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All About Faith’s Law

Trigger Warning: Childhood Sexual Abuse and Grooming There have been important pieces of legislation designed to prevent and address childhood sexual abuse. One such law, Erin’s Law, is the basis for the sexual abuse prevention education that Safe Passage presents on ...

How to Support a Loved One Who Has Disclosed Abuse

Don’t worry, if you’re reading this blog post, you’re probably already on the right track. As the title suggests, there are many loved ones and supporters of domestic violence and sexual assault survivors who may want to say and do ...

Anna’s Law

A proposed law dubbed Anna’s Law has passed the Illinois House and Senate which aims to require police to complete a trauma informed sexual assault training. If signed into law by the governor, police officers will “take part in trauma-informed ...

The Difference Between Primary Prevention and Risk Reduction

The Center for Disease Control(CDC) defines primary prevention against sexual violence as “population-based and/or environmental and system-level strategies, policies, and actions that prevent sexual violence from initially occurring. Such prevention efforts work to modify and/or entirely eliminate the events, conditions, ...

What To Expect When You Call Safe Passage

I’ve always hated making phone calls. Truth be told, I’m not sure what I think will happen. No one has ever yelled at me, called me names, or put me down when I have called, but there’s always that little ...

How to Teach Consent From Ages 0-5

Most would ask the question; Why do I need to teach consent to my baby or toddler? They are too young to understand what that means. To that I say yes, you’re right. Your baby or toddler is not going ...