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The Monique Burr Foundation for Children (MBF) provides helpful resources and tips in our blog to help you better protect children, teach kids to be safe, and prevent abuse, bullying, exploitation, trafficking, and other types of child victimization. We give you information on what you can do to keep children safe, while at school, sports events, summer events, and more. Read our blog to learn about emerging trends in the child protection industry to include child abuse prevention, child sexual abuse prevention, human trafficking prevention, bullying prevention, cyberbullying prevention, exploitation prevention, and more.

As we Close Out 2021…

As we close out 2021, I am overwhelmed by a sense of gratitude to our donors who believe in our

Mental Health Effects of Covid in Youth

COVID-19 has negatively impacted the mental health of children and teens. Remote learning, lockdowns, social isolation, pandemic uncertainty, additional time

What They're Saying...

The MBF Teen Safety Matters curriculum hosts an in-depth approach to important social and safety concerns relevant to youth. The program content is age-appropriate with engaging activities, jargon, and realistic situations to positively promote a relatable and impacting learning experience…Teen Safety Matters is an educational benefit to all parties involved – students, parents, facilitators, and schools.

Sharon W. Cooper, MD

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

There’s not a child in the world who can’t benefit from this program. There are so many instances where we see children who have been damaged and hurt. Things happened to them and we think, if they’d only had this program, if they’d only had the benefit of this education, that might not have happened to them. If we can prevent that from happening to a single child, then it’s worth all the effort we have put forth

Edward Burr

MBF Founder/Chairman of the Board

I heard about the program through my son. He came home…and showed me the safety rules. I cannot thank the Foundation enough; to have other people who are also concerned about my child’s safety and the safety of other kids is wonderful. I especially like the program’s focus on the prevention side.

Roberta Targino, M.S.

Parent and Mental Health Counselor
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