Programs and Services
Education/Networking
We provide education, resources, consultation, networking opportunities, and conduct training programs, about the causes, effects, treatment and intervention strategies effective in minimizing and/or ending the occurrence of domestic violence and related abuse in homes, educational institutions, churches, communities, etc. We also want to raise the awareness of the prevalence of domestic violence in religious institutions so that they do not perpetuate the cycle of domestic violence in Christian homes.
Healing Centers
We support affiliate programs that provide services to victims of domestic violence by assisting them in creating a supportive, safe, nurturing and empowering atmosphere where clients can find safety, experience recovery, healing, renewal, and empowerment to live abuse free lives.
Patty’s Healing Center
Named in honor of Patty Malosh, a victim of abuse who died in 2007 at age 39. The center is developing and will serve as a model for present and future PPN healing centers. It will be supervised by Mable Dunbar, president of Polly’s Place Network.
Project P.R.O.T.E.C.T.
History:
Project “Protect” started in the September of 2006, and was developed in collaboration with Corey Jewell Jensen who is the co-director for Behavioral Intervention in Beaverton, Oregon. Corey has worked with adult sex offenders and their families over 20 years, and ha provided training and consultation to the National Center for the Prosecution of Child Abuse, the United States Navy, the Mark McGwire Children’s Foundation, the Association for the treatment of Sexual Abusers and a number of local and national law enforcement and child advocacy organization. Ms. Jensen has testified as an expert witness in local and federal courts, led professional training workshops all over the country, and published a number of articles on the evaluation and treatment of sex offenders. Ms. Jensen is highly recommended as an educator for all those who work with or come in contact with children. Six individuals committed to become certified trainers and spread the ministry of God’s love to protect children from sexual abuse in churches and communities.
Goal:
The goal of this project is to protect children from sexual abuse by increasing awareness through prevention workshops presented in churches and communities. “Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God” Mark 10:14.
Philosophy:
God mandates that we protect child which includes reporting it. Education and awareness help prevent sexual child abuse. Sexually abusing a child is breaking one of God’s Ten Commandments: “Thou halt not steal.” Exodus 20:15. God want us to shelter, care for, defend, safeguard, look after, and save all God’s children from harm.
Goals:
- Prevent sexual abuse in churches
- Have one trained member in each church to be an available resource to teach other members, churches and local community how to prevent child sexual abuse.
- Build awareness of child sexual abuse in churches and communities.
- Conduct prevention workshops in each county in Eastern Washington during year.
- Develop posters, pamphlets and other media to increase awareness of child sexual abuse.
- Provide a yearly training to certify more trainers
- Have educational booth at fairs and other community events
- Collaborate with other agencies to strenghen and expand the project.
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Project Protect. Protecting Children from Child Molesters! It’s Up to You… Not Her! By Karen Fettig
A Woman came up to me at a recent Health Fair where I had a booth on “Protecting Children from Child Molesters.” She asked me: “So what can I do to protect children?”
That is a good question; what can we do to protect children from child molesters?
The old adage “What you don’t know won’t hurt you!” for the most part and maybe always, is pure error! Given that attitude we can make it an excuse to remain ignorant; basically sticking our heads in the sand, oblivious to things around us; especially if they make us uncomfortable.
What you don’t know in this case, will hurt someone. Look at the photo of that precious child. Whose job is it to protect her? Why of course it is the adults in her life! She is too young to even begin to know how to protect herself. Much of what is being taught today though does put that burden on the children to protect themselves.
How then can we protect her/him? Education! The tools provided to parents and communities through “Project Protect” are going to have a tremendous influence on stopping this behavior!
I recently had the police chief from Keene, Texas comment: “that nothing will change in this area until parents get involved!” Our goal with Project Protect is to involve parents and community in the raising of the children. “It takes a village to raise a child.” It takes involvement from everyone to unify and help protect our children. It starts with a vision and commitment of people standing up for what is right!
