A proven history of helping kids & families...

Vision

• Every child grows up in a healthy, safe world free from exploitation and/or abduction.

Mission

• Educating families and communities to prevent the exploitation of children.

Values - we believe:

• It’s a kid’s job to be a kid and it’s the adult’s job to protect all kids.
• That every adult should see every child as someone who may need their help and protection.
• The word “willingly” as in "the child went willingly" should not be used in the same sentence with the words “children or teens”

Programs and Services

• Prevention Education: prevention education delivered to adults, children, teens and community coalitions or agencies.
• Helpline Assistance: support, resource referrals and advocacy for the families and communities who experience a missing or exploited child or teen.  

Funding and Staffing

• JWRC’s long term goal is to put online and in-person safety information in the hands of every man, woman and child in Minnesota.
• With the increased demand for JWRC services, your financial support will allow JWRC to provide more services than our 4-person agency can currently provide: to the more than 3,100 families call our helpline each year; to more than 76,000 who hear our online & in-person safety presentations each year or attend community notification meetings.  
• Is there someone at the other end of the phone or e-mail, who can help you with online or in-person exploitation questions or concerns?  Who can help if your child goes missing?  JWRC is there for you!   

Important Facts

• 1 in 5 girls and 1 in 10 boys are sexually exploited by age 18 and less than 35% of those who ever report it to parents and authorities.
• 1 in 33 youth receive aggressive solicitations while online by someone who wants to meet your child in person

What Parents Say

• "As a parent, it’s difficult to think about someone who wants to sexually exploit or take my child, but it’s an issue JWRC has helped me learn to address with my children in positive, healthy ways..."
• "I was surprised to learn that those most likely to exploit or abduct a child are most likely known to the child, family or neighborhood; the vast majority are not strangers..."
• "With all the media attention on abductions and sexual predators, I’m afraid to let my kids go out of my sight!  Yet JWRC has helped me realize the importance of doing just that, once we practice what-if scenarios that prepare us for anything..."

For more information and additional resources, please contact us.