Child Abuse Prevention Month

The blue pinwheel is the national symbol for

Child Abuse Prevention Month which is observed

in April. It represents the positive, joyful, and healthy childhoods that all children deserve, and the efforts to prevent child abuse and neglect. The pinwheel's rotating motion symbolizes the cycles of love and support that should be present in children's lives. 

Click here to access the LCTF for resources and trainings that focus on child safety.

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Our CASA children and families have many people involved in their case. We have foster care workers, foster care supervisors, attorneys, and service providers working within the child welfare system. CASA Volunteers have a very unique role that is often confusing for our CASA children, their foster parents, and their biological parents. It is imperative that CASA Volunteers understand what their responsibilities are as well as what the expected duties are of everyone involved in the case. Maintaining appropriate boundaries starts with having a clear definition of what we should be doing versus what others should be doing.

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A Symbol of Prevention

In 2008, Prevent Child Abuse America introduced the pinwheel as the new national symbol for child abuse prevention. Why? Because by its very nature, the pinwheel connotes playfulness, joy, and childhood. It has come to serve as a physical reminder of the great childhoods we want for all children. And as a symbol, the cyclical nature of the pinwheel calls to mind the positive cycles of love and support we want to help families create.

It also represents the efforts to change the way our nation thinks about prevention by focusing on community activities and public policies that prioritize prevention to make sure child abuse and neglect never occur. Over a million pinwheels have been displayed across the US since April 2008, and we hope you'll join us by bringing pinwheels to our communities, too.

Visit the link below for more information about April Pinwheel Prevention!

Plant. Protect. Prevent!

Brave children tell their stories. Courageous adults help these children through their trauma and assist them in finding a safe future. Buttons of Bravery represent the journey of one child for a year under the care of Child Advocacy Services. 

In 2024, Child Advocacy Services CASA Program served 456 children with 177 volunteers dedicating over 6,251 hours. The CAC Program provided 776 forensic interviews and counseling sessions to children and families.

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