Experts estimate that 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys will be sexually abused before their 18th birthdays.

A child’s safety is an adult’s job. We make sure our children wear seat belts. We walk them across busy streets. It’s adults’ responsibility to also protect children from child sexual abuse.

35 trained facilitators from across Central Oregon are available to conduct 3-hour Darkness to Light “Stewards of Children” training throughout Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson counties and Warm Springs Reservation. More than 2,700 Central Oregon adults have been trained so far.
* The 3-hour interactive training program is motivational and compelling. It calls participants into personal responsibility for the safety of children, while at the same time appreciates their fears and concerns.
* The training program is appropriate not only to systems that serve children directly, but also to individuals and businesses that want to respond to the epidemic nature of the problem and its impact at all levels of society.
* $15 sliding scale fee for training materials. No interested group or individual will be turned away due to lack of funds.
Are you interested in Darkness to Light training for your Central Oregon organization, business, community group, youth leaders or yourself as a concerned adult? You can contact KIDS Center Prevention Program to set up a training for your group or take a look at the schedule of on-going open community trainings.

Any adult is welcome to attend one of the on-going community trainings by registering beforehand with the KIDS Center Prevention Program.

To schedule a private training or to rsvp for a community training, please call KIDS Center Prevention Program 541-383-5958 or email vmuggia@kidscenter.org.
The Darkness to Light Tri-county initiative is being implemented in partnership with the following organizations:
* Crook County Health Department
* Deschutes County Health Department
* Jefferson County Public Health Department
* Crook County Juvenile Department
* Deschutes County Juvenile Community Justice Department
* Jefferson County Community Justice Department
* Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office
* Saving Grace
* J Bar J Youth Services
* Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office
* Bend Police Department
* Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Oregon
* Deschutes County Commission on Children and Families
* Warm Springs Victims of Crime Services
and KIDS Center