Black History Month is a significant month for our nation. It is an opportunity for all of us to celebrate, honor, and recognize the contributions and impact that Black Americans have made to our nation, and it should be a time to celebrate the diversity that strengthens our nation. This should also be a time […]
How to Lookout for Warning Signs of Child Abuse
Seven-year-old Harmony Montgomery has been missing since October of 2019. Her disappearance was reported to police at the end of 2021—over 2 years later. As soon as the authorities were notified, they launched an investigation and recently arrested her father on charges relating to her disappearance, including assault and endangering the welfare of a child. […]
Staff Spotlight: David Merrill, PFSA’s Own David Hasselhoff
“A lot of friends of mine have told me that I look like David Hasselhoff or Jim Carey or a combination of the two,” David Merrill, Director of Finance at the Pa Family Support Alliance (PFSA) laughingly recounts. “I always tell them that I will take that—even if they don’t mean it as a compliment!” […]
How You Can Help to Prevent Human Trafficking
January is National Human Trafficking Awareness Month, and believe it or not, human trafficking—especially the trafficking of children—is a massive problem in the United States. There are many forms of human trafficking such as forced labor, debt bondage, domestic servitude, forced child labor, sex trafficking, and child sex trafficking. And human trafficking is a problem […]
PA Family Support Alliance Welcomes New Board Vice-Chair and Members
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pa Family Support Alliance (PFSA), the state leader in child abuse prevention, today announced the appointment of a new Vice-Chair and five new members to its Governing Board for the 2021-2022 term. “We are fortunate to have such dedicated experts and leaders in their fields serve on our Board of Directors […]
Ways to Help Stop Child Abuse
On December 9, former reality tv star Josh Duggar from the show 19 Kids and Counting, was convicted of being in possession of child pornography and now faces up to 20 years in prison. This guilty verdict shows that no one is above the law and stopping those possessing this type of material is a […]
PFSA’s Look Back at 2021
In April, we observe National Child Abuse Prevention Month and typically have our annual PA Blue Ribbon Champions for Safe Kids ceremony in the Capitol rotunda in Harrisburg. Due to COVID-19, this event has looked very different for the past two years. In 2021, we recognized community leaders dedicated to protecting PA children from abuse […]
WHTM-TV (ABC 27): A Day of Giving with Weis Markets
The Tuesday after Thanksgiving is known as “Giving Tuesday” and Weis Markets is proud to give back to their customers and community. This year they are donating $10,000 to the Pennsylvania Family Support Alliance to continue their work for local families. Learn more about how Weis is giving back this holiday season and what their […]
Levittown Now: 10 Years After Jerry Sandusky Case, More Work Needed To Protect PA’s Kids, Advocate Says
Ten years ago this month, the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse case rocked Pennsylvania. A decade later, one child abuse prevention advocate says there’s still more work to be done to protect children in the commonwealth. Angela Liddle is president and CEO of the Pennsylvania Family Support Alliance, a Harrisburg-based organization that trains about 20,000 […]
Pennsylvania Capital-Star: Ten years after Sandusky case, more work needed to protect Pa.’s kids, advocate says
In 2017, Pennsylvania received more child abuse reports than any other year on record, according to state data. Ten years ago this month, the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse case rocked Pennsylvania. A decade later, one child abuse prevention advocate says there’s still more work to be done to protect children in the commonwealth. Angela […]
