Prevent Child Abuse Vermont (PCAV) is the Vermont Chapter of Prevent Child Abuse America and the National Roundtable of Family Support Programs. PCAV has a thirty year track record of promoting and supporting healthy relationships between children and people who care for them in order to eliminate child abuse. We have successfully established a statewide network of Circle of Parents™ Support groups during which we provide free quality childcare (30 years); organized and coordinated Nurturing Parenting Programs® across Vermont (28 years); published and distributed The Vermont Parents' Home Companion and Resource Directory to over 200,000 parents and providers (19 years); provided a toll free Parents' Stress Line serving nearly 300 parents per year (30 years); trained MORE THAN 4,000 early childhood educators and caregivers in the Understanding and Responding to Sexual Behavior of Children Program (10 years); authored, piloted, evaluated and implemented the Sexual Abuse Free Environment for Teens Program™ (SAFE-T™), a 30 hour middle school comprehensive skills building violence prevention curriculum currently working with Vermont middle schools (12years); trained hundreds of caregivers, early childhood educators, and parents to implement the Care for Kids Program from Toronto, Canada, a sexual abuse prevention curriculum for pre-school through kindergarten (nearly 8 years); and trained and distributed material to more than 2000 providers and community members regarding Shaken Baby Syndrome Prevention since 1997, as well as distributed Shaken Baby Syndrome Prevention materials to 35,000+ parents of newborns directly through hospitals, midwives and adoption agencies.

PCAV operates a central office in Montpelier and has a staff of sixteen, ten of whom work out of PCAV's central office with the remaining six working in regions throughout the state either from their homes or offices in the community. PCAV's Executive Director, Linda E. Johnson, has led the organization for  over twenty years and has been an Executive Director for twenty-eight years.

PCAV's programs are all carried out in collaboration with other statewide and local agencies, organizations, schools and communities of faith. PCAV and/or its staff members are members of the Partnership for an Abuse Free State, Family Support America, The Children and Family Council for Prevention Programs, the Social and Rehabilitation Services Advisory Board, the Family Consortium, Vermont 211, the Rural Domestic Violence and Child Abuse Task Force, the Sexual Violence Task Force, and the STOP IT NOW! VERMONT Advisory Board. PCAV Regional Coordinators sit on their local community partnerships, Success by Six teams, and various other task forces. PCAV local collaborations include schools, parent child centers, family shelters, statewide child and family advocacy organizations, businesses, communities of faith, hospitals, childcare centers, SRS, mental health agencies, and domestic violence and sexual assault programs. As a the Vermont Chapter of Prevent Child Abuse America and the National Roundtable of Family Support Programs, we have national networks of other statewide organizations with missions like ours to learn from and draw upon for consultation, technical assistance and support.

Fiscally, the organization is stable. PCAV has a diverse funding base with approximately 50% of our resources coming from state and federal agencies. The remainder is contributed from foundations, United Ways, businesses, individuals, the sale of KIDPINS and special events, like the annual WALK FOR CHILDREN.

PCAV is governed by an active Board of Directors, who set policy; plan the organization's direction; establish goals, objectives and strategies; and raise funds. Our Board Members may serve for up to seven years and then they may be invited to join the Advisory Board. Each Board Member serves on at least one committee and makes an annual financial contribution to PCAV.

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OUR BOARD AND STAFF (click here)

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JOB OPPORTUNITIES (click here)

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PCAV PARTNERS (click here)