A moving truck parks outside of Prevent Child Abuse Arizona headquarters and the Yavapai CASA for Kids Foundation in Prescott Valley to deliver furniture from Gammage & Burnham in Phoenix.
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Furnished with Generosity
In June, Gammage & Burnham law firm had plans to update all of their office furniture, and wanted the high-quality desks, chairs, and bookcases they were replacing to go to a nonprofit. At the suggestion of controller Tina Vanderpool, who served as Prevent Child Abuse Arizona's Director of Finance and Operations from 2005 to 2015, our organization was offered the lot! Just two months prior, Prevent Child Abuse Arizona had identified a need to replace old and damaged desks at the Yavapai Family Advocacy Center, which helps child and adult victims of abuse. And there were more than enough pieces to also help furnish the Yavapai CASA for Kids Foundation, which recently built the first visitation center for families in the Yavapai County area on the PCA Arizona campus. The donation from Gammage & Burnham was so massive that it easily furnished both organizations, providing welcoming, comfortable and productive environments for the gathering and strengthening of families in Yavapai County.
Thank you, Tina and Gammage & Burnham!
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43 attendees practice social distancing at the Advanced Forensic Interview Training at the Black Canyon Conference Center.
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Advanced Forensic Interview Training Amidst a Pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic led Prevent Child
Abuse Arizona to adapt many of its in-person trainings and events to virtual gatherings. However, not all programs are as effectively adapted to online platforms. Our Advanced Forensic Interview Training (AFIT) educates detectives, prosecutors, Department of Child Safety investigators, and Tribal Child Protective Services personnel on the Semi-Structured Cognitive Interview Technique, a technique that elicits forensically sound evidence while reducing the amount of trauma to the child. This training regularly occurs in person with the support of numerous faculty educators. The experiential nature of the training precluded it from being moved to a virtual format – but, especially amidst the pandemic, new investigators are in critical need of this education.
For the June AFIT, Prevent Child Abuse Arizona ensured attendees were physically distanced and wore masks, and preserved the immersive nature of this training through roleplay interviews with faculty (also physically distanced). Though the adaptation may have felt a little unusual, the training’s quality was preserved. “I wish I had attended this training 19 years ago,” said a detective from Chandler Police Department
Prevent Child Abuse Arizona is grateful for the flexibility of faculty and attendees that allowed investigators to receive this valuable information without additional delay.
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Free Access to Child and Infant Safety Courses
Infant CPR, a provider of online trainings, is offering free access to courses in infant and child CPR, as well as Sexual Child Abuse Prevention and First Aid. These courses are available at your own pace, and you will have lifetime access to re-certification courses. View course options and register through the link below.
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Strengthening Families to Prevent Child Adversity: Strategies for Action
We shouldn’t wait for harm to occur before we act to protect children. Child abuse is prevented when people like you act to strengthen families in their own communities. This webinar will introduce you to the Strengthening Families Protective Factors, a framework for building family strengths so that children are safe and nurtured.
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You Can Make a Difference
When you make a contribution to Prevent Child Abuse Arizona, you are giving professionals the tools they need to strengthen families and protect children.
You are giving parents the support they need to ensure their children grow up safe and nurtured.
And you are planting seeds of success for children today, tomorrow, and in the future.
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To get some ideas, join us for our free webinar on July 30 @ 10am – “Strengthening Families to Prevent Child Adversity: Strategies for Action."
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Mandated Supporter
A lot of people are concerned with the decline in calls to the DCS hotline since the pandemic began. They are worried that kids are unsafe at home and, because they have less contact with other protective adults in the community, their situations are going unreported.
How do we make sure these cases are reported to DCS?
That’s a question I hear a lot.
I get it. I’m concerned too. But if you share this concern, I have another question for you.
How can you support families in your community so that abuse/neglect doesn’t happen in the first place?
Why do we need to wait for abuse to happen before we act?
What if we considered ourselves
not just mandated
reporters
, but also mandated
supporters
?
What if we got ahead of the problem of child abuse?
What if we considered it our duty, as community members, to support families the best we can so that they can support children the best they can?
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As a 501(c)3 organization, Prevent Child Abuse Arizona is eligible to receive bequests. Please contact Rebekah Prieto at rebekah@pcaaz.org if you would like to discuss including
Prevent Child Abuse Arizona in your legacy.
Tax ID #86-0832901
Prevent Child Abuse Arizona can only accept donations from individuals, businesses, and foundations located in the State of Arizona.
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Prevent Child Abuse Arizona is shifting the public conversation about child maltreatment so that prevention is the priority. The organization provides research-based prevention services, education and training to help promote strong families and safe, healthy children. For more information, visit pcaaz.org.
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