Thank you to our Partners who participated in our Partner in Prevention Video Contest for our annual Kids Are Worth It Conference! Watch the videos submitted by The Nest and the Kentucky State Police Victim Advocacy and Support Services and vote for your favorite by liking, commenting, or sharing their video. The winner of our contest will be announced after May 15, and they will receive a free registration to #KAWI2023!
Kentucky Nonprofit Network, the state association of nonprofits, returned to the state Capitol on March 9 after a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic to celebrate Nonprofit Day at the
Capitol and more specifically, celebrate the impact of a $75 million investment of State Fiscal Recovery Funds from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 in relief grants for eligible nonprofit organizations.
Lt. Governor Jacqueline Coleman, Senate President Pro Tempore David Givens, and Minority Caucus Chair Representative Cherylynn Stevenson were on hand for a rally in the Rotunda announcing the impact of the funding.
Read more about this historic investment in Kentucky’s nonprofit sector here.
Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky is hiring a Manager of Resource Development! We are seeking a passionate individual to move our mission forward by organizing special events, securing sponsorships, expanding our funding base, and developing sustainable relationships with supporters. This is a full-time salaried position with benefits that include health insurance, dental, a 401 (k) plan and generous holiday, vacation and sick leave.
Click the links below for more information on the position and how to apply.
Hiring Notice
Apply via Email
Apply via the Kentucky Nonprofit Network
Apply via LinkedIn
Contact Janna Estep Jordan with questions.
Child Abuse Prevention Month is just around the corner!
Join us during April, Child Abuse Prevention Month, as we continue building together for all children! Annually, April is declared Child Abuse Prevention Month by Presidential and Gubernatorial proclamation. Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky, along with our Prevent Child Abuse America sister chapters, as well as our 270+ member Partner in Prevention Network, work collaboratively across the nation and our respective states to ensure heightened awareness of child maltreatment and its prevention occurs throughout the month.We hope you join us as we plant seeds of support for all children during April.
View our Community Resource Guide below, which is full of materials and information to help you find the resources you need to get involved in Child Abuse Prevention Month 2023!
We are excited to introduce our Garden Kits ahead of Child Abuse Prevention Month!
Included in the kits will be garden flags, PCAK branded garden tools, and other educational materials!
We hope you will be able to get years of great use out of these awesome new products!
We are still working on finalizing pricing for the kits, so make sure to check our website and social media often for updates!
You can see the full list of items in the Garden Kits below.
The Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky staff has been hard at work recently developing resources covering several topics to make available to our partners and supporters across the state.
We recently added nine resources to our Information and Data Center, many of which are available to the public on our digital downloads page.
The new materials are below:
In preparation for Child Abuse Prevention Month, we also want to highlight some resources we think will be great assets to organizations throughout April. You can also find them on our digital downloads page.
We also released resources made specifically for first responders at the scene of investigations involving children.
For more information, or to order checklists and booklets, free of charge, you can email pcaky@pcaky.org.
As part of the first responders checklist and booklet release, PCAK also created an educational video, which can be viewed here.
Child Abuse Prevention Month is getting closer every day!
This year, CAPM starts on the last day of March, with Wear Blue Day on March 31!
We are so excited to see everyone wearing their blue outfits, so to encourage involvement, we will be hosting a social media contest!
If you are interested in winning one of our new Garden Kits, which includes a pinwheel garden flag, PCAK garden tools, pinwheel seed planters, lapel pins, and several educational resources, you can find the details of the contest exclusively in our app! Just search for Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky and look for our pinwheel wherever you get your apps!
We will have more information out about our Garden Kits soon!
As we look back on 2022, we are so proud of many of the things we accomplished. However, our hearts are still heavy as we continue, as a united Commonwealth, to lift our Eastern KY neighbors up with our prayers, donations, and volunteer time. We thank you for your commitment to all of Kentucky’s children, youth, and families.
Below, you can view a gallery of our Top Ten Mission Moments of 2022!
Get your phones out – Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky is now available as an app!
Check out the Apple App Store, or wherever you get your apps, and look for Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky and our pinwheel!
A Message from Dr. Melissa Merrick
There has been a lot of discussion over the past couple of weeks on new child poverty data that show drastic and steady declines. In a New York Times piece citing the US Census Bureau and the Center on Poverty and Social Policy at Columbia University, the publication stated:
A comprehensive new analysis shows that child poverty has fallen 59 percent since 1993, with need receding on nearly every front. Child poverty has fallen in every state, and it has fallen by about the same degree among children who are white, Black, Hispanic and Asian, living with one parent or two, and in native or immigrant households.
This is undoubtably good news. Reports like this provide much-needed hope and optimism that we can be successful in combatting childhood poverty, if we stay focused on the supports and mechanisms that have contributed to the decline. And more than 50 years after the war on poverty was declared, it’s reassuring to be seeing such results.
Right now, Congress has an opportunity to help American families create greater economic mobility by passing the Jackie Walorski Maternal and Child Home Visiting Reauthorization Act of 2022.
This newly introduced bill, a tribute to the late home visiting advocate, Representative Jackie Walorski, reauthorizes the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHV) for five years, increases the annual funding level to $800 million by 2027 and provides increased investment in home visiting in every state and territory.
We challenge Congress to not miss this opportunity to help more children and families in need.
MIECHV Reauthorization Takes Big Step Forward!
We are excited to share that this past week the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee unanimously voted to advance the Jackie Walorski Maternal and Child Home Visiting Reauthorization Act of 2022. This success is due to the advocacy efforts of many local, state, and national organizations throughout this past year! Thank you! Now we need to keep the momentum going and see this bill across the finish line. Please continue to contact your Members of Congress and ask them to support this legislation and make MIECHV reauthorization a priority.
Celebrating 50 Years of Progress
Join us for a special evening celebrating 50 years of supporting children and families. Enjoy food, music, a silent auction, and most importantly, learn about how we are preventing child abuse and neglect – and how you can get involved.
National Diaper Awareness Week
One in three U.S. families experience diaper need, and babies without clean diapers are exposed to more potential health risks & less likely to be accepted to daycares, leaving parents unable to attend work. During this week’s National Diaper Awareness Week, we encourage you to support the National Diaper Bank Network.
PCA America 2022 Election Guide
The 2022 midterm elections will be held Tuesday, November 8. Elections present an opportunity to promote child abuse and neglect prevention policies and strategies and to make investments to support these vital initiatives.During this midterm election year, control of both chambers of Congress and dozens of governorships and state offices will be decided. These include all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats in the Senate. Thirty-nine state and territorial gubernatorial and numerous other state and local elections will also be contested. This will be the first election affected by the redistricting that will follow the 2020 census. By voting, organizing in our communities, and having conversations with loved ones, we can come together to speak out in favor of the country we want to live in. Let us continue supporting fair policies and programs that enable every child, family, and community to thrive today, tomorrow, and for generations to come.
