The National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction - A Report to Congress, July 2010. From the Executive Summary:
In the broadest terms, the goal of this National Strategy is to prevent child sexual exploitation from occurring in the first place, in order to protect every childâs opportunity and right to have a childhood that is free from sexual abuse, trauma, and exploitation so that they can become the adults they were meant to be. This Strategy will accomplish that goal by efficiently leveraging assets across the federal government in a coordinated manner.
Project Safe Childhood (PSC) is a Department of Justice initiative launched in 2006 that aims to combat the proliferation of technology-facilitated sexual exploitation crimes against children. The threat of sexual predators soliciting children for physical sexual contact is well-known and serious; the danger of perpetrators who produce, distribute and possess child pornography is equally dramatic and disturbing.
The Department of Justice unveiled an innovative national public service announcement (PSA) campaign to educate parents about the potential dangers that their children face online and, for the first time, warns potential online predators that exploiting a child online is a serious federal offense.
The U.S. Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has provided federal funding for a Project Safe Childhood national media awareness campaign. Through a cooperative agreement to the Self Reliance Foundation, Hispanic Communications Network (HCN), iKeepSafe and INOBTR (âI Know Betterâ) were brought on to create an edgy and innovative national PSA Campaign to reinforce the on–going efforts of Project Safe Childhood (PSC).