The Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse

Cpca provides Prevention, case management, and crisis management services to the most vulnerable children and families of the hudson valley. Between our four programs including community education, supportive parenting, personal safety, and the Child advocacy Center we reached over 15,000 children in 2023. We are uniquley partnered with local law enforcement, the district attorney office, and Child protective services allowing us to swiftly access critical resources to support the children and families who rely on your services. 1. Personal safety program:14,864 children received lessons from our personal safety program including how to identify Abuse, how to keep themselves safe, and what to do if Abuse occurs. 1522 adults learned the signs of Abuse and what to do if they suspect Abuse is occurring. We continue to expand this program year after year as grow our partnerships with more school districts. We are currently in over 40 schools and that statistic increases every year with verifiable data and metrics to support. 2. Child advocacy center:533 children were welcomed in our Child advocacy Center to discuss potential Abuse. The Child advocacy Center (cac) is a safe, Child friendly location for families to come and speak with our trained interviewers and medical providers. Our multidisciplinary team consists of law enforcement, Child protective services, prosecution, mental health, medical health, and victim advocacy. This specialized team works together on sexual Abuse cases, the most severe physical Abuse cases, and all Child fatalities in dutchess county. 3. The supportive parenting program provides approved curriculum and case management planning for parent's who are in jeopardy of separation from their children due to housing, poverty, addiction, mental health hardships. This program consists of in-class group parrticipation and home visits by where cpca staff keep meticulous case notes to assess the readiness and appropriateness of parenting skills and safety. Parents who fail to matriculate successfully through this program may be subject to separation from children. This program is critical in keeping families together. This program is referral based total served: 31 special needs parents improved their parenting skills. 4. Community education:this program focuses on the mandated reporter certification - cpca staff conducts trainings to adults and professional groups seeking to become certified or remain a certified mandated reporter within the state of ny. In 2023 we trained 200 individuals in becoming a certified mandated reporter. In addition this program delivers an abbreviated version of the mandated reporter training called "keeping children safe". In this program we trained 500 individuals in 2023.