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PROTECTING KIDS

Working Together to Protect Children from Abuse

Zero Abuse Project is Teaching Professionals and Transforming Institutions to Protect the Next Generation.
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2023 Zero Abuse Project Summit

Join us for our Annual Summit, live and in-person! We're excited to return on June 7-9, 2023 in Orlando, FL.
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TAKING ACTION

Menlo Church Assessment
Read Zero Abuse Project's Final Report on the assessment of Menlo Church's response to a congregant expressing an attraction to children. Zero Abuse Project interviewed 104 witnesses and reviewed more than 500,000 documents over the course of the assessment.
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Conducting and Defending a Pandemic-Era Forensic Interview

As the COVID-19 pandemic produces quarantines, school closures, and limited interactions between children and mandated reporters, prosecutors and other members of a multi-disciplinary team will likely be confronted with new challenges
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#11forjacob

Home of Jacob Wetterling Resource Center

We work to end all forms of child maltreatment through education, training and prevention while advocating for and serving children, adult survivors and communities.
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Fundraising

Our Spring Fundraiser is Nearly Here!
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Protecting
Kids

Education, Training,
and Victim Support

There are 39 million child sexual abuse survivors in the U.S. today. The challenge of providing them and their families with support is enormous. So, too, is the task of helping law enforcement, child protection services, and others contribute to this fight.

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Leading the Way

Cutting-Edge Technology

Zero Abuse Project is leveraging cutting-edge technology to create an artificial intelligence tool that will help expose predators and those who cover up for them in large institutions.

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Engaging Lawmakers

Advocating Public Policy Changes

Incentivizing institutions to root out child sexual predators also requires a change in the law. Our team is fighting for these changes and supporting lawmakers to pursue justice.

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Protecting Kids

Our Mission

To protect children from abuse and sexual assault, by engaging people and resources through a trauma-informed approach of education, research, advocacy, and advanced technology.

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News & Announcements

Learn about the latest news and announcements from our team of professionals fighting to protect children through training and education.
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Everyone has a Role to Play

Your donations provide support to Zero Abuse Project and directly fund programs that will help protect children. Help us build a world where every child is free from abuse.

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Events & Training

Our instructor-led training options provide some of the best and most comprehensive curricula in the industry. Learn from the best with our specialized onsite training opportunities.
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Serving LGBTQIA+ Children and Families in the Child Abuse MDT Process

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Keeping Faith: 2-Day Basic Course

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Your FIRST Response to an Allegation of Child Abuse

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2023 Zero Abuse Project Summit

Embassy Suites Lake Buena Vista
Orlando, Florida

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Assembly of Allies and Champions Awards Reception

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Keeping Faith: 2-Day Basic Course

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2023 Child Advocacy Studies (CAST) Seminar

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Get Help Now

Our team of victim assistance professionals works closely with law enforcement, national and local non-profit organizations, legislators and the media to assist victim families. 

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Jacob Wetterling Resource Center

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The Jacob Wetterling Resource Center (JWRC) was founded to educate and assist families and communities to address and prevent the exploitation of children. They continue to work to end all forms of child maltreatment through education, training and prevention while advocating for and serving children, adult survivors and communities.

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TiPP provides frontline child abuse prosecutors, investigators and other MDT members with access to quality training, technical assistance, and resource publications.

The Trauma-informed Prosecutor Project (TiPP), increases the effectiveness of the investigation and prosecution of child abuse by:

  • Developing and providing state-of-the-art training and customized technical assistance to prosecutors and allied criminal justice professionals
  • Developing, distributing, and promoting free publications addressing present and emerging issues in the field
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FOR PROFESSIONALS

Child Advocacy Studies

CAST focuses on developing students’ understanding of the various factors that lead to child maltreatment and of various existing responses to incidents of child maltreatment, so they work more effectively within various systems and institutions that respond to these incidents. 

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Learn how the CAST Program addresses critical defficiencies in the how training is provided to social workers and child protection workers who need it the most.

Statute of Limitations Reform

Interactive Learning Tools

As state legislatures around the country work to create new opportunities for victims of sexual abuse to come forward and seek justice, our team of professional advocates is dedicated to developing tools and resources to inform the public and answer common questions.

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ChildFirst® is an intensive five-day course in which students learn the necessary skills to conduct a competent, investigative interview of a child abuse victim using the ChildFirst® Forensic Interview Protocol.

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ChildFirst® Forensic Interviewing Protocol

ChildFirst® is an interactive course which combines lectures with demonstrations and hands-on experience. ChildFirst® is a flexible model and takes a holistic approach and explores for all forms of maltreatment. Students will conduct a 30 minute interview with an actor/actress playing the role of an abused child and will be critiqued on their performance and take a written exam.

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Onsite & Virtual Training Opportunities

Our instructor-led training options provide some of the best and most comprehensive curricula in the industry. Learn from the best with our specialized onsite training opportunities.

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unparalleled access to leading experts with specialized knowledge and experience

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with multiple opportunities, participants can reduce or even eliminate travel times

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your team has the same unified learning experience together in their own familiar environment

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On-Demand Training

These pre-recorded training videos provide on-demand access to some of the best and most comprehensive learning resources in the industry. Learn from the best with our pre-recorded training videos.
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Zero Abuse Project is a 501(c)(3) organization committed to the elimination of child sexual abuse. Our programs are designed to provide training and education to professionals and students, and to help transform institutions to effectively prevent, recognize, and respond to child sexual abuse.

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