BLOOM SAFE: Make America the Safest Place to Be a Kid.
BLOOM SAFE: A National Partnership for Ending Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) is a $1 billion public-private partnership uniting parents, professionals, communities, and Congress to end CSA in this generation.
Fast Facts on Child Sexual Abuse (CSA)
Prevalence: 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 13 boys experience abuse before the age of 18, yet most do not disclose it during childhood.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. (2019). Report to Congress on Child Sexual Abuse Prevention.
Finkelhor, D., Shattuck, A., Turner, H. A., & Hamby, S. L. (2014). The lifetime prevalence of child sexual abuse and sexual assault assessed in late adolescence. Journal of Adolescent Health, 55(3), 329-333.
Economic Impact: CSA costs the United States approximately $9.3 billion annually in healthcare, lost productivity, and justice system expenses.
Letourneau, E. J., Brown, D. S., Fang, X., Hassan, A., & Mercy, J. A. (2018). The economic burden of child sexual abuse in the United States. Child Abuse & Neglect, 79, 413–422.
Perpetrator Familiarity: 93% of CSA perpetrators are known and trusted by the child, highlighting the importance of awareness and prevention.
Snyder, H. N. (2000). Sexual assault of young children as reported to law enforcement: Victim, incident, and offender characteristics (NCJ 182990). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics.
Effectiveness of Prevention: States that implement K-12 body-safety laws report a 22% increase in early abuse reports from schools, enabling quicker intervention and support.
Bright, M. A., Roehrkasse, A. F., Masten, S., Nauman, A., & Finkelhor, D. (2022). Child abuse prevention education policies increase reports of child sexual abuse. Child Abuse & Neglect, 134, 105932.
What is Bloom Safe?
Bloom Safe is a coast-to-coast action proposal to weave every evidence-based, proven strand of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention into one federally coordinated initiative to make the United States the safest place to be a kid.
Our Vision
A nation where every child grows, learns, and thrives free from sexual harm.
Our Mission
To mobilize public, private, and faith-based partners behind a comprehensive, evidence-driven blueprint that ends child sexual abuse through education, empowerment, and care.
Why "Bloom Safe"?
“Bloom” evokes the potential in every child; “Safe” names the condition that allows that potential to flourish.
Our Story
Conceived by CSA survivors.
Building on the Foundation of Erin's Law
Informed by and built to follow evidence-based peer-reviewed studies and global best practice models.
Structured as a bipartisan, $1 billion public-private partnership designed to make America a leader in CSA prevention and healing.
Our Five Pillars
The BLOOM SAFE initiative focuses on five pillars:
Age-Appropriate PreK-12 Education
Curriculum and training for schools to teach body safety, body autonomy, consent, and safe online behavior, Pre-K through grade 12.
Adult Training and Certification
Evidence-based training modules and certifications for all mandatory reporters and those who work with or care for children. This means every teacher, school administrator, coach, pastor, daycare worker, healthcare worker, law enforcement, adoptive parents, foster-care parents, and so on -- EVERYONE who cares for or works with children.
National Awareness Campaigns
Multimedia outreach to break the silence, change norms, inform culture, raise support, and engage families, communities, and youth serving organizations to help.
Trauma-Informed Survivor Services
Funding to put a Children’s Advocacy Center or mobile team within 60 minutes of every child.
Research & Accountability Hub
A permanent HHS–DOJ–CDC unit publishing annual prevalence and cost reports, driving policy with data.
Sign the "Bloom Safe: Make America The Safest Place To Be A Kid" Petition
Make America the Safest Place to Be a Kid by signing our petition supporting BLOOM SAFE—a groundbreaking $1 billion national initiative to end child sexual abuse (CSA) in this generation. Every year, millions of American children are affected by CSA, a preventable public health crisis with lifelong consequences. BLOOM SAFE unites schools, caregivers, healthcare providers, law enforcement, communities, and all those who care for and work with children through age-appropriate K–12 prevention education, certified training for child-serving adults, trauma-informed survivor support, national awareness campaigns, and cutting-edge research. This is not another small-scale program—it's the bold, coordinated strategy our children deserve. Sign the petition to tell Congress: it’s time to prioritize prevention, fund solutions that work, and make the U.S. the global leader in child safety.
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Prevention is Possible – and Affordable.
A single prevented CSA case saves around $282,734 in lifetime costs while also sparing a child lifelong trauma.
Letourneau, E. J., Brown, D. S., Fang, X., Hassan, A., & Mercy, J. A. (2018). The economic burden of child sexual abuse in the United States. Child Abuse & Neglect, 79, 413-422.