Key Goals More childhoods free of sexual abuse More fully engaged communities Focused attention on prevention Increased funding for prevention Promotion of better awareness to action Stronger social movements Significant decreased in short and long term health care costs Acknowledgement of csa/exploitation as a Public Health problem

Action Areas Research Public Awareness End the demand Policies and Organizational policies Collaborative Practices Funding

Actions to prevent child sexual abuse and exploitation Individual Actions Community Actions Policy Level Actions

House Bill 1176 Statute of Limitations – Section 4-2 Found on page 31 For crimes committed on and after July 1, 2012 a prosecution may be commenced at any time.

HB-1176 Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse – Section 5-1 (pp ) New mandated reporters: Child service organization personnel means persons employed by or volunteering at a business or an organization, whether public, private, for profit, not for profit, or voluntary, that provides care, treatment, education, training supervision, coaching, counseling, recreational programs or shelters to children

Clergy means ministers, priests, rabbis, imams, or similar functionaries by whatever name called, or a bona fide religious organization (provided, however, that a member of the clergy shall not be required to report child abuse reported solely within the context of confession or other similar communication required to be kept confidential under church doctrine or practice. When a clergy member receives information about child abuse from any other source, the clergy member shall comply with the reporting requirements of this Code section, even though the clergy member may have also received a report of child abuse from the confession of the perpetrator).

Pregnancy Resource Centers Reproductive health care facilities Schools means any public or private pre-kindergarten, elementary school, secondary school, technical school, vocational school, college, university, or institution of postsecondary education Plus all previous including new – nurse’s aides.