (In February 2022, The Younique Foundation, Finding Hope Support Groups, and Defend Innocence were rebranded as Saprea.)
33. S.E.S.A.M.E. – sesamenet.org
“S.E.S.A.M.E. is the leading national voice for the prevention of sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment of students by teachers and other school staff. Ending the practice of ‘passing the trash,’ a phenomenon where educators investigated for abuse are able to resign and get a new job at a new school, is S.E.S.A.M.E.’s top priority for ending abuse in schools.”
34. Stop It Now! – stopitnow.org
“Stop It Now! was founded by Fran Henry, a survivor of childhood sexual abuse who learned first-hand that standard approaches to keeping children safe from child sexual abuse at that time did not respond to the complex relationships surrounding most abuse. Her vision was to have the sexual abuse of children recognized as a preventable public health problem and to help adults take responsibility to prevent and stop sexual abuse of children. With a commitment to prevention, Stop It Now! creates and disseminates effective programs based on this principle of adult responsibility, shared through a hopeful and compassionate lens.”
35. Stop Sexual Assault in Schools – stopsexualassaultinschools.org
“SSAIS is unique. It’s the only organization specifically created to address sexual harassment/assault and K-12 students’ rights. With the increased attention on sexual assault on college campuses, it’s time to address the epidemic of sexual harassment and assault impacting younger students.”
36. TAALK – taalk.org
“TAALK is a US-based, federally approved 501©(3) non-profit organization with a core belief that child sexual abuse is predictable and preventable when we surround children with knowledgeable and outspoken adults, and we all play a part in the solution. TAALK is an acronym for Talk About Abuse to Liberate Kids. The TAALK dream is to eliminate child sexual abuse in communities around the world. Until then, TAALK will vigilantly carry out its mission to reduce children’s vulnerability to child sexual abuse and to support survivors through the healing process. Child sexual abuse is a global pandemic that must be solved at the community level. TAALK creates awareness, education, support and healing programs which are delivered through local TAALK Chapters and partner organizations. TAALK also locates programs and services from around the world and highlights them through their media platforms.”
37. U.S. Center for SafeSport (United States Olympic Committee) – safesport.org
“The U.S. Center for SafeSport is the first and only national organization of its kind focused on ending all forms of abuse in sport. As an independent non-profit headquartered in Denver, the Center provides consultation to sport entities on prevention techniques and policies, while developing best practices and educational programs focused on promoting athlete well-being and putting an end to emotional and physical abuse in sports. The Center also provides a safe, professional and confidential place for individuals to report sexual abuse within the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic movements.”