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the same media attention, eventhough the cases of abuse are alarm-ingly disproportional. An epidemic ofchild abuse has been occurring, andunlike the foreclosure storm, it seemsunnoticed.

The Child Abuse Prevention Centerurges all public policymakers, voters,parents and community members toactively protect existing funding forprograms that reduce incidents ofchild abuse. While we know that thereis an enormous gap in governmentbudgets — now is not the timeto reduce funding to programs thatprotect children.

For the life of a child,

Sheila AndersonPresident & CEOThe Child Abuse Prevention Center

SUMMER 2008 A publication of The Child Abuse Prevention Center

Dear Friends,

According to the Los Angeles Times,California’s home foreclosures hit arecord of 47,171 in the first quarter ofthis year. But that’s not the only crisisin California. In 2005-06 there wereover 481,000 reported cases of childabuse, and experts agree that thereare probably many more cases that gounreported (Center for Social ServicesResearch, University of California atBerkeley). The Centers for DiseaseControl report that child abuse isAmerica’s number one public healthcrisis. It is sad that almost 50,000Californians have lost their homes. It iseven more tragic that nearly 500,000children annually suffer from abuse orneglect, most often at the hands of atrusted adult.

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What can we do? While the solutionsseem complex, they are not impossible.We can help reduce stressors onparents and caregivers by usingprograms that have documentedsuccesses. Stressors can include:single parents with no support,drug/alcohol addiction, poor health,unemployment, isolation, poverty orhomelessness.

How do we reduce stressors? JoinThe Child Abuse Prevention Center bycontacting our local, state and federalrepresentatives to let them know thatcutting funding for programs that havean impact on the lives of childrenand families is not acceptable. Childrenmust be our priority. Home visitations,community family resource centers,parenting classes, support of fosterparents, mentoring of youth and otherprograms make a difference in thequality of life for a child and for gener-ations to come. California taxpayersare now spending an estimated$9 billion a year on the terrible conse-quences of child abuse and neglect —crime, broken families, poor healthand more violence. We could besaving billions by preventing it. Whilethe foreclosure crisis has been receivingnational attention, child abuse andneglect data does not receive nearly

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Ray McNally, Chairman of the BoardMcNally Temple Associates, Inc.

Charles Mahla, Ph.D., Chair, Finance CommitteeEcon ONE Research, Inc.

John Segale, Chair, Public Relations CommitteePrecision Public Relations

Andrea Weiss, Chair, Fund Development CommitteeAndrea Weiss Consulting

John Lambeth, Chair, Nominating CommitteeDowntown Resources, Inc.

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Anthony BurgSutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region

Kathleen Campini ChambersJunior League of Sacramento, Inc.

John CrisanSkinStore.com

Dana DitmoreOak Valley Consulting, Inc.

Roger DreyerDreyer, Babich, Buccola & Callaham LLP

Celia Esposito-NoyCosumnes River College

Michael GelberSactown Magazine

Jodhi GivhanAbundant Care

Harold GoldsteinOPAD Consulting

Dee HartzogRetired Attorney

Donald HudsonCatholic Healthcare West

Joel HynekDigital Domain

Michael JettRetired, California Department of Education

Hon. Talmadge JonesRet., Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento

Laura LyonLyon Real Estate

Kathleen McKennaKaiser Permanente

James MorantePacific Gas & Electric Company

Gary G. PerryGary Perry Law Offices

Laurie RoseSutter Medical Center, Sacramento

Alfred RowlettTurning Point Community Programs, Inc.

Lisa SkylarEcon ONE Research, Inc.

Don StockerPlatinum Mortgage Company

Stephen WalkerCalifornia Correctional Peace Officers Association

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Wesley WittRetired Architect

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INFORMATION & REFERRAL LINEFor information on referrals to childand family centered services in thegreater Sacramento region, call916-244-1900—or 1-800-CHILDRENoutside the greater Sacramento area.I

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AMERICORPSIn 1993, President Bill Clinton signedthe National and Community ServiceTrust Act which establishedthe Corporation for National andCommunity Service. The act broughtdomestic community serviceprograms under one umbrella. It alsolaunched AmeriCorps, a programthat engages Americans in intensiveservice to meet the nation’s criticalneeds in education, public safety,health, and the environment.

Agencies of The Child AbusePrevention Center use AmeriCorpsmembers to deliver servicesthroughout California. It is the largestAmeriCorps child abuse preventionprogram in California and is one ofthe premier programs in the nation.In May, The Center’s Prevent ChildAbuse California was one of onlytwo California programs awardedfunding to deliver services throughthe Child Welfare Systems Redesignprogram. The program providesservices to families who werereported to Child Protective Servicesfor possible child abuse.I

CONNECTIONS ACROSS BORDERSThis spring, Lift the Childrenwelcomed child welfare professionalsfrom Siberia and introduced them toour multi-faceted system of servicesfor vulnerable children and families.The Russians found the expertiseof The CAP Center agencies andpartners to be extremely valuable totheir efforts to create new childprotection systems and programsin their countries. The visitors gaverave reviews about their experience.

We wish to thank the generousfamilies who opened their doors toour Russian colleagues.

CAP Center Board Director DeeHartzog said, “The best part ofhosting a Community Connectionsvisitor was learning more aboutthe culture, economy, and socialprograms of Russia. Even withNadia’s limited English, we wereable to communicate.”

Lift the Children is now signing upfamilies to host domestic violenceprofessionals from the Ukraine,August 5 – 26. Lift the Children willconnect the visitors with domesticviolence organizations so they canlearn from successful interventionand prevention models. Host familieswill provide breakfast, dinner, a roomfor the visitor, and must live within a30-minute commute of The CAPCenter. To find out more, pleasecontactMary Jennings (916) 244-1929,[email protected]

THE CENTER’SBOARD OF DIRECTORS� Congratulations to Ray McNally,The Center’s Chairman of the Boardfor being honored by the CommunityServices Planning Council for hiswork on behalf of The Center.� Congratulations to John Lambeth,The Center’s new Chair of theNominating Committee, and thankyou to Ken Blomsterberg for hisprevious leadership of the committee.� Congratulations to John Crisanwho was nominated for a CFO of theYear Award from the SacramentoBusiness Journal.� And a sad farewell to Tim Sellers.Tim was a Center Board Director forover ten years until his unexpectedand untimely death in April. Tim wasa CPA with Hewlett Packard andpast Chair of The Center’s FinanceCommittee. A tribute was given toTim at Inspirations 2008 by theHonorable Talmadge Jones. We willmiss his gentle spirit and dedicationto all children. His kindness inspiredus all. He is gone too soon.I

2008Congratulations to the Inspirations2008 award recipients who werehonored for their dedication andextraordinary efforts to protectchildren. Honorees included DavidBallard and the Children’s ReceivingHome of Sacramento; Anthony G.Pico; Catholic Healthcare West-Mercy; Sacramento County ChildProtective Services; SacramentoCounty Public Health Nursing; SutterMedical Center; UC Davis MedicalCenter; and Sacramento County’sDepartment of Health and HumanServices. Inspirations 2008 was aresounding success with over$115,000 raised to benefit The ChildAbuse Prevention Center’s programsand services.

Inspirations was presented by SutterMedical Center and CBS 13 / CW 31with news anchors Pallas Hupé andSam Shane as emcees. The eventhad over forty table top displays bysome of the most creative designersin the region. They transformedthe room into a magical backdropfitting for the honorees and audi-ence. Poignant words were sharedby the retired Honorable TalmadgeJones, California Superior Court,Sacramento County, on theimportance of providing a safe,caring community for all children.

California Kids’ Plates has selectedSacramento County’s Safe BeginningsProject as a grantee for the 2008-2010 funding cycle. The SafeBeginnings Project is a joint effort ofthe Child Abuse Prevention Councilof Sacramento (CAPC) and Safe KidsGreater Sacramento (SKGS), withthe mission of protecting childrenfrom unintentional injury and death.In Sacramento County, infant sleep-related deaths are one of the mostpreventable types of deaths forchildren under one year of age anddrownings are the number onecause of death for children one tofive years of age. The goal of theSafe Beginnings Project is to reducethe number of infant sleep-relateddeaths and drownings in targetedSacramento County communities bythe year 2010.

Proceeds from Kids’ Plates salesprovides funding for child safetyprograms throughout the state,including: prevention of child abuseand neglect and unintentional injuryby motor vehicles, bikes, drowning,poisoning, fire/burns, falls, firearmsand SIDS. To purchase your ownKids’ Plate, please visit www.kid-splates.org.I

OHIO EDUCATORS SEEK PLANIn April, Yessenia Suazo and JudyMurphy of Community SchoolSolutions of California’s Parent LedAssistance Network (PLAN) programwere invited to consult for the OhioState Department of Education.

Suazo and Murphy provided work-shops and trainings to school leadersrepresenting 150 low-income andlow-performing schools. Theseschool and district leaders are partof a network that provides servicesand out-of-school time programs forOhio’s most vulnerable children andfamilies. “Most of the schools wereonly thinking about parent involve-ment as something that parentscould or should do to help theschool. They were really interestedto learn more about how parentscould be trained to serve asresources for other families in thecommunity,” noted Murphy.

The Child Abuse Prevention Centeris proud to be home to programslike PLAN that build the capacityof communities in California andthroughout the United States.I

A Chance Drawing arranged bycommunity volunteer Joe Wilson ofJoe Wilson Presents included adiamond necklace, a glass art pieceby artist Nina Caron, a mountain bike(won by Roger Dreyer), a basket ofbeauty products from SkinStore.comand a “foodie” package with giftcertificates to fine dining establish-ments.

Thank you to the Inspirations com-mittee and co-chairs Laurie Rose,Sutter Medical Center, and AndreaWeiss of Andrea Weiss Consulting,and to all of the designers andsponsors. To see photos from theevent go to www.thecapcenter.org,news and events, and click on theInspirations 2008 photo album. Andmark your calendar for May 15 forInspirations 2009.I

KIDS’ DAY AT THE CAPITOLPrevent Child Abuse California andthe California Department of SocialServices Office of Child AbusePrevention hosted the annual Kids’Day at the Capitol to celebrate ChildAbuse Prevention Month. With over70 exhibitors and 1,000 attendees,the day was a smashing success!The exciting morning included anaward ceremony to honor the winnersof the 4th annual Heroes for Kids ArtContest, generously sponsored thisyear by CGI. Guest speaker, Dr. KylePruett, spoke about the importanceof father involvement. Kids’ Day atthe Capitol was a great way to kickoff Child Abuse Prevention Month!I

HELP WHILE YOU SHOPCenter supporters that shop onlineat Borders, Best Buy, Office Depotand Sports Authority to name a fewnow have the opportunity to donatea portion from their transaction toany of The Center’s agencies.iBakeSale (iBakeSale.com) is freeand offers up to 20% cash-backrewards on every purchase. Justsign-up to use iBakeSale and shop.Then you select any of The Center’sagencies (Child Abuse PreventionCouncil of Sacramento, CommunitySchool Solutions of California, Liftthe Children, Prevent Child AbuseCalifornia) and designate one ormore to receive a portion of yourdiscounted price.

Don’t forget that you can make adonation to The Center directly atwww.thecapcenter.org or donateyour vehicle. Your donation will makea difference in the life of a child.I

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