Home About Mission Agenda Policy Advisory Board Grassroots Advisory Board Link to PROTECT Contact Us Campaigns Current Campaigns Success Stories Tools Newswire Articles Videos Lobbying 101 Supporters Join/Donate T-Shirts Virginia   VA News Wire 0 1 2 prev next Transparency in Virginia Friday, 9 July 2010 Hats off to Charlottesville Mayor Dave Norris and Charlottesville Police Chief Tim Longo for bringing transparency to sex crimes in their town. The map shows the location ... Read more Progress continues in VA and can be replicated in Friday, 2 July 2010 PROTECT was in Richmond recently with Virginia State Police top brass and The Department of Criminal Justice Services to discuss the $500,000 in annual funding PROTECT ... Read more PROTECT Supporters Get Results from Hard Work on A Friday, 25 June 2010 Here’s proof positive that funding ICAC Task Forces interdict predators and protect children.  PROTECT members and supporters fought hard to get Alicia’s Law passed in Virginia ... Read more PROTECT Requests a Dedicated Officer in Virginia Thursday, 27 May 2010 With nearly 150 registered sex offenders in and around Charlottesville, Camille Cooper, PROTECT's Legislative Director, has asked the Board of Supervisors for a full-time dedicated ... Read more 18 years, 37 victims Friday, 23 April 2010 How many adults are carrying terrible secrets from their childhood? How do you measure the spreading damage done when predators are allowed access to children ... Read more Alicia's Law Victory in Virginia Wednesday, 3 February 2010 Update: VICTORY! After a long, hard battle, the Virginia legislature passed our third version of Alicia's Law, creating a new, permanent source of funding ... Read more Virginia website surprises Wednesday, 18 November 2009 Say County A and County B both get 45 child abuse and neglect reports. But while County A investigates 80% of its reports, County B ... Read more Virginia Sunlight Update Tuesday, 17 November 2009 New rays of sunlight are visible in Virginia, now that PROTECT's 2009 Virginia Child Protection and Accountability System is law.... Read more Landslide takes Shannon in VA Wednesday, 4 November 2009 Steve Shannon, who ran for Attorney General on a platform of rescuing children from the State's known child pornography traffickers, lost last night to Ken ... Read more National News Wire 0 1 2 prev next Re-defining "Homeland Security" Tuesday, 7 September 2010 When you hear the term "Homeland Security" the obvious threats come to mind. But what if "Homeland Security" was re-defined to include children? That's exactly what ... Read more What makes better outcomes for abused children? Friday, 3 September 2010 For decades the debate has been waged over "children falling through the cracks," "permanency" and "safe and stable homes." Federal and state policies, and hundreds ... Read more PROTECT on Capitol Hill, second big federal child Monday, 30 August 2010 PROTECT is on Capitol Hill this week rounding up allies for our second big federal child protection initiative. Last week, ICE agents busted hundreds of illegal ... Read more England man using Facebook to distribute child por Monday, 30 August 2010 A West Sussex, England man admitted to making, possessing and distributing child pornography. He used 11 different Facebook accounts to distribute images and videos. He ... Read more Child Rescues & Investigations, August 2010 Wednesday, 25 August 2010 Child Rescues & Investigations, August 2010 Note: The following cases are just a sampling of child rescue cases this month. In most cases, PROTECT does not ... Read more PROTECT's director, Grier Weeks' Twitter posts abo Monday, 2 August 2010 Our director, Grier Weeks, posting on Monday's Justice Department press conference on Twitter. Here are the most recent: Tuesday, August 3, 2010 @GrierPROTECT: National Strategy ... Read more PROTECT at National Conference of State Legislatur Tuesday, 27 July 2010 PROTECT is in Louisville, Kentucky this week at The National Conference of State Legislatures' annual legislative summit launching our new Alicia's Law initiative. Alicia Kozakiewicz staffing the ... Read more The Roman Polanski ruling and his apologists Wednesday, 14 July 2010 Switzerland will not extradite Roman Polanski, even though Polanski pleaded guilty to a crime against a 13-year-old before fleeing the U.S.  All restrictions and home ... Read more DOJ to A.G.'s: 200 new child abuse images a day Monday, 21 June 2010 The U.S. Department of Justice estimates there are 200 new child abuse images and videos put on the Internet a day, and says it has ... Read more Sunlight in Virginia In 2009, PROTECT won a groundbreaking victory with passage of the Virginia Child Protection System. But opposition from many in the child protection and justice systems left just data from the social services reported. In 2010, PROTECT returned to build on this initial success with legislation that expands the Virginia ... Read more Alicia's Law passes in Virginia After a long, hard battle, the Virginia legislature passed our third version of Alicia's Law, creating a new, permanent source of funding for the state's two Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task forces: fees and fines paid by criminal offenders. Special thanks to Erik Estrada, better known as "Ponch" from ... Read more Victory in Virginia for Alicia's Law "House Appropriations Committee chairman Lacey Putney, I-Bedford, said he got a call from Alicia's mother and parents from Memphis, Tenn., Portland, Ore., Washington, D.C., and California. Each urged legislators to bolster the funding..." -Associated Press (MARCH 14, 2008) Portland, Oregon... you know who you are. You're another ... Read more

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