Together with Central Jersey Family Health Consortium, Prevent Child Abuse-NJ will be hosting a mini conference on March 6th, 9am to 1pm at the Middlesex County Fire Academy in Sayreville. Our conference is titled “It Takes a Village: Supporting Early Parenting.” We will have some great speakers including our keynote speaker, Hilary Waller, who is the Director of Education and Programming and a psychotherapist at The Postpartum Stress Center. There is a $20 registration fee but scholarships...

Together with The Child Welfare Education Institute at Stockton University, Postpartum Support International- New Jersey Chapter, and Southern New Jersey Perinatal Cooperative, Prevent Child Abuse-New Jersey will be hosting a conference on March 15 th 8:30am to 3:30pm at Stockton University in Galloway. The conference is titled Uniting a Community for Birth Equity: Reshaping Birth Outcomes & Experiences in South Jersey . This conference hopes to present a day full of research and...

According to Dr. Richard Estes, “Child sexual exploitation is the most hidden form of child abuse in the U.S. and North America today. It is the nation’s least recognized epidemic.” This form of human trafficking – the commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) – is a pressing concern for youth service agencies. The adolescents we work with are extremely vulnerable to recruitment into “the life” of exploitation. Some are lured by smooth-talking traffickers (pimps), some are abused by...