Program areas at Zero Abuse Project
Education and training - focused on training law enforcement, lawyers, prosecutors, and allied professionals to successfully respond to and prevent child sexual Abuse. Public education trainings are also facilitated for churches, schools, youth organizations, etc. Staff are also staying current with the latest research in the field and disseminate reports, summaries, etc. Related to zap's mission. Also includes the annual conference held each year designed to bring cross-disciplinary professionals together to learn and share the latest in combatting child sexual Abuse.
Special projects - includes expenses related to the icac grants to strengthen technological investigative capacity through the training and the development and/or enhancement of widely used investigative tools, methods, and technologies. The goal is to increase the capcaity of law enforcement, prosecutors, and other professionals in combating child pornography and online child exploitation, including cases of child sex trafficing.
Survivor support - includes expenses related to the jacob wetterling resource center (jwrc) and other victim-related programs. Jwrc works to end all forms of child maltreatment through education, training, and prevention while advocating for and serving children, adult survivors, and communities in Minnesota. Also includes activities that create and disseminate tools and resources for survivors of childhood sexual Abuse. Zap hopes to create spaces for survivors to share their stories and receive support to overcome trauma and its lasting effects. We also received a three-year grant from the office for victims of crime to assist children's advocacy centers in implementing spiritual care programs for maltreated children and adult survivors of Abuse. This grant will also fund the first major study on the effectiveness of cac chaplaincy programs in addressing the spiritual impact of child Abuse.
Center for faith and child protection - to assist faith communities in developing youth protection policies and train faith leaders to develop trauma-informed responses to survivors of child sex Abuse.