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PRAESIDIUM

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Praesidium specializes in preventing sexual abuse in organizations that serve youth and vulnerable adults. Over a period in excess of 25 years, the company has reviewed over 4,000 cases of abuse within organizations to determine the root causes of sexual abuse within organizational settings. Praesidium employs more than 40 staff, including licensed social workers, lawyers, psychologists, health care researchers, and other experts. The company has served over 5,000 clients with a broad range of products and services to aid organizations in preventing abuse, including online and instructor‐led trainings; organizational risk assessments; model policies and incident investigations. Having trained more than one million people online and hundreds of thousands in person, Praesidium is the largest and most comprehensive sexual abuse risk management firm globally.

PRAESIDIUM ACCREDITATION

The Bloomington-Normal YMCA is a Praesidium-accredited organization. To learn more about Praesidium's Accreditation Standards and the practices necessary to earn accreditation, visit https://www.praesidiumaccreditation.com/.