PEI Kids is dedicated to promoting and maintaining a safe environment for all children. PEI Kids works with the child, family, and caregiver to provide prevention, intervention, and advocacy programs regarding personal safety, sexual abuse, and the overall well-being of the child. Our aspiration for the children of Mercer County is “Safe Kids. Sound Futures.”
Since 1985, PEI Kids has served the Greater Mercer County community with the mission of promoting and maintaining a safe environment for all children. PEI Kids began as Prevention Education, Inc., when our founders, who worked at a rape crisis center, discovered there were no prevention programs for children in Mercer County regarding child sexual abuse and child assault prevention. Among our initial successes was implementing one of the first Child Assault Prevention (CAP) projects in New Jersey, which the Governor’s Task Force on Preventing Child Abuse selected as the first primary prevention program in the State. Since that time, our services have expanded to include programs relating to personal safety, child sexual abuse prevention and counseling, school safety and bullying, anger management, juvenile intervention and gang prevention, and support services for children in foster care.
Originally staffed by two people, PEI Kids currently has nine full-time and 43 part-time staff members as well as an incredibly passionate Board of Trustees. PEI Kids also has strong working relationships with local law enforcement, government agencies, schools, universities, and other social service organizations.