Denver (Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019) — One of the country’s leading experts on child abuse and neglect believes all of us can help end child abuse by simply not looking away. Richard Krugman, MD, co-founder and board chair of the National Foundation to End Child Abuse and Neglect and professor emeritus at the University of Colorado School of Medicine calls for ending what those in the field know as gaze aversion, or the ignoring of and indifference toward signs of child abuse and neglect. His...

Denver (Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019) — As headlines capture cases of child abuse, The National Foundation to End Child Abuse and Neglect is reaching out to survivors with a social media campaign encouraging them to share their story.   Dozens of abuse survivors have connected with EndCAN since the Foundation launched just two year ago, advocating for more attention to the health, mental health and public health impacts of abuse.   “By uniting our voices, we make change possible,” said Lori...

The National Foundation to End Child Abuse and Neglect (End CAN) and the Haruv Institute are again seeking applications for “disruption” papers in the area of training  that would serve a guide for grant making for the organization in the coming years.   EndCAN’s work is rooted in the belief that child abuse and neglect is a physical, mental and public health problem in addition to being a social and legal issue that is statutorily addressed by child welfare and civil courts in...

Denver (Tuesday, June 18, 2019) — The National Foundation to End Child Abuse and Neglect (EndCAN) marks its first anniversary getting ready to receive top honors from the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC). EndCAN will receive the society’s 2019 Prevention Award which recognizes a practitioner or researcher, an agency, or an institution that has made outstanding contributions to the field of prevention of child maltreatment and to the advancement of APSAC’s goals. ...