Center for Prevention of Abuse Awarded $50,000 Grant From Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois

 

Center for Prevention of Abuse Awarded $50,000 Grant

From Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois

Funding focuses on interpersonal violence prevention education for tri-county students

Peoria, Ill. – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois has awarded the Center for Prevention of Abuse (CFPA) with a Community Partner Grant of $50,000 for Violence Prevention Education services. The grant will help fund three Prevention Education programs including relationship abuse, sexual abuse, and bullying. The programs educate pre-kindergarten through high school students, as well as teachers and families about building healthy relationships, recognizing sexual abuse, bullying, and social and emotional management.

 

“We deeply appreciate receiving this $50,000 grant from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois for our Prevention Education programming,” said Carol Merna, Chief Executive Officer at the Center for Prevention of Abuse. “Prevention education is one of the most important offerings from CFPA, yet its value often goes unrecognized and is historically underfunded. Strong community partners, like Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, help us pursue our mission of helping all people live free from violence and abuse, which includes working to stop abuse before it begins. CFPA has been preventing and intervening in the cycle of violence for nearly 50 years and providing young people with violence prevention educational programming for almost four decades.”

1 report of child abuse is made every 10 seconds and 90% of abuse children know their abuser

1 in 4 students reports being bullied

1 in 3 teens in the United States will experience relationship abuse before turning 18

1 in 4 victims of human trafficking are children

 

CFPA’s Prevention Education Department offers age-appropriate, evidence-based, and comprehensive violence prevention programming in Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford counties reaching nearly 36,000 students annually. CFPA’s team of educators help schools and learning communities create safe, supportive, and secure learning environments.

 

To learn more about Prevention Education at the Center for Prevention of Abuse, please visit www.centerforpreventionofabuse.org.

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MEDIA CONTACT:
Celsy Young
cyoung@centerforpreventionofabuse.org
Center for Prevention of Abuse / 309.691.0551                                                    

About the Center for Prevention of Abuse

The Center for Prevention of Abuse (CFPA) is the only agency authorized by the state of Illinois to provide a combination of domestic violence, sexual assault, sexual abuse, human trafficking, and adult protective services for survivors of abuse. Annually, CFPA serves nearly 6,000 women, men, and children affected by violence and abuse. CFPA offers school-based abuse prevention programming to students pre-K through college age, reaching more than 36,000 young people each year. Through these activities, plus community presentations and trainings, CFPA lives out its mission to help everyone – women, men, and children – live free from violence and abuse. For more information about CFPA, visit www.centerforpreventionofabuse.org or call 309-691-0551. The crisis line is available 24/7 1-800-559-SAFE (7233) and all victim services are free and confidential.