CHILD PROTECT INC

<div>Mrs. Bailey has served in the non-profit world for close to 20 years and has extensive knowledge and experience in managing the day to day operations, fundraising and public awareness of child abuse in the community.</div>

<div> Child Protect is a 501c3 non-profit agency that assists law enforcement and child protective services in their investigation of child abuse cases.&nbsp; Child Protect provides professional staff to conduct a forensic interview on the child when there have been allegations of abuse.&nbsp; Child Protect serves over 600 children in 4 counties in central Alabama; 98% of the allegations are child sex abuse.&nbsp; The other 2% are children that have been severely physically abused or children that have witnessed some sort of crime, ie:&nbsp; domestic violence, rape, murder or the abuse of a younger child.<br />&nbsp;</div><div>Abuse knows no boundaries, race, religion, or socioeconomic make up.&nbsp; It affects us all.&nbsp; 1 in 3 girls and 1 in 7 boys will be sexually<br />abused by their 18^th birthday.&nbsp;</div><p>In the following weeks after Penn State Coach Sandusky was found guilty of multiple charges of child sex abuse, Child Protect saw an increase of 36% children served over the same time period last year.&nbsp; We realized that others were answering the call by listening to a child, believing a child and reporting their suspicions.&nbsp; Reporting is not easy<br />for anyone, we hear the excuses all the time:&nbsp;&#8220;It&#8217;s not my business&#8221;, &#8220;It was probably just one time, no harm done&#8221;, &#8220;The child(ren) is not around that person anymore&#8221;, &#8220;We don&#8217;t want to offend anyone&#8221;, &#8220;That person is such an upstanding citizen, they could never&#8230;.&#8221; and the list goes on.&nbsp; But we applaud those who take that extra step on behalf of a child.<p>Our annual budget is about $380,000 with a staff of 6 serving 4 counties in central Alabama and approximately 600 child abuse victims. We estimate it costs approximately $125 per child for the initial forensic interview but every dollar that Child Protect receives goes to the direct service of these children.<p align="center"><strong><em>&#8220;One hundred<br />years from now&#8230; it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I<br />lived in, or the kind of car I drove, but the world may be different because I<br />was important in the life of a child&#8230;&#8221;</em></strong></p><strong><em><p>&nbsp;</p></em></strong><p>&nbsp;</p><br /><br />