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Child Safety & Protection Collaborative of Centre County

“Centre County, PA leaders say child sexual abuse is not a matter of awareness-it is a matter of action.”  That is why community leaders are partnering with Darkness to Light to teach adults how to better protect children in their community. The recently formed Child Safety and Protection Collaborative- consisting of members from the YMCA, …

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Durham meeting aims to raise awareness of child sexual abuse

Preventing sexual abuse of children and raising awareness of the problem were the main focus of a meeting this week in Durham and Chapel Hill at the downtown Durham YMCA. The Durham Center and The Chapel Hill YMCA have partnered with other groups in Durham, Chapel Hill, and Orange and Chatham counties to raise awareness …

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State College, PA Community Leaders Discuss Prevention

On the heels of Penn State child sexual abuse allegations, leaders from several Centre County organizations-including the United Way, YMCA, and Women’s Resource Center-have created the Child Safety and Protection Collaborative and are pushing several initiatives to make children safer.  Dennis Ditmer, CEO of Centre County Y, says of this collaborative, “It just made sense …

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Delaware Higher Education Community Joins in the Fight to Protect Children

Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden and leaders from four of Delaware’s largest institutions of higher education came together on February 16th to announce a significant expansion of statewide program to train adults to recognize and respond to the signs of child sexual abuse. The presidents of the University of Delaware, Delaware State University, Delaware Technical …

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YMCA of Kern County Tackles Sexual Abuse

The YMCA of Kern County in Bakersfield, CA is the newest Y to join a nationwide effort to prevent child sexual abuse. Y CEO, Clete Harper, recently was interviewed about bringing the Stewards program to his community: http://news.yahoo.com/video/bakersfieldkero-24115453/ymca-tackles-sexual-abuse-of-children-28028551.html#crsl=%252Fvideo%252Fbakersfieldkero-24115453%252Fymca-tackles-sexual-abuse-of-children-28028551.html