April is Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness Month!!

Forsyth County’s CSAP Coalition is working on a community-wide campaign to promote many ways to strengthen families and a 2hr free training that will educate adults how to keep our children safe. We have yard signs and pinwheels that we want to cover the county in April (Child abuse prevention and awareness month) please sign up to put a yard sign in your yard, in front of your subdivision, business and/or church and indicate if you would like to be trained.

Information on Stewards of Children

Our goal is to train 1000 adults!!!

In person options @United Way 240 Elm St Cumming Register Here

              April 11^th 9am-11am Register Here                        April 14^th 2pm-4pm Register Here

              April 20^th 10am-12pm Register Here                      April 28^th 3pm-5pm Register Here

Virtual options via ZOOM:           April 5, 9:00am to 11:30am Register Here

April 21, 2022 12:00pm to 2:30pm Register Here

Online at your own pace option Sign up here using the code:  FLIPTHESWITCH

Please contact sarah@forsythconnection.org if you would like to schedule a training for your office, neighborhood, church or any group interested in protecting our children!!

Important Dates and activities:

April 1^st– Wear Blue Day

April 2^nd -World Autism Day

April 21^st– Forsyth County Commissioners Proclamation

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Meet some of our partners on Mondays!

Look for our Tips at 2 on Tuesdays & Thursdays!

Hear Why it’s important on Wednesdays!

Family Fun activities posted every Friday!

Information on Connections Matter 

Child sexual abuse is one of the biggest public health issues children and our society face today. The time to take action is now.

Research shows that one in 10 children will be the victim of sexual abuse before their 18th birthday. You may be seeing more and more headlines in the news about child sexual abuse – allegations involving celebrities, church institutions, and sports organizations. Child sexual abuse happens everywhere and in every community. It happens in places like homes, neighborhoods, schools, and youth sports environments, but it also occurs online, such as child pornography or communicating in a sexual manner by phone or internet. By creating prevention-oriented communities, we can help prevent and intervene in child sexual abuse.

So what can you do?

What do you need to know about child sexual abuse as a concerned citizen? As a parent, how can you make interactions safer for your child? Join us to break through the stigma and shame surrounding the issue and talk about how child sexual abuse happens. Below are some resources to help you learn more about how offenders manipulate their victims, how to report abuse, consequences of abuse, and statistics about the issue.

Join our CSAP Coalition today!

Forsyth County has a coalition of community members dedicated to making our county a safer place for our children.  Meet our CSAP Leadership team.  This is not just a local issue; we are working across our region to train adults in Darkness to Light’s Stewards of Children.  Each year our County proclaims April as child abuse prevention and awareness month and this year we want to make it a community-wide effort.