This blog was written on March 11, 2024 by AJ Ortiz, CHILD USA Social Science Director CHILD USA is partnering with Virginia Commonwealth University on a CDC-sponsored research project regarding sexual abuse in schools. Working together with the nation’s leading expert on abuse in schools, Dr....
Torah Bontrager was born and raised traditional Amish and escaped at age 15. In 2018, she founded The Amish Heritage Foundation, which is a nonprofit committed to empowering Amish women and children through education past the 8th grade and fostering public awareness about the crises hidden in...
Written on December 14, 2023, by Marci A. Hamilton, Founder and CEO, CHILD USA 2023 has been a good year for child sex abuse (CSA) statutes of limitation (SOL) reform, but not a banner year. Here’s a quick rundown of the SOL picture right now. In 2023, as you can see in our SOL Tracker, 15 states...
Written November 21, 2023 by Jessica Downes, Esq., Staff Attorney, CHILD USA AI-Generated CSAM: The Call for Proactive Action Imagine your child comes home from school, hysterically crying, and tells you explicit photos of them are being shared online. To your shock, your child also tells you...
Written July 24, 2023 by Prof. Marci Hamilton, Esq. Prof. Marci Hamilton, Founder and CEO of CHILD USA, is a national expert on child sex abuse statutes of limitations that make it difficult for victims to pursue justice. Serial pedophiles need a community to achieve their ends....
Written by Marci Hamilton, Esq. February 16, 2023, Prof. Marci Hamilton, Founder and CEO of CHILD USA, is a national expert on child sex abuse statutes of limitations that make it difficult for victims to pursue justice. Â The San Diego Diocese is not "going bankrupt" in the sense most readers...
By Liz Goldman, 1/29/2023 Liz Goldman, M.D., is a board-certified psychiatrist specializing in women’s mental health care and currently serves as a Clinical Associate faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Goldman’s story has been told in the film Silent No More. This blog was...
CHILD USA has been making considerable strides in advancing the civil rights of children through advocating for federal legislation since 2016. In 2022, CHILD USA together with its sister organization, CHILD USAdvocacy, has been working with federal lawmakers to enact laws that will better protect...
This blog was written on April 2, 2024, by CHILD USA CEO and Founder Professor Marci Hamilton and World Childhood Foundation USA Executive Director Mary L Pulido, PhD. For over twenty years, World Childhood Foundation USA has been inspiring, promoting, and developing solutions to end sexual abuse,...