Prevention, Early Intervention and Awareness
CEASE Prevention, Early Intervention and Awareness Training and Education equips community providers and agencies with the ability to identify child victims of prostitution and those youth at-risk on the streets. CEASE trainings help these stakeholders thoroughly understand the risk factors that lead to the victimization of children by adults, thereby encouraging law enforcement and social service agencies to treat these children appropriately as victims and not suspects in criminal activity. Trainings focus on issues surrounding the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC), including the definition of sexual exploitation, types of exploitation, profiles of the victims, profiles of the predators, the consequences of having CSEC in our communities, myths surrounding exploitation, how adults can help, and additional resources. Since January 2007, CEASE has provided awareness training to Fulton County DFCS, Fulton County Juvenile Court, Circle of Friends, Tinawane Social Services, Underdue Social Services, Attachment and Bonding LLC, Alliance for Change Through Treatment LLC, Angela’s House, Mt. Pisgah Private Academy, Oak Hill Community Service Board, Family United Services, Emory School of Medicine, Georgia State University System, and the Children and Teen Foundation. In 2008, all trainings were coordinated in

Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue recognized CEASE in 2005 for its work on behalf of victims of sexual exploitation.