Prevention & Protection of Abused Children, Inc. (PPAC) was established in 1983 as a local, grass roots response to the increasing problem of child abuse and neglect. PPAC provides quality family programming as well as child maltreatment prevention services to families that fulfill its mission to "assure that every family member be provided the opportunity to experience healthy, nurturing relationships and be treated with dignity and respect."

PPAC is dedicated to enhancing family life through intervention, prevention, and ongoing education with the Supervised Visitation Program, Parent Support Worker and Parents Place, Waukesha County's Family Resource Center.

• Over 3 million reports of child abuse are made every year in the United States
• Almost 5 children die every day as a result of child abuse
• In Wisconsin, an annual average of 45,000 cases of child abuse and neglect are reported. Twice that number go unreported
• Wisconsin spends approximately $80 million each year on abused and neglected children
• Over 1,200 reports of child maltreatment are reported in Waukesha County per year
• Children ages 0-4 have the highest rate of victimization
• 90% of victims know their perpetrator in some way; 68% are abused by family members
• Every 33 minutes a child is neglected
• Every 42 minutes a child is physically abused
• Every 52 minutes a child is sexually abused