Apply for a grant for the Wisconsin Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Project

Introduction

As part of a joint funding project, the Child Abuse Prevention Fund and the Wisconsin Children's Trust Fund have come together to support two local communities in the development of very specific prevention programming targeted to preventing children from being sexually abused.

The Wisconsin Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Project (WCSAPP) will prevent child sexual abuse by helping adults and communities take action to protect children.  The four main components of the project are:  1)  Awareness, 2) Education, 3) Prevention and Action, and 4) Advocacy.

Funding priorities

• The WCSAPP grant will provide two grants of up to $40,000 to pilot a program of child sexual abuse prevention in the Fox Cities and Milwaukee areas.
• The WCSAPP project pilot communities must demonstrate community collaboration.  This will include the formation of a local steering committee that engages partners from a cross section of the community.  At least three memorandums of understanding from community partners should be included and they should very clearly and concretely describe what the collaborative agencies bring to the project, can contribute to the project and/or service that may be purchased from the project.
• Pilot communities are expected to work toward the WCSAPP's goals of:  1) Raising awareness of adult and community responsibility for child sexual abuse prevention, 2)  Increasing the knowledge and understanding of healthy sexual development in children and families, 3)  Educating adults and communities about high risk situations and warning signs exhibited by potential abusers, 4)  Building skills and resources in adults to respond appropriately when abuse is suspected, 5)  Effecting public policy change, and 6) Empowering youth and child serving agencies to improve their internal policy, procedures and trainings related to keeping kids safe from sexual harm.
• Pilot communities will be expected to utilize the program "Stewards of Children" by Darkness to Light to train various audiences in the community on how they can keep children from sexual harm.

Eligibility requirements

• WCSAPP grants will be awarded in the Fox Cities and Milwaukee areas only.
• Grants are NOT made for endowment purposes or capital requests. General operating support is granted only under very unusual circumstances.
• Applicants must be a tax-exempt organization with an IRS 501 (c) (3) designation.
• Projects must clearly relate to the goals of the Wisconsin Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Project.
• Grants are awarded for one program year of activity.
• The Child Abuse Prevention Fund is an outcome-driven grant maker, therefore applicants must submit detail about their program's intended outcomes and a well thought out evaluation plan.