Did you know that there are more than 40 million adults living in the United States today who are CSA survivors?  Did you know that at current rates in the United States today, 400,000 of the babies born each year will experience sexual violence before they turn 18 unless we do something now to make a difference?

If you want to be more informed, BLOOM SAFE has recently launched a weekly email newsletter we are calling the "Bloom Safe Weekly Briefing" that brings together news from around the country on what CSA prevention efforts are already in the works, news from congress on what bills, etc are being considered that could impact CSA prevention efforts, and news from around the country to motivate and remind us that CSA is happening every day, so we can't just wait around any longer.  To sign up, visit https://www.bloomsafe.org and use the popup form at the bottom of the screen (see picture above) to give us your email address so that we can send you the "Bloom Safe Weekly Briefing" every Monday for regular updates on what is happening in the world of CSA prevention right to your inbox.

The fact is, together we are making a difference. We are raising our voices.  We are signing our names.  We are taking a stand for our loved ones and for children in every situation and circumstance, every community and family, every religion and culture, all across our country.  CSA is truly a tragedy of epic, even pandemic, proportions.  But, though we be few, we are gathering.  And as each of us joins the conversation we are becoming an unstoppable coalition of people who have had enough of looking the other way and trusting wishes and happy thoughts, instead of taking concrete action to defend the most vulnerable among us. 

We now have more than TWO HUNDRED (200) supporters of the BLOOM SAFE: MAKE AMERICA THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE A KID ACT!  More than two hundred people just like you, who want to defend children, be informed, and end CSA with an effective, evidence-based, national CSA prevention program sponsored by the federal government to empower our states, our communities, our your serving organizations, and our families with the information and the tools we need to effectively protect the children in our lives.

The Bloom Safe Act is truly legacy building BIPARTISAN/NONPARTISAN piece of legislation to UNIFY Congress and our country around five core programs designed to empower the people already in the work of CSA with higher impact funding, coordination, standardization, and accelerated peer-reviewed scientific research.  

We call these five programs, our "Five Pillars”:

1. Education and Prevention: Building on the success of “Erin’s Law” at the state level, the Act implements evidence-based, age-appropriate PreK–12 child sexual abuse prevention curricula nationwide.
2. Adult Training: The Act requires "Bloom Safe" certification and training for ALL adults who care for and work with children – teachers, coaches, faith leaders, healthcare workers, foster/adoptive parents, law enforcement, etc. – equipping them to identify, prevent, and respond to child sexual abuse appropriately, starting with all mandated reporters.
3. Public Awareness: The Act launches a sustained national campaign to break the silence and destigmatize conversations about child sexual abuse, similar to what “Just Say No” and the D.A.R.E. program did for drug abuse prevention.
4. Survivor Support: The Act expands services to ensure all survivors have immediate and sustained access to support.
5. Research and Data: The Act establishes a National Child Sexual Abuse Research Hub for ongoing data collection, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting, ensuring evidence-based peer reviewed science is the foundation for ongoing improvements in policy and practice.

The Act creates a central “Bloom Safe Task Force” – an interagency body co-chaired by HHS, CDC, and the Department of Education (with the Department of Justice in advisory support) – to coordinate efforts across federal agencies and states. This ensures unified leadership, unified data, and sets uniform standards nationwide. The legislation also mandates transparent annual reporting on progress, outcomes, and spending to both Congress and the American people.

We can't just sit idly by.  The time to act is now.  The American people are tired of reading the news EVERY DAY only to hear about another child being harmed.  Please take a moment and share  this link to our petition https://www.change.org/bloom-safe with your family, your friends, your neighbors, your PTA, your community organizations, your rec councils, your schools, and more.  We need everyone we can get to motivate congress to take action!

We've made it to more than two-hundred supporters.  Let's get to more than 500 next!

Thanks again for taking a stand to support children growing, learning, worshipping, playing, and living free from sexual harm!

Yours in the fight to defend our next generation,

Steve
Founder
Bloom Safe