This year has looked vastly different for children and families in Pennsylvania. To mitigate the spread of COVID-19, many schools have moved online, and students are spending more time on the internet than ever before. With that, comes an increased risk of encountering predators or accessing inappropriate information. Our organization was recently invited to participate […]

This year we are going virtual On Thursday, November 5th, we will be hosting a virtual symposium to discuss child protection, education, and the impact of substance use on children, as well as equity, diversity, and inclusion for youth. In a time with heightened focus on our education system, and COVID-19 impacting child abuse reports, […]

Reports of online child exploitation have risen since the start of the coronavirus pandemic Sarah E. Needleman 5/31/20 https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-children-spend-more-time-online-predators-follow-11590926401?mod=hp_lead_pos11 Jennifer Gross had warned her 12-year-old daughter about the potential dangers of socializing with strangers online, but said the message had often fallen on deaf ears. Now the preteen understands the concern. Since mid-March, the daughter […]

By Haven Evans When I first came across recent The Wall Street Journal “As Children Spend More Time Online, Predators Follow” I was alarmed but not surprised to read about the national rates of online child exploitation reports. According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, in March of this year they had […]

Project Protect, a five-step plan to combat online child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA) launched by the Technology Coalition, recently gained the support of some of the world’s largest tech companies such as Apple, Amazon, Google, Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft. This project aims to incorporate a “strategic five pillar plan”: tech innovation, collective action, independent […]

As we welcome July and the summer weather, we’re reminded of how our lives have drastically changed in so many ways in a matter of a few months as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly 40 million Americans have lost their jobs, food insecurity is a real concern for many, parents are homeschooling their […]

We understand that this is a challenging time for everyone right now, especially for parents, grandparents, and caregivers. Our nation is facing an unprecedented public health crisis and it has resulted in schools being closed and many companies ordering their employees to work from home. Some companies have even laid off their employees or furloughed […]