History
Since 1975, Prevent Child Abuse Iowa has served to end child abuse in the state of Iowa. In the beginning, the organization focused its efforts on educating and training professionals and the public about child abuse. At the time, the prevalence of child abuse was not widely recognized or addressed.
Prevent Child Abuse Iowa expanded its work in 1982 after it was selected to manage a new statewide program, which funds family education and support services offered by local community groups. Prevent Child Abuse Iowa was granted the management of an additional program - Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention Program – to further expand parenting resources in Iowa’s communities in 2007.
Overtime, Prevent Child Abuse Iowa supported the development of new child abuse prevention programs, such as the first home visiting program, which began in 1992.
For 30 years, PCA Iowa has encouraged on-going education for professionals through its annual conference, which is the only conference in the state of Iowa with a child abuse prevention focus.
In 2007, Prevent Child Abuse Iowa began receiving annual funding to support the child abuse prevention work of AmeriCorps members in communities across the state.
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