AMERICAN CAMPAIGN FOR PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE AND FAMILY VIOLENCE

ARLINGTON, Virginia, 22205 United States

Mission Statement

This is our fortieth year of providing volunteer prevention services to America's vulnerable children and families who are victims of family violence in all its forms: child abuse and neglect, spouse/partner abuse, domestic violence, elder abuse and neglect. www.preventfamilyviolence.org

About This Cause

Founded in 1984, the National Council on Child Abuse and Family Violence (NCCAFV) and its American Campaign for Prevention of Child Abuse and Family Violence provide intergenerational violence prevention services to strengthen community prevention and treatment programs that address family violence -- child abuse, spouse/partner abuse (domestic violence), and elder abuse by bringing together community and national stakeholders, professionals and volunteers to mobilize innovative efforts that prevent the intergenerational transmission of violence within families. NCCAFV serves all fifty states and U.S. territories (and works internationally) as a resource center on family violence prevention services by utilizing professional and lay volunteers who provide indirect and direct service programs of emergency referrals; training and technical assistance; program, organization and resource development; and public education and information campaigns through the media and on its website: www.preventfamilyviolence.org Alan Davis, NCCAFV's Founder serves pro bono as co-chief executive. All other Board members, staff and celebrity endorsers/Ambassadors also serve as volunteers pro bono without compensation. A graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), Mr. Davis held management and senior staff positions as an executive in both non-profit and marketing, advertising and public relations organizations before becoming founding chairman of a partnership group of companies in television production, media marketing, and placement, advertising and public relations, and organizational development consulting. In the nonprofit sector, Mr. Davis was the first National Director of ChildHelp USA. In this capacity, he developed the first national child abuse hotline (1-800-4-A-CHILD) and created the first National Child Abuse Prevention Month in January 1982. Mr. Davis was the founding chairman of the International Forum for Child Welfare (IFCW) in 1989 and its first president (1989-1992), headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. Mr. Davis has served on the Board of Trustees of the Council on Accreditation for Children and Family Services in the United States and served on the Board of Directors of ACTION for Child Protection. Mr. Davis co-chaired the Program Committee and served on the International Congress Steering Committee of the First World Congress on Family Violence held in Singapore on 8-11 September 1998. Mr. Davis also chaired the International Congress Steering Committee of the Second World Congress on Family Violence held on 21-26 June 2003 in Prague under the Patronage of Vaclev Havel, President of the Czech Republic. Mr. Davis has addressed family violence prevention issues at conference plenaries in the United States, Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Portugal, Senegal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, and Wales.

AMERICAN CAMPAIGN FOR PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE AND FAMILY VIOLENCE
G. Davis P.o. Box 5222
ARLINGTON, Virginia 22205
United States
Phone 202-429-6695
Unique Identifier 954356014