{"id":1778,"date":"2026-05-01T21:17:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T21:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10004\/?page_id=230"},"modified":"2026-06-03T14:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T21:05:12","slug":"how-we-help","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kerengendefoundation.org\/staging\/8156\/how-we-help\/","title":{"rendered":"How We Help"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-introtext wp-block-paragraph\">The Kerengende Foundation provides sexual violence prevention and support services for at-risk youth, victims of child sexual abuse, human trafficking, and their families in low-income communities across Southern Illinois. Through three key program areas\u2014Community Outreach, Targeted Prevention &amp; Education, and Direct Support &amp; Intervention\u2014we work to reduce the impact of sexual trauma, improve mental health, and create safe spaces for families to recover from and prevent abuse.<\/p>\n\n\n<section class=\"krn-prog-callout-wrap krn-band--medium align wp-block-acf-programming-callout\">\n\t<article class=\"krn-prog-callout\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"krn-prog-callout__media\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kerengendefoundation.org\/staging\/8156\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Rectangle-3-003-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"krn-prog-callout__img\" alt=\"people attending an event with tents\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kerengendefoundation.org\/staging\/8156\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Rectangle-3-003-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kerengendefoundation.org\/staging\/8156\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Rectangle-3-003-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kerengendefoundation.org\/staging\/8156\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Rectangle-3-003-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kerengendefoundation.org\/staging\/8156\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Rectangle-3-003-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kerengendefoundation.org\/staging\/8156\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Rectangle-3-003-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"krn-prog-callout__body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"krn-prog-callout__title\">Driving Change in Our Community<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"krn-prog-callout__desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Through events like back-to-school fairs and health expos, we raise awareness and provide vital resources about child sexual abuse and human trafficking prevention.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"krn-prog-callout__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kerengendefoundation.org\/staging\/8156\/contact-us\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t   class=\"btn btn--prog-callout\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t   target=\"_self\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t   >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tContact Us<span class=\"sr-only\"> about Driving Change in Our Community<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa-regular fa-arrow-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kerengendefoundation.org\/staging\/8156\/events\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t   class=\"btn btn--prog-callout-secondary\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t   target=\"_self\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t   >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEvents<span class=\"sr-only\"> about Driving Change in Our Community<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa-regular fa-arrow-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"pcc-cat-callout-wrap krn-band--medium align wp-block-acf-programming-category-callout\">\n\t<div class=\"pcc-cat-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"pcc-cat-section__intro\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"pcc-cat-section__h2\">Workshops to Empower Youth, Educate Communities, and Prevent Abuse<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pcc-cat-section__lead pcc-cat-prose\"><p>We empower youth and the adults who care for them through targeted education on child sexual abuse and human trafficking, offering prevention workshops and age-appropriate curricula for K-12 students\u2014covering everything from safe and unsafe touches in early childhood to consent, coercion, and boundaries during critical teen years<\/p>\n<p>At the adult level, we train organizations to prevent abuse and support survivors effectively.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pcc-cat-categories\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pcc-cat-category\" id=\"pcc-category-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pcc-cat-cards\" role=\"list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"pcc-cat-card\" role=\"listitem\" id=\"pcc-card-0-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pcc-cat-card__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/kerengendefoundation.org\/staging\/8156\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Rectangle-3_2-032-scaled.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"girl pushing friend on swing\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t width=\"2560\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t height=\"1920\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t decoding=\"async\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pcc-cat-card__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"pcc-cat-card__h4\">Youth Programming<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pcc-cat-card__desc pcc-cat-prose\"><p>Equipping youth to recognize and prevent child sexual abuse and human trafficking, fostering safer communities &#8211; because we are Stronger Together.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pcc-cat-card__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"btn btn--prog-callout\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/kerengendefoundation.org\/staging\/8156\/workshops-adult-youth\/#youth\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_self\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa-regular fa-arrow-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"pcc-cat-card\" role=\"listitem\" id=\"pcc-card-0-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pcc-cat-card__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/kerengendefoundation.org\/staging\/8156\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Rectangle-3_3-033-scaled.png\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"people in an in-person seminar watching a video\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t width=\"2560\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t height=\"1920\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t decoding=\"async\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pcc-cat-card__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"pcc-cat-card__h4\">Adult Programming<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pcc-cat-card__desc pcc-cat-prose\"><p>Educating adults, organizations, and communities because \u201cit\u2019s all of our business\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>As adults, it\u2019s easy to think, \u201cThat\u2019s not my business.\u201d But when it comes to preventing abuse and supporting survivors, it\u2019s all of our business.<\/p>\n<p>At the community level, we provide training for schools, nonprofits, law enforcement, faith-based groups, and healthcare systems to prevent abuse and strengthen support for survivors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pcc-cat-card__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"btn btn--prog-callout\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/kerengendefoundation.org\/staging\/8156\/workshops-adult-youth\/#adult\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_self\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa-regular fa-arrow-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"pcc-cat-callout-wrap krn-band--medium align wp-block-acf-programming-category-callout\">\n\t<div class=\"pcc-cat-section\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pcc-cat-categories\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pcc-cat-category\" id=\"pcc-category-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pcc-cat-category__intro\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"pcc-cat-category__h3\">Direct Support for Youth Survivors &amp; Their Families<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pcc-cat-category__lead pcc-cat-prose\"><p>Kerengende Foundation supports youth survivors of child sexual abuse and human trafficking and their families by providing trauma-informed case management for youth survivors, a support group for non-offending caregivers, and emergency assistance. We also connect families with partner organizations and therapists for additional care.<\/p>\n<p><em>Kerengende is dedicated to eliminating barriers to care. All services are provided at no cost to families.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pcc-cat-category\" id=\"pcc-category-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pcc-cat-category__intro\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"pcc-cat-category__h3\">Direct Services for Youth<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pcc-cat-cards\" role=\"list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"pcc-cat-card\" role=\"listitem\" id=\"pcc-card-1-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pcc-cat-card__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/kerengendefoundation.org\/staging\/8156\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rectangle-3_5-007.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"Case Management\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t width=\"1920\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t height=\"1440\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t decoding=\"async\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pcc-cat-card__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"pcc-cat-card__h4\">Case Management<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pcc-cat-card__desc pcc-cat-prose\"><p>We provide case management for youth survivors of child sexual abuse and\/or human trafficking at our office in Belleville. Our focus is on ensuring safety, identifying needs, and connecting clients to resources. We collaborate with partners to offer seamless, coordinated support for survivors and their families.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pcc-cat-card__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"btn btn--prog-callout\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/kerengendefoundation.org\/staging\/8156\/contact-us\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_self\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tContact Us to Learn More\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa-regular fa-arrow-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"pcc-cat-card\" role=\"listitem\" id=\"pcc-card-1-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pcc-cat-card__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/kerengendefoundation.org\/staging\/8156\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rectangle-3_4-006-scaled-1.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"Therapy\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t width=\"2560\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t height=\"2024\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t decoding=\"async\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pcc-cat-card__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"pcc-cat-card__h4\">Therapy<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pcc-cat-card__desc pcc-cat-prose\"><p>For needs beyond our services, Kerengene helps cover costs for youth survivors on a case-by-case basis through our network of partner therapists, ensuring access to specialized support.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pcc-cat-card__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"btn btn--prog-callout\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/kerengendefoundation.org\/staging\/8156\/contact-us\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_self\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tContact Us to Learn More\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa-regular fa-arrow-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pcc-cat-category\" id=\"pcc-category-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pcc-cat-category__intro\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"pcc-cat-category__h3\">Direct Services for Adults<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pcc-cat-cards\" role=\"list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"pcc-cat-card\" role=\"listitem\" id=\"pcc-card-2-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pcc-cat-card__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/kerengendefoundation.org\/staging\/8156\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-kanishka-madushan-415994588-17010855.webp\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"many hands holding one another in a circle\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t width=\"1500\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t height=\"1000\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t decoding=\"async\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pcc-cat-card__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"pcc-cat-card__h4\">Non-Offending Caregiver Support<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pcc-cat-card__desc pcc-cat-prose\"><p>To support parents and guardians caring for youth survivors of child sexual abuse and\/or human trafficking, we offer a support group where non-offending caregivers can process 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