Resources for Professionals and Organizations
Safe Kids Thrive: Managed by the Massachusetts Children’s Trust, Safe Kids Thrive is a free, first-of-its-kind website that helps youth-serving organizations of all sizes develop and implement prevention-focused policies and programs that stop sexual abuse before it happens. With customizable planning tools, checklists, online trainings, and learning modules, the site allows organizations to find relevant prevention resources for their specific needs.
Guidelines and Tools for the Development of Child Sexual Abuse Prevention and Intervention Plans by Youth-Serving Organizations in Massachusetts: A comprehensive, policy-focused report developed by the Massachusetts Legislative Task Force on Child Sexual Abuse Prevention that provides practical guidance to schools, nonprofits, and other youth-serving organizations of any size on how to prevent, recognize, and respond to child sexual abuse.
https://safekidsthrive.org/read-the-report/
Steps Toward Child Abuse Prevention and Creating Safe School Environments: A how-to manual for educators guiding schools through the process of creating and sustaining safe environments for children (4th edition): This Manual originally served as a resource for educators and other school personnel on their responsibilities as mandated reporters to recognize, respond to, and report suspicions of child abuse and neglect. The current edition includes an additional emphasis on providing guidelines, strategies, and tools for the primary prevention of child abuse, particularly child sexual abuse, in school settings. https://childrenstrustma.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/School-Safety-Manual2024_Updated.pdf
Preventing and Responding to Child Sexual Abuse in Youth-Serving Organizations: (Prevent Child Abuse America): This resource is designed to support youth-serving organizations as they adopt or strengthen child sexual abuse prevention strategies to keep the children they serve safe.
The Moore Center at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: Multiple child sexual abuse prevention resources and training modules for professionals, schools, and youth-serving organizations.
https://publichealth.jhu.edu/moore-center-for-the-prevention-of-child-sexual-abuse
Committee for Children “Second Step®” Child Protection Unit: Safe students learn better, and a strong school climate starts with prevention. The Second Step® Child Protection Unit for Early Learning through Grade 5 helps schools take a shared, proactive approach to child safety that centers student well-being and trust. Through age-appropriate instruction, students learn to recognize unsafe situations, seek help, and assert boundaries, while adults align on consistent practices for recognizing concerns and responding appropriately. The result is a safer, more supportive environment and a clear, scalable child protection strategy.