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Our Mission
The North Quabbin
Community Coalition’s Sexual Abuse Prevention Project, a component of
the C.A.R.E. Task Force, is a community-wide alliance committed to
improving the quality of life for all those living and working in the
North Quabbin region by working toward the prevention of sexual abuse.
The Task Force is
dedicated to building a community where children are empowered by
knowledge and skills, and protected by caring adults who take
responsibility for keeping children safe.
Enough Abuse Campaign
The NQCSA
Prevention Project is one of 3 communities statewide supported by the
Mass. Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Partnership with funding from the
National Center for Disease Control.
The campaign
focus is on adult and community responsibility for child safety and the
prevention of sexual assault on children by educating parents,
professionals and other residents.
The training
promotes understanding of normal sexual development of children as well
as warning signs of potential abuse.
Building skills
for parents and professionals provides the foundation for a safer
community for children.
All trainings are
provided to local community groups free of charge. For more
information, visit:
www.enoughabuse.org.
Trainings for Parents and
Professionals
Workshops
Available:
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Enough Abuse Campaign:
Overview of prevention strategies
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Understanding
Offenders and the SORB Requirements
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Policy and
Environmental Scan: available to all youth serving organizations
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Informed
Supervision: Working with children exhibiting sexual behaviors
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Parent
Workshops: Includes hands-on strategies for all age groups
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Working with
Teens: Preventing sexual abuse of adolescents
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Internet
Safety: Staying safe on-line
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Grandparents
as a Prevention Resource
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Child Care
Provider Training
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Talk About
Touching: A child safety skill building curriculum
Sex Offender Management Project
The North Quabbin
region was selected as one of three pilot sites in Massachusetts to
develop an innovative approach to the management of sexual offenders.
The project uses known best practice methods to prevent re-offending by
known registered sex offenders within the community.
The project is
funded by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety. A Project
Coordinator works in partnership with local law enforcement, courts and
others to support implementation of current SORB requirements as well as
to coordinate community education events and trainings to dispel myths
about offenders and the reality of current law. A Community Advisory
Council oversees the project and works to identify policy issues that
impact community safety and to advocate for systemic change.
Mark Fitzpatrick is the Sex Offender Management
Coordinator for the NQCC. After a statewide one year assessment of best
practices in Sex Offender Management, the Executive Office of Public
Safety granted the NQ region an opportunity to implement some of the
identified practices at the local level.
"To date, my role has been to
convene a community advisory council to over see the project and to
develop a contingent of local trainers to provide community education
forums just like this. I have also been working with local law
enforcement to provide additional manpower to conduct field audits to
validate the home and employment information provided as part of the
standards of the SORB. One of my roles with working with offenders is to
offer linkages to other local resources to help keep them in stable
employment and housing which are both potential risk factors in
re-offending. We now have a local presence in Sex Offender specific
treatment with a nationally recognized provider offering both group and
individual treatment. I have also been working with local churches to
develop safe congregation policies to assist in building a safety for
churches to include offenders in a transparent way and maintain the
safety of other parishioners".
To find out more information about the NQSAPP or
to schedule a training for your group please contact the North Quabbin
Community Coalition (978) 249-3703 or email
info@nqcc.org.
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