Children At Risk Inc

C@R established the Center to End the Trafficking and Exploitation of Children (CETEC) in 2007 to launch a broad educational and outreach program to combat human trafficking. C@R continued to grow the Cities Empowered Against Sexual Exploitation (CEASE) Texas project and convened nonprofits, state agencies, law enforcement, and local governments in a statewide Anti-Demand Coalition to share knowledge, best practices, and lessons learned. C@R also conducted critical research on opportunity youth (youth ages 16-24 who are neither in school nor in the workforce), highlighting policies that can put these young people on a path to success and prevent exploitation.

C@R established the Center for Parenting and Family Well-Being (CPFWB) in 2011. In its first phase, CPFWB conducted an inventory of the current network of parenting services in Houston and found a strong need for evidence-based, non-punitive parent education. Through a partnership including organizations that provide parent education services, pediatricians, academics, and public health practitioners, CPFWB determined that the community should move forward with developing a structure to implement the Positive Parenting Program (Triple P). During its second phase, the CPFWB is creating an infrastructure to disseminate Triple P across Harris County.

Through its unique Food in Schools Initiative, C@R continues to raise awareness and advocate for the implementation of Universal School Breakfast (UFSB) and other school meal programs in schools with high poverty levels. Our annual School Food rankings highlight top-performing districts with school food programs and highlight innovations and best practices adopted by top districts. Through our Childhood Immunization Project, C@R also collaborated with key partners to help maintain current code that establishes immunization requirements for Texas elementary and secondary schools and ensure equitable access to childhood immunizations.

Other programs were juvenile justice and mental health related.