Advocating for Children

The Kempe Center, the world’s first academic center dedicated to child abuse prevention and treatment, is celebrating the 100th anniversary of international children’s rights by signing the 2024 Geneva Declaration on Children’s Rights. The 2024 Declaration specifically recognizes the universal right of children to: The Declaration, a renewed commitment to children’s rights, was officially unveiled on […]

On September 19th, a standing-room-only crowd gathered in Washington, D.C., for a Congressional briefing that focused on the pressing issue of child abuse in the digital age. Experts from the Kempe Center, including Dr. Antonia Chiesa, Dr. Kathi Wells, Professor Warren Binford and Dr. Carmelle Wallace presented compelling insights and potential solutions. The briefing, co-sponsored

In October 2023, the Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse & Neglect convened an historic conference. A key focus was “21st Century Child Abuse.” Technology makes our lives easier, more enjoyable and more connected, but it also puts a child’s safety at greater risk than ever before. Child abuse has changed

The Kempe Foundation is committed to working with champions and partners at the state Capitol to prevent child abuse and neglect, increase access to evidence-based prevention services, and ensure state or voluntary intervention services serve families successfully. The legislative session concluded on May 8, 2024. Dozens of significant bills gained the necessary approval in the

  The Child Welfare System Legislative Interim Committee met throughout this summer, with significant engagement from the Kempe Foundation. This Committee, made up of eleven members of the Colorado General Assembly, focuses on Children & Domestic Matters as well as Human Services. The Kempe Foundation presented before the committee on August 22nd, 2023 with leadership from

Building a safe, healthy and happy future for children requires collaboration between parents, providers, and policymakers. The Kempe Foundation’s policy team collaborates with Kempe professionals, child welfare advocates and legislators to push forward child-focused policies that will improve the lives of children and families in Colorado and beyond. We work with state and national lawmakers

  We all know giving is great. We get to support initiatives and causes we are passionate about, all while helping our community. However, giving goes much deeper than surface-level help. In this blog post, we’ll explore all the ways giving is powerful. Giving is good for you! Literally. You know that warm, fuzzy feeling

  Around the month of April, for more than ten years now, you may have seen gardens of pinwheels planted in the community, at school, day care or a local hospital or nonprofit organization, and wondered, why? It’s because planting pinwheels represents the bright childhoods we all want for children. In 2008, Prevent Child Abuse

We all know that the holiday season is a time for gift-giving as well. People tend to correlate better gifts with spending more money, but great gifts don’t always have to be expensive. In a past blog post, we discussed how everyone can lend a helping hand for the children and caregivers around them. The same concept applies to the holiday season. Sometimes,