THE PARTNERSHIP TO PREVENT CHILD ABUSE

Louisville, Kentucky

Family & Children’s Place Media Contact: Katy Maloy

2303 River Road, 2nd Floor 502-893-3900, ext. 261
Louisville, KY 40206
Management & Fiscal Agent
CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAMS
Treatment & Intervention

CELEBRATE SUCCESS
Exploited Children’s Help
Organization (ECHO)
LOUISVILLE,
1500 Ky. (December 9, 2009) − Between October 2007 and September
Poplar Level Road 2009,
Louisville, KY 40217
the Partnership
Community Education to Prevent Child Abuse “Arms Around Our Children” project (PPCA)
successfully trained more than 3,700 Louisville-area children and adults in child abuse
prevention, more than doubling its goals for the project.
University of Louisville
Kent School of Social Work
In addition,Hall
Oppenheimer several disclosures of sexual abuse were shared with facilitators during
Louisville, KY 40292
training sessions.
Training & Evaluation
“During these free training sessions, families learned how to report
child abuse and about the counseling and other services that are available to help
them recover,” said Donna Russow, project director.

The PPCA Arms Around Our Children project, funded by a $1.8 million U.S. Department of
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, was a two-year program designed to
increase the well-being and safety of children and to reduce juvenile delinquency in Metro
Louisville. In applying for the grant, PPCA had promised the Justice Department that it
would train at least 1,500 families in child abuse prevention and provide specialized
abuse-recovery treatment to at least 150 children.

“Through this grant, we were able to train more than 2,700 children and nearly 1,000
adults in our area, taking a step in the right direction to prevent child abuse. Educating
people about what constitutes abuse and what to do if abuse is suspected is how we stop
abuse. We hope to continue these training programs in the future through private grants.”
Russow said.

The Partnership offered a variety of training sessions, including “Keep’em Safe” and
“Internet Safety,” two of the most popular programs for children, and “Stewards of
Children,” designed for adults who lead organizations that serve youth.

For more information about the Partnership to Prevent Child Abuse, contact Katy
Maloy at 893-3900 ext 261.
Preventing Child
Partnership to Prevent Child Abuse agencies are: Victimization and
Delinquency Through
• Family & Children’s Place, which conducted overall project management and Evidence-Based
fiscal oversight, and provided child abuse prevention and treatment and family Community Education
intervention services (see www.famchild.org). and Intervention
• Exploited Children’s Help Organization (ECHO), which provided community
education and prevention (see www.ECHOlou.org).
• University of Louisville’s Kent School of Social Work, which provided training in
best practices and evaluated the program at the end of its two years (see
www.louisville.edu/kent).

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