The Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect
Our vision is to create a world without abuse and neglect
The Kempe Mission
The Kempe Center was the first of its kind, established in 1972 to better understand and prevent child maltreatment and to serve affected children and their families. For the past 50 years, Kempe has promoted understanding, knowledge, and best practices to prevent and treat child abuse and neglect locally, nationally, and internationally.
Today we honor our legacy while looking ahead for ways to transform our field. It is our mission to improve the lives of children and families. We believe that abuse and neglect are preventable, and people are resilient. We are curious. We take a stand. We test assumptions. Our leadership in advocacy, research, education, and clinical work drives innovative strategies that transform the field. We ensure the integration of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in all areas of our work by way of discovery, leadership, action, accountability, evaluation, and transformation. In this way and through our work we strengthen families, communities and the systems that serve them. We are a catalyst, connecting people, information, and best practices to translate knowledge into action.
What's happening at Kempe?
Kempe Research Institute - Summer 2022 Courses
Save the Date! August 22-26, 2022, The Kempe Research Institute is offering two one-week, in person intensive courses in Denver that will feature in-depth teaching and dedicated mentoring by national and international experts with a goal to draft a complete research proposal suitable for completion as a scholarly project for Child Abuse fellows, early faculty, or as a Master's or Doctoral thesis.
Gary B Melton Visiting Professorships
Join us! This event is free and open to the public on September 13-15, 2022 at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. The purpose of this program is to honor and embody the multidisciplinary approach that Gary B Melton foresaw and undertook during his professional career. The visiting professorships will be awarded on an annual basis. It will include a 4 day (3 night) set of presentations, workshops and meetings encompassing policy, behavioral health and community in the child abuse and neglect prevention realm.
Kempe's 2022 International Virtual Conference
The Kempe Center is excited to host the 2022 International Virtual Conference: A Call to Action to Change Child Welfare. On October 3-6, 2022, for approximately 15 hours each day, our virtual learning space will be open to a projected international community of 3,000 change makers striving to reshape child welfare. Together, we commit to changing child welfare as we know it by connecting communities that are lifting up child and family well-being and social, racial, and family justice.
Join the CARE Network as a Designated Provider!
Expertise to conduct medical exams and behavioral health assessments to evaluate suspected cases of child abuse and neglect is extremely limited. The CARE Network's aim is to increase local capacity by building appropriate infrastructure to provide technical assistance and resources through a state-funded program that develops and maintains a standardized, coordinated response to suspected child abuse and neglect through a network of designated healthcare providers.
Radio Kempe Podcast Series
Radio Kempe is here to connect you with the information you need to tackle current issues. Join us as we talk about difficult topics. Help us as we test assumptions to disrupt traditional ways of thinking. Get curious, tune in, and join us on the journey to prevent child abuse and neglect every month of the year! We welcome everyone to join the conversation the fourth Wednesday of every month!
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Pathways to Prevention Webinar Series
Translating Child Maltreatment and ACEs Prevention Research into Practice We are partnering with the Program for Injury Prevention, Education & Research to connect prevention workers with the latest science on protecting children. This program provides free monthly webinars designed for those working in public health organizations, social services, child welfare, and the non-profit sector. These webinars are held on the third Wednesday of the month at 11:00 a.m. MT (10:00 a.m. PT, 1:00 p.m. ET).
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