Parent Resources

Act Against Violence

http://actagainstviolence.apa.org/

ACT—Adults and Children Together—Against Violence is a violence prevention project that focuses on adults who raise, care for, and teach young children ages 0 to 8 years. It is designed to prevent violence by helping these adults to be positive role models and learn the skills to teach young children nonviolent ways to resolve conflicts, deal with frustration, and handle anger.

Amberly's Place

Yuma, AZ

http://www.amberlysplace.com/index.html
The Yuma Family Advocacy Coalition established Amberly’s Place in 1999 to provide an innovative, multi-disciplinary approach to the investigation, prosecution and intervention of cases of child sexual and/or physical abuse, domestic violence, elder abuse and sexual assault. Amberly’s Place is open to all law enforcement agencies operating within Yuma County.

Arizona Child Abuse Info Center

www.ahsc.arizona.edu/ACAInfo/index2.htm
Founded in 1996, Arizona's Child Abuse InfoCenter is for professionals and volunteers dealing with child maltreatment issues.

Arizona Child & Family Advocacy Network (ACFAN)

http://www.acainfo.ahsc.arizona.edu/acfan/index.htm

The Arizona Child & Family Advocacy Network provides support, training and guidance to all advocacy centers in Arizona and their professionals who coordinate services and respond to family violence and sexual assault. Efforts are made by all centers to accommodate special needs and multilingual populations.

Arizona Sex Offender InfoCenter

www.AZSexOffender.com
The purpose of this site is to provide information to the public concerning the location of sex offenders within Arizona.

ChildHelp

Phoenix, AZ

http://www.childhelp.org/
Childhelp® exists to meet the physical, emotional, educational, and spiritual needs of abused, neglected and at-risk children. We focus our efforts on advocacy, prevention, treatment, and community outreach.

ChildHelpUSA

www.ChildHelpUSA.org
National Child Abuse Hotline: 1.800.422.4453
Childhelp USA® is one of the largest and oldest national non-profits dedicated to the treatment and prevention of child abuse and neglect. The organization provides help and hope to millions of children and adults whose lives have been traumatized by child abuse.

Child Welfare League of America

http://www.cwla.org/
We are the Child Welfare League of America. Our highest mission is to ensure the safety and well-being of children and families. We advocate for the advancement of public policy, we set and promote the standards for best practice, and we deliver superior membership services.

Darkness to Light

www.darkness2light.org
Know the facts about child sexual abuse. . . Learn 7 steps to protecting our children from sexual abuse

The Kempe Center

Denver, CO

www.KempeCenter.org
The Kempe Children's Center provides clinical treatment, training, research, education, and program development to prevent and treat child abuse and neglect. The also offer continuing education courses, training, and case consultation.

MATForce

http://www.co.yavapai.az.us/matforce.aspx
With determination and integrity, we, the citizens of Yavapai County, commit to working in partnership to build healthier communities by eliminating substance abuse and its effects.

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

www.MissingKids.com
Live Hotline: 1.800.THE.LOST
NCMEC serves as a focal point in providing assistance to parents, children, law enforcement, schools, and the community in recovering missing children and raising public awareness about ways to help prevent child abduction, molestation, and sexual exploitation.

National Center on Sexual Behavior of Youth

www.ncsby.org
The Center is designed to provide information and support through national training and technical assistance in the management of children with sexual behavior problems and adolescent sex offenders.

National Center for Victims of Crime

www.ncvc.org
NCVC provides direct services and resources, advocates laws and public policies that create resources and protection for victims, delivers training and technical assistance to victim service providers and allied professionals, and fosters cutting-edge thinking about the impact of crime and the ways individuals can help victims regain control of their lives.

National Child Traumatic Stress Network

http://www.nctsn.org/nccts/nav.do?pid=hom_main
The mission of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network is to raise the standard of care and improve access to services for traumatized children, their families and communities throughout the United States.

Parent-Wise

www.parent-wise.org/parent/index.htm
A website specifically for parents and other caregivers to keep children safe from abuse.

Prevent Child Abuse Arizona

www.PCAAZ.org
Prescott, AZ; 928.445.5038
Prevent Child Abuse Arizona promotes programs and policies, which ensure that children grow up safe and healthy, free from abuse and neglect. They provide training, issue advocacy, program development and public awareness to public and private agencies, policy makers and funders.

ParenTips

www.ParentKidsRight.com
ParenTips provides busy parents with commonsense advice, skills and strategies for everyday parenting. These skills and strategies WORK, not every time with every child, but often enough so you will see a difference in your child's behavior.

Protect Kids Online

www.ProtectKids.com
Donna Rice Hughes wrote the book, "Kids Online:
Protecting Your Children in Cyberspace" and developed this website to provide similar information directly online.

Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network

www.rainn.org
The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) is the nation's largest anti-sexual assault organization. RAINN operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1.800.656.HOPE and carries out programs to prevent sexual assault, help victims and ensure that rapists are brought to justice.

Sarah's House

Kingman, AZ

http://www.sarahs-house.net/
Sarah's House was founded in Mohave County, Arizona in 2000 to offer support to victims of Child Abuse and Domestic Violence by several agencies joining together to form the first victim alliance center.  This Crisis Center, presently housed in Airway Avenue, Kingman, was intended as a 'one stop' facility where victims could get a number of different services at one central location.

Southern Arizona Center Against Sexual Assault

Tucson, AZ

http://www.sacasa.org/
The mission of the Southern Arizona Center Against Sexual Assault is to reduce the trauma and incidence of sexual assault by providing treatment and promoting prevention of sexual abuse, incest, molestation and rape.

Southern Arizona Children's Advocacy Center

Tucson, AZ

http://www.soazadvocacy.org/
The Southern Arizona Children's Advocacy Center is a safe and child-friendly place where child victims of abuse undergo the initial steps of an investigation and begin to heal.

Stop Family Violence

www.StopFamilyViolence.org
An advocacy for peaceful families.

Stop It Now

http://www.stopitnow.com/
Stop It Now!® prevents the sexual abuse of children by mobilizing adults, families and communities to take actions that protect children before they are harmed.

Teen CVS

www.TeenCVS.org
Promoting awareness of sexual violence, this site speaks directly to teens.

United Way of Yavapai County

http://www.unitedwayyavapai.org/Home%20Page

The mission of the United Way of Yavapai County is "Improving lives by mobilizing people to make lasting changes in community conditions."

Victim/Witness Services for Coconino County

Flagstaff, AZ

http://www.victimwitnessflagstaff.org/home.htm

Victim/Witness Services for Coconino County is a community-oriented, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides crisis intervention, victim assistance, witness advocacy, crime prevention education, and victim compensation to assist in alleviating the emotional, physical and financial needs of victims while promoting the constitutional rights of victims.