The RAACE Foundation’s mission is to educate the public about child sexual abuse. We hope we have helped with your education on this sad topic. If you would like more information, the following links offer various ways to search for facts, help, and legislation relating to child sexual abuse, as well as national sexual offender lists. Please be advised that not all information is up to date, and remember that education, for yourself and your child, is still the best way to stay safe.
National Resources
Childhelp
A non-profit organization dedicated to meeting the physical, emotional, educational, and spiritual needs of abused and neglected children. Their services include the Childhelp USA National Child Abuse Hotline 1-800-4-A-CHILD (1-800-422-4453), which is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and in 140 languages.
http://www.childhelp.org/pages/get-help
Child Welfare
This site promotes the safety and well-being of children and families by connecting related professionals as well as concerned citizens to essential information. Child Welfare provides a list of hotlines for individual states and statistics about child abuse in each state.
http://www.childwelfare.com/
National Children’s Alliance
The NCA is a nationwide not-for-profit membership organization whose mission is to aid communities in providing a coordinated investigation and response to victims of severe child abuse. On their site, you can find CAC information for all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
http://www.nca-online.org
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children was established as an organization devoted to preventing child abduction, endangerment and sexual exploitation as well as a clearinghouse for information about missing and exploited children.
http://www.missingkids.com/
Policies & Legislation
Library of Congress - Thomas
An online resource created by the Library of Congress so that the public can quickly and easily search federal legislation and activity. Simply follow the link to the left and type “child sexual abuse” into the “Legislation in Current Congress” search box for the most up to date federal information.
http://thomas.loc.gov/
NAPSAC
The purpose of the National Association to Prevent Sexual Abuse of Children (NAPSAC) is to support survivors of sexual abuse, change the culture of abuse in all aspects of society, pursue justice regarding abuse perpetrators, and create institutional change.
http://sapn.nonprofitoffice.com/
Child Welfare Research Institute
The Child Welfare Research Institute is a resource for searching state statues on a number of child abuse and neglect, child welfare and adoption topics, as well as an excellent source of information.
http://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/laws_policies/state/index.cfm?event=stateStatutes.showSearchForm
Justice for Children
Justice for Children seeks to raise the consciousness of our society in regards to the failure of governmental agencies to protect victims of child abuse, and to provide legal advocacy and collaborative help for abusedchildren.
http://www.jfcadvocacy.org/
Supreme Court Collection
The Legal Information Institute is a site that allows you to search all opinions of the United States Supreme Court handed down since 1992, as well as over 600 earlier decisions selected for their historic importance. Simply follow the link to the left and type “child sexual abuse” for all topical results.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/search/index.html
National Association to Protect Children
PROTECT is a national pro-child, anti-crime membership association dedicated to protected children from harm by way of a nonpartisan, powerful force.
http://www.protect.org/
Sex Offenders Registry
Family Watch Dog
http://www.familywatchdog.us/
United States Department of Justice
http://www.nsopr.gov/
SexualOffenders.com
http://www.sexualoffenders.com/
