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Home Board of directors Board minutes Volunteer Darkness to Light Events Human Resources Donate Contact us	Darkness to Light Statistics suggest that 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys will be sexually abused by the age of 18. Ninety percent of children who are sexually abused are violated by someone they know and trust. This includes youth leaders of all types: teachers, coaches, ministers, mentors, counselors, and parents. The Traverse Bay Children’s Advocacy Center is pleased to announce an important new prevention program in the greater Traverse Bay area: Darkness to Light's Stewards of Children sexual abuse prevention program. This program takes a direct and comprehensive approach to the problem of sexual abuse within youth-serving organizations. A compelling video, the core of the curriculum, includes the stories of several courageous individuals who were victims of sexual abuse as children and who have contributed a great deal of time and effort as adults toward ending the cycle of abuse. This program is ideal for the training of staff and volunteers in youth-serving organizations; it is also appropriate for the parents of children served by these organizations. Traverse Bay Advocacy Center has an authorized facilitator, who has been fully equipped to implement this program. The facilitator will lead a 2.5 training session, including a discussion of the information presented in the video. Each participant also receives two pieces of curriculum, a workbook and Darkness to Light's *7 Steps to Protecting our Children.* Our authorized facilitator is also able to guide organizations through the development of sexual abuse prevention policies and procedures. Both the training and the policies and procedures are important steps toward creating environments that are safe for children. Sexual abuse has enormous costs: Children are hurt, the reputations of organizations are destroyed, insurance settlements are astronomical. Your organization can't afford to ignore it: Protect their only Childhood. Contact the Traverse Bay Children’s Advocacy Center at tricountycoalition@yahoo.com , (231) 929-4250, or http://www.traversebaycac.org for more information.

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Statistics suggest that 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys will be sexually abused by the age of 18. Ninety percent of children who are sexually abused are violated by someone they know and trust. This includes youth leaders of all types: teachers, coaches, ministers, mentors, counselors, and parents.

The Traverse Bay Children’s Advocacy Center is pleased to announce an important new prevention program in the greater Traverse Bay area: Darkness to Light's Stewards of Children sexual abuse prevention program. This program takes a direct and comprehensive approach to the problem of sexual abuse within youth-serving organizations. A compelling video, the core of the curriculum, includes the stories of several courageous individuals who were victims of sexual abuse as children and who have contributed a great deal of time and effort as adults toward ending the cycle of abuse.

This program is ideal for the training of staff and volunteers in youth-serving organizations; it is also appropriate for the parents of children served by these organizations. Traverse Bay Advocacy Center has an authorized facilitator, who has been fully equipped to implement this program. The facilitator will lead a 2.5 training session, including a discussion of the information presented in the video. Each participant also receives two pieces of curriculum, a workbook and Darkness to Light's 7 Steps to Protecting our Children.

Our authorized facilitator is also able to guide organizations through the development of sexual abuse prevention policies and procedures. Both the training and the policies and procedures are important steps toward creating environments that are safe for children.

Sexual abuse has enormous costs: Children are hurt, the reputations of organizations are destroyed, insurance settlements are astronomical. Your organization can't afford to ignore it: Protect their only Childhood.

Contact the Traverse Bay Children’s Advocacy Center at tricountycoalition@yahoo.com , (231) 929-4250, or http://www.traversebaycac.org
for more information.