CAPS Holds Date Rape Workshop

Students at Garden City High School spent time learning about the issue of date/acquaintance rape when Child Abuse Prevention Services (CAPS), Long Island's leading organization dedicated to preventing child abuse and neglect, visited their school the week of December 3, 2007.

"Unfortunately, date rape is a crime that can occur among students in any neighborhood," said Alane Fagin, Executive Director of CAPS. "Educating students about the issue is the key to preventing such behavior, and Garden City High School deserves credit for recognizing that and playing an active role in working to keep every child safe from harm."

Professionally-trained volunteers from CAPS met with students at the school to present the two-session date/acquaintance rape prevention workshop. The program is designed to increase students' awareness of the issue and the laws surrounding it, to give them effective prevention strategies and to empower them to make healthier choices that can help reduce the incidence of date rape.

Thanks, in part, to a legislative grant from Senator Kemp Hannon, and the financial support of concerned members of the community, CAPS provides student-targeted programs to public and private schools free-of-charge. To date, over 500,000 Long Island students have participated.