Prevalence of Child Sexual Abuse
Stop It Now!
Georgia
1720 Peachtree St., NW, Suite 600,
Atlanta, GA 30309
Tel (404) 870-6565
Toll-free 1(800)CHILDREN
Email: info@stopitnowga.org
About Stop It Now! Georgia
Program Overview
Stop It Now! Georgia is a program of Prevent Child Abuse (PCA) Georgia. Stop It Now! Georgia was developed through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PCA Georgia is one of several organizations nationally to implement this innovative prevention model in partnership with Stop It Now!.
PCA Georgia, together with communities throughout the state, is challenged to implement strategies aimed at shifting the burden of prevention and protection of children to adults and communities who are responsible for their safety. Only adults are capable of preventing the perpetration of child sexual abuse and must be encouraged to address child sexual abuse before a child is harmed. Stop It Now! Georgia provides the framework for the public awareness and education that makes this shifting of accountability possible.
How Stop It Now! Georgia Can Help You Prevent Child Sexual Abuse
Educate yourself about preventing child sexual abuse.
Request a copy of:
- "Let's Talk" - 13 page booklet that provides information and tools to help adults to have difficult conversations that can prevent child sexual abuse.
- "Child Sexual Abuse" - Our 12 page booklet that includes checklists of what to watch out for when adults are with children and how to develop a family safety plan.
- "Do Children Abuse Other Children" - Our 8 page booklet that includes information on healthy sexual development as well as signs of what to watch out for when children are together.
- These brochures are free to Georgians. Please e-mail us at info@stopitnowga.org or call 1-800-CHILDREN(244-5373).
Help educate your community about preventing the perpetration of child sexual abuse
- Invite a representative of Stop It Now! Georgia to talk with your parent group, your faith community, your community based organization, etc. We offer both informal presentations and workshops covering adult and community responsibility for perpetration prevention. We also offer training and technical assistance to youth serving and faith-based organizations regarding comprehensive child sexual abuse prevention protocols. Contact us to get copies of our educational materials, posters publicizing our HELPLINE, or articles suitable for newsletters and bulletin boards.
- Please e-mail us at info@stopitnowga.org or call us at 1-800-CHILDREN(244-5373).
Available Workshops:
- Let’s Talk: Responding to Adult Behaviors Before a Child is Harmed.
- Building Blocks to Healthy Sexual Development: A Strategy for Prevention.
- Circles of Safety: Strategies to Prevent Perpetration of Sexual Abuse.
- Child Sexual Abuse Prevention within Youth Serving / Faith Organizations: Moving Beyond the Background Check.
Prevalence of Child Sexual Abuse
- 88% of children who are sexually abused never disclose their abuse when they are still children. This means that most of our information about reported cases is limited to those children (12%) who are able to tell an adult and make a report.
- Knowing that most children do not report sexual abuse, in Georgia in 2005, 5,537 cases of child sexual abuse were reported. 1,957 were substantiated.
- Of these cases, 66% of child sexual abuse cases in Georgia involved family and extended family members, and 28% were well-known to the victim and family.
- 27% were the child's birth parents.
Collaborative Partners
Stop It Now! Georgia works with state and local partners. These partners include: Georgia Children's Trust Fund Commission, Georgia Department of Family and Children's Services, Georgia Department of Early Childcare and Learning,Georgia Department of Education, Georgia Department of Mental Health (MHDDAD), Georgia Department of Public Health, Georgia Council of Juvenile Court Judges, Georgia Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Children's Advocacy Centers of Georgia, the National Office of Stop It Now!, Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the University of Georgia.
Prevent Child Abuse Georgia
PCA Georgia is a statewide private nonprofit organization dedicated to child abuse prevention and relies on commmunity support and volunteers to assist in its effort to end child abuse in Georgia. For more information about PCA Georgia's services, resources and educational programs, please call (404) 870-6565 or go to www.preventchildabusega.org.
