American Campaign for Prevention of Child Abuse & Family Violence

We are at the midpoint of Child Abuse Prevention Month in April of 2023 which was first held in 1980, 43 years ago. Much has been accomplished but new forms of abuse arise in child gender exploitation that are concerning to many prevention advocates.

We are open and working from our homes - the incidents of family violence are increasing in so many multigenerational families as they attempt to be (and remain) at home together.

Many people have no choice but to be in close quarters with those who may make them feel emotionally or physically vulnerable.

Already there are reports of increased child abuse & neglect, spouse/partner abuse or domestic violence, and elder abuse & neglect under the lockdown conditions of this coronavirus pandemic.

As usual, the people on the receiving end of most of this are children and women, who are running into pharmacies shouting code words.

If you know anyone who is vulnerable to violence in their home, take a moment to check in with them by phone or text or email to assure them by offering support in any way they may feel is helpful, including checking in with them again ONLY if your contact doesn't add to their vulnerability.

Thank you for any help you can give them and thank you for your critical financial support as we continue to work during this difficult time.

For links in your State to local prevention and shelter resources, click this link:

National Council on Child Abuse and Family Violence (NCCAFV) | D.C. The National Council on Child Abuse and Family Violence (NCCAFV) and its American Campaign provide prevention services.

As we are now entered into 2023. I need to post a brief word about the National Council and its American Campaign for Prevention of Family Violence i.e. child abuse and neglect, spouse/partner abuse (domestic violence) and elder abuse and neglect within families:

After serving as an unpaid volunteer and leader of this income tax exempt organization for 39 years, I can say that this coronavirus pandemic has become the greatest challenge in all those years to our organization's financial survival.

We carry on the work every day, only as unpaid volunteers can individually, and we are truly grateful for your encouraging support as you are able and inclined to give while perhaps experiencing your own personal financial challenges.

I have a sense of certainty that our current circumstances are ultimately in God's hands. None of us know what the future holds, but we can know Who holds the future. God bless you in this new year with every blessing of health and happiness!

5 January 2021

Dear Friends and Donors,

Please forgive my failure to address you personally, but this email is being sent to you on an urgent basis.

If you have not made a contribution as this pandemic continues, we ask you to do so now. Your support will enable us to fulfill our mission to provide services that prevent intergenerational family violence: child abuse and neglect, spouse/partner abuse, and elder abuse and neglect.

Five hundred children die each year from abuse and at least half of all child abuse fatalities are children under one year of age. Domestic violence will occur at least once in two-thirds of all marriages. One out of every twenty older Americans are victims of elder abuse but only one out of ten cases of elder abuse get reported.

In 2020-21 and beyond, the American Campaign for Prevention of Child Abuse and Family Violence will continue its growing outreach to victims, families, students, churches, libraries, schools, and civic groups. We will also continue to provide capacity building training and technical assistance to nongovernmental, nonprofit community agencies in the United States and its Territories to better prevent child abuse, spouse/partner abuse and elder abuse.

You may be interested to know that, as an independent, private sector, nonsectarian, nongovernmental, nonprofit organization, no grant support is sought or received from any federal, state or local government source by the American Campaign. We depend on the financial support of individuals across America donating through private sector workplace campaigns as well as individual government employees, including our U.S. military service men and women, who generously donate as individuals through the Federal Government’s Combined Federal Campaign (CFC # 10361).

Your contributions are income tax deductible to the extent provided by law. The Internal Revenue Service has determined that the American Campaign for Prevention of Child Abuse and Family Violence and its National Council on Child Abuse and Family Violence are exempt from Federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Federal Exempt ID # 95-4356014.

Every donation counts and we encourage you to discover how the AMERICAN CAMPAIGN FOR PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE AND FAMILY VIOLENCE is making your donation count by going online to www.preventfamilyviolence.org

On behalf of our volunteer Board of Directors, our sincere thanks to you and to all whose interest, voluntary efforts and financial donations to the American Campaign help make a difference for so many of America’s hurting families -- children, women, men, and the elderly.

Sincerely,

Mary-Ellen Rood
Chair and Co-CEO
American Campaign for Prevention of Child Abuse and Family Violence
of the National Council on Child Abuse & Family Violence (NCCAFV)

P.S. Did you know that domestic violence (spouse/partner abuse) is reported in more than 50% of protective service investigations into child abuse?

National Council on Child Abuse and Family Violence (NCCAFV) | D.C. The National Council on Child Abuse and Family Violence (NCCAFV) and its American Campaign provide prevention services.