It is critically important that we engage with our young children and provide age-appropriate child abuse prevention education, as this is a key strategy in keeping children safe.

Right now families are sheltering at home, spending unprecedented amounts of time together. Fewer calls reporting child abuse have been received since the outbreak, but that does not mean there’s a decrease in abuse. In fact, the COVID-19 pandemic has created the conditions for a rise in child abuse that may go unchecked. 

by Betsy Lazerow, JCARES & Community Services Professional Education Coordinator

JCFS Chicago's Community Services is committed to offering cross-discipline professionals – mental health, social service, health care and addiction treatment professionals; Rabbis and synagogue leadership; law enforcement and legal advocates; administrators and educators – with a diversity of opportunities for learning, networking and dialoguing.