The Kanakuk Child Protection Plan (CPP) is a step-by-step, comprehensive safety system to prevent, detect or respond to physical, emotional, verbal, or sexual abuse in youth and children's programming.
“I asked two of my partners, both former United States Attorneys with vast experience in prosecuting crimes against children, to assist me in reviewing the extensive materials regarding Kanakuk’s plan. We found the materials to be well-researched, current with best thinking on how to prevent child exploitation, practical and pointed. In our opinion, these materials evidence Kanakuk’s substantial commitment to and investment of resources to the protection of children from would-be predators. In our opinion, yours is a first-rate program.”
John Ashcroft, former U.S. Attorney General
The Kanakuk Child Protection Plan Strategy
The Kanakuk Child Protection Plan strategy consists of four Protection Zones, four Abuser Remedies, six Management Fields, and over 240 measurable Protection Elements designed to safeguard children, detect predators, and sustain the organization.
Why the Kanakuk Child Protection Plan?
- Reviewed by industry experts including former U.S. Prosecuting Attorneys
- Includes 3 Levels of Abuse Prevention
- Over 80 years in youth camp programming
- Protocols are field tested and approved annually
- Relevant for camps, schools, churches, leagues and others
- Step-by-step guide with self-assessment tool
- Scalable For Any Size Youth Organization
- Based on sound research from industry and topical experts
- Ample Resources including forms, checklists, and training material
- Over 500 youth leaders trained nationwide
- A plan that is affordable, sustainable, doable, and reasonable
Abuse Challenges
- 1 in 4 girls, and 1 in 6 boys are sexually molested by the age of 18 in America
- Dr. Gene Abel estimates that between 1% and 5% of our population molest children
- 90% of all molesters are acquaintances, dispelling 50 years of "stranger danger" strategies
- Fewer than 10% of sex offenders are convicted, leaving no record in a background screen
- Background screening only reports convictions and has spotty county and state participation nationwide
- Privacy laws and liability concerns conflict with transparency for references, work history and screening
- The typical offender molests an average of 117 youngsters before criminal prosecution
- Fewer than 10% of sex offenders had a prior reportable record at the time they abused children
- The federal fiscal year 2001 budget for the National Cancer Institute is $3.74 billion, while funding for child abuse and neglect totaled only $72 million
- The incidence rate of child abuse and neglect in this country is about ten times as high as the incidence rate for all forms of cancer