Children need your help.

Child abuse and neglect are a silent epidemic. Caring, vigilant people report concerns of abuse or neglect for 30 of every 1,000 children. For every case where there is evidence of abuse there is a child in great need. That child may need medical care, mental health counseling, supportive services, and even a safe, temporary or permanent home.

Your gift today can help a child heal. Please donate now. The Argosy Foundation will match, dollar for dollar, any new or increased gift made through this initiative.

But what if it didn't have to happen at all? How would you stop abuse before it starts?

Our research has shown that simple, straight-forward approaches are best. Simply providing a home visitor to families with new babies can make a tremendous difference.

Your gift today could provide this and so much more:

• Your donation of $1,000 can provide monthly home visits for a whole year for one family.
• Your donation of $500 can help one family attend an eight-week parent education course.
• Your donation of $250 can provide four counseling sessions for an abused child.
• Your donation of $150 can provide special services for five children who have been sexually abused.
• Your donation of $100 can provide baby supplies for one low-income mother.
• Your donation of $85 covers the cost of a forensic interview for one suspected victim of child abuse.
• Your donation of $75 can provide materials for one parent support group.
• Your donation of $50 can provide training so one adult can better recognize and prevent child abuse.
• Your donation of $25 can provide resource materials for more than a dozen families whose children have been the victims of sexual assault.
• Your donation of $10 can provide five families with DVDs about how to calm a crying baby.

This is too important not to get involved. A child is abused once every 13 minutes. Together we can fight it. Your gift of any amount will help children. Please donate now. The Argosy Foundation will match, dollar for dollar, any new or increased gift made through this initiative.

If you are unable to make a donation today, there still is something you can do to help, something very important. Use the Tell a Friend button at the top of the page or simply e-mail a link to this page to everyone you know.  The best protection we can provide for children is caring, vigilant adults who understand how big this problem is.

Please, help us spread the word. Children are counting on us.

This intiative supports programs services for children and families through Children's Service Society of Wisconsin, the Child Abuse Prevention Fund and our child advocacy centers.

Every child deserves the right to be Safe at Home.