The Child Protection Center (CPC) recently announced they are expanding again to meet the growing need for child abuse services in Sarasota and Desoto Counties. In 2021, the Child Protection Center purchased a large property in North Port to meet the explosive population of children and families moving to South Sarasota County. North Port was recently named the 2^nd fastest growing city in the United States.

On February 15^th, CPC hosted a grand opening of the North Port facility, and announced they received a 3 MILLION DOLLAR Federal Earmark from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) , helping rise to the challenge to further expand and provide care for abuse victims. CPC will begin a Capital Campaign and build an additional 6,000 sq. ft. building on their North Port property. "This is incredible news for the children in our community, but this is just the beginning" says Executive Director Douglas Staley "Our community is stronger when we work together for the prevention, intervention, and treatment of child abuse!" CPC’s Capital Campaign will provide a safe space for vulnerable children to receive compassionate care on their healing journey.

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children officially launched an exciting new tool for survivors of online child sexual abuse. The groundbreaking platform, aptly named, Take It Down, allows users from around the world to submit a case to help remove nude, partially nude, or sexually explicit photos and videos depicting a child under 18 years old from the surfaces of participating electronic service providers.

You can watch a preview of the new PSA here.

Take It Down works by assigning a unique digital fingerprint, called a hash value, to specific images or videos. When tech platforms sign up to participate, they are provided these hash values so they can detect and remove the imagery on their public or unencrypted sites and apps. This all happens without the image or video ever leaving a device or anyone viewing it. At launch, Facebook, Instagram, MindGeek, OnlyFans and Yubo are participating in the new program. We hope to have many more join soon! 

You can join NCMEC’s conversation on social by following them @missingkids, and see more information about the new platform at takeitdown.ncmec.org.

The 2023 Krimes Against Kids Conference is scheduled for July 26-28, 2023, at the WYNDHAM GRAND ORLANDO RESORT BONNET CREEK. Registration for this year's conference is now open! Visit the Registration link: https://cvent.me/gOn1GB

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The Florida Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers (FNCAC) collaborates with many partners to bring the best possible results for children and families served by the 28 Children’s Advocacy Centers in Florida, including

o  Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association (FPAA): FNCAC collaborates with the FPAA to deliver Stop Technology-facilitated Abuse of Rural Kids (STARK) training through the Zero Abuse Project to prosecutors, law enforcement, child protective investigators, Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task force members, and community case management providers.

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