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Causes: Children & Youth, Youth Development Programs
Mission: Child abuse prevention
Programs: The organization was established to prevent child abuse and neglect by promotion of safe, supportive, and nurturing environments through the use of public awareness campaigns and in cooperation with child protective services, the local prosecutor's office, area law enforcement agencies, and mental health and medical professionals. A major program activity for the organization is operation of a child advocacy center that provides a safe and friendly environment for effective and efficient interviewing processes with alleged child abuse victims. The goal of the center is to substantiate a greater number of child abuse cases by improving the quality of evidence gathered.