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Statistics of Child Sexual Abuse

  • Partner and work collaboratively with local elementary schools to present Kids Have Rights during the school day


  • Present a 30-60 minute lesson (dependent upon grade level), which is reinforced by mini-lessons taught by the classroom teacher


  • Provide all necessary materials for teachers, such as lesson plans and worksheets for the mini-lessons

What We Do:

  • 1 in 10 children are sexually abused before their 18th birthday


  • 90% of child sexual abuse victims are abused by someone they know


  • 75% of childhood sexual abuse is thought to go unreported​

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  • Child sexual abuse is likely the most preventable health problem children will experience

​Interested in the Kids Have Rights program

for your Ionia or Montcalm County elementary school?


Email our Lead Prevention Educator, Christy Harter, at charter@imsafecac.org.

"Students really took [the program] seriously and listened to what [the Kids Have Rights Educator] had to say."

​-Teacher

"I think it helped having someone other than a parent or doctor talk about body safety."

​-Parent/Caregiver

2,473 kids in Ionia & Montcalm Counties were taught Kids Have Rights during the 2024-2025 school year!
  • Educate and provide resources to teachers about the warning signs of child sexual abuse, how to appropriately respond to a disclosure of abuse, and how to report suspected abuse


  • Create opportunities for parents and caregivers to talk with their children about body safety and reinforce what they have learned by sending home supplemental materials

​​​​Kids Have Rights


  • 93% of students said that they had at least one Safe Adult they could tell if they received a Not Sure or Not Safe touch


  • 86% of students said they knew the difference between Safe, Not Sure, and Not Safe Touches

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  • 100% of teachers said they were overall pleased with the Kids Have Rights program


  • 100% of teachers said the material was presented in a context and language the students could understand


  • 97% of parents and caregivers said they would recommend the Kids Have Rights program to others


  • 91% of parents and caregivers said they felt more comfortable engaging in conversations regarding body safety with their child after completing the Kids Have Rights lessons and follow-up activities


We ask teachers and caregivers for their feedback so we can continually fine-tune the program to ensure that all children learn about body safety in a comfortable environment and encourage the conversation to continue at home. Here is some of the feedback we have received:

IM SAFE CAC's prevention programs are funded in part by a grant from:

​​Important Links & Resources

Impact of

the ​​​Kids Have Rights Program

Check out our Kids Have Rights Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for more information.

The Kids Have Rights program is a program that educates and empowers students, school staff, parents, and caregivers to recognize, prevent, and stop child sexual abuse.


The Kids Have Rights program has curriculum for kindergarten through fourth-grade students that teaches body safety in an engaging, child-centered, and age-appropriate manner.


Kids Have Rights has been named a model for body safety prevention education by the Governor's Taskforce on the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse and the Michigan Chapter of the National Children's Alliance.