February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. Nationally, one in ten high school students (10.3%) experienced physical dating violence in the past year, and 10.4 percent experienced sexual dating violence in the past year. In 2011, 11.3 percent of Indiana high school students reported that they had been purposely hit, slapped or physically hurt by … Read more
At the Chapter’s Annual meeting Kim Rasheed receives flowers for her center’s ongoing support of the state Chapter by hosting Chapter meetings six times a year.
Gundersen’s ChildFirst forensic interviewing training is taking place in Lafayette, IN this week.
Jan Lutz, Director of the Indiana Chapter of National Children’s Alliance is attending the Midwest Regional Children’s Advocacy Center Regional Summit, being held in St. Paul, MN.
Emily Perry, Executive Director of Susie’s Place Child Advocacy Center attended the National Children’s Alliance Accreditation Bootcamp.
“Children are the holder of the knowledge, and it’s our job to just to get these children to share that knowledge.”
Member’s of various Children Advocacy Centers from around Indiana made the trip to Washington DC for the 2014 National Children’s Alliance Leadership Conference. From June 1st thru 4th they attended the conference and visited with our State Senators. While there Jan Lutz was presented with the 2014 Outstanding Chapter Leader Award for her outstanding leadership as … Read more
Jan Lutz’s hard work and dedication to the CACs and children of Indiana have raised awareness on issues surrounding child abuse and neglect. Jan’s incredible dedication to assisting in the development of CACs, not just in Indiana but across the midwest, have earned her this distinguished award.