90% of children who are sexually abused are violated by someone they know and trust.

Milwaukee's children deserve healthy futures. Protect their only childhood.

Awareness to Action (A2A) focuses on preventing child sexual abuse by helping adults and communities take action to protect children through awareness, education, prevention, advocacy, and action.

Awareness to action teaches adults how to keep children in our lives safe through:

WORKSHOPS: Free, 2.5 hour training on child sexual abuse prevention for adults utilizing the Stewards of Children curriculum developed by Darkness to Light. The Parenting Network is offering a Stewards of Children workshop on Wednesday, May 30 from 1:00 - 3:30 p.m. at The Parenting Network. To register or to set up a training for your organization, please contact Ruth Miller at 414/671-5575.  

POLICY DEVELOPMENT: Free assistance with creating or updating policies and procedures for child sexual abuse prevention

Awareness to Action Milwaukee offers the following tool kit for organizations looking to create or develop policies and proecedures:

20 Best Practices of Youth-Serving Agencies

Sample Child Sexual Abuse Policy: A to Z Youth Center (specific to child sexual abuse prevention)

Sample Child Protection Policy: A to Z Youth Center (comprehensive child abuse prevention - used for United Way of Greater Milwaukee training 9/7/11)

Transforming Communities to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation: A Primary Prevention Approach

Summary: Preventing Child Sexual Abuse Within Youth-serving Agencies

Talking to Children about Healthy Sexual Development

Sexual Abuse / Sexual Assault Resources in Milwaukee (updated January 2012)

For more information about Awareness to Action Milwaukee, contact Ruth Miller at 414/671-5575.

Funding for Stewards of Children workshops is provided by the United Way of Greater Milwaukee, and materials are provided by Awareness to Action. Awareness to Action is a program of Children's Services Society of Wisconsin with funding provided by the Children's Hospital and Health System's Child Abuse Prevention Fund and Wisconsin's Children's Trust Fund.

Protect Their Only Childhood and Stewards of Children are registered trademarks of Darkness to Light and are used with permission.