Prevent Child Abuse America in West Virginia.

Jim McKay, PCA West Virginia; Ben Tanzer and Bryan Specht

Prevent Child Abuse America National Board Member Bryan Specht and Senior Director of Strategic Communications Ben Tanzer had the opportunity to both speak at the Leadership Institute on Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect in Charleston, West Virginia this week, as well as, speak to Dan Heyman from Public News Service - West Virginia about healthy child development and preventing child abuse and neglect.

"America spends $104 billion a year on child abuse and neglect cases, Specht says, adding that the nation could save that money by continuing to prevent many of these cases - and doing so would be beneficial in other ways as well. 'The science is really saying to us, 'This is the right thing to do, for the capacity of our children to learn, for our economy - the kind of society that we could live in, if we provided that healthy opportunity to every child.'"

Check it out, a new video from Prevent Child Abuse West Virginia - "Circles of Caring."

We thought you would enjoy taking a look "Circles of Caring" the terrific new video from Prevent Child Abuse West Virginia.

Prevent Child Abuse America talks House Party Weekend with Jim McKay of Prevention Child Abuse West Virginia.

We are thrilled to share a recent podcast we did with Jim McKay of Prevent Child Abuse West Virginia where we had the chance to talk about why we are so excited about House Party Weekend. We hope you will listen, we hope you will spread the word about these events and we definitely hope you will consider hosting or participating at a House Party yourself.

New podcast with Jim Hmurovich, President and CEO of Prevent Child Abuse America.

We wanted to let you know about a new podcast with Jim Hmurovich, the President and CEO of Prevent Child Abuse America. This discussion was moderated by Jim McKay, Executive Director of Prevent Child Abuse West Virginia and covers a variety of topics pertaining to Prevent Child Abuse America's thinking on child development and the prevention of child abuse and neglect.

The 2009 West Virginia YouTube Youth Forum Contest is here. And quite cool. Check it out.

This is quite a cool thing. Prevent Child Abuse West Virginia is hosting the 2009 WV YouTube Youth Forum Contest which gives West Virginia students an opportunity for their voices to be heard by presenting questions to West Virginia's lawmakers via video. We hope you will take a look and we hope you will explore how you might replicate this in your own state or community.

Check it out - The Berenstain Bears take West Virginia.

The Berenstain Bears who are the official "spokesbears" for Prevent Child Abuse America recently visited Prevent Child Abuse West Virginia and we thought you would enjoy taking a look.

Prevent Child Abuse America Podcast, Episode Five - A Conversation with Jim McKay, State Coordinator, Prevent Child Abuse West Virginia.

We're back from our terribly exciting national conference in Milwaukee last week and one thing we attempted to do while at the conference was record a series of podcasts we could share with you upon our return. Today we share the first of those podcasts, and this one is with Jim McKay, the State Coordinator for Prevent Child Abuse West Virginia. We hope you enjoy it and please look for more of these podcasts in the coming days.

Pinwheels for Prevention takes Wyoming County, West Virgina - Check it out on YouTube.

We are excited to share with you some video footage of our Pinwheels for Prevention campaign as implemented in Wyoming County, West Virginia. We hope you enjoy it and to learn more about all of the exciting prevention work happening in West Virginia we invite you to visit PCA West Virginia's YouTube page and website.