Training the adults in the church is a vital step to keeping children safe. At a minimum every person who ...

Boundaries are important and keep people safe. The fence around a power plant is meant to keep people a safe ...

(Taken from virtusonline.org) Examples of appropriate contact with minors for Church programs include, but are not limited to: Verbal praise ...

Children need a safe environment in which they can learn God’s Word. Careful facility design is an important step to ...

This checklist is not exhaustive. It is meant to be a starting point and should be adapted to meet the ...

While abuse by a juvenile can impact a child emotionally, physically and spiritually, the process of dealing with a juvenile ...

It is important to recognize the differences when dealing with sexual behavior of young people: “Recognizing and Responding to Developmentally ...

These guidelines, developed with the help of law enforcement, abuse experts, and church workers, provide carefully crafted counsel for churches ...

(SMART) is a United States Department of Justice program that monitors federal law on the registration of sex offenders. The SMART ...

A comprehensive report prepared by the United States Department of Justice that details our current knowledge about adults and children ...

A report from the Department of Health and Human Services that provides a number of resources to respond to the ...

Shared Hope International offers resources to assist in understanding and responding to the trafficking of children ...