Photo Essay: Jacob Wetterling Resource Center victim assistance specialist gives presentation at Fort McCoy

Photo By Scott Sturkol | Jane Straub, victim assistance specialist for the Jacob Wetterling Resource Center -- a program of the Gundersen National Child Protection Training Center -- in Minneapolis, gives a presentation April 2, 2019, during the April Awareness Kick-off event in building 60 at Fort McCoy, Wis. Fort McCoy observed a number of awareness months in April 2019. The Fort McCoy Sexual Harassment/Assault Response Prevention team, Family Advocacy Program, Exceptional Family Member Program, and Army Substance Abuse Program coordinated this special event to bring awareness to several of them: Alcohol Awareness, Autism Awareness, Child Abuse Prevention, and Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention months. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)  

FORT MCCOY, WI, UNITED STATES

04.19.2019

Story by Scott Sturkol                                                                                        

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

Jane Straub, victim assistance specialist for the Jacob Wetterling Resource Center -- a program of the Gundersen National Child Protection Training Center -- in Minneapolis, gave a presentation April 2, 2019, during the April Awareness Kick-off event in building 60 at Fort McCoy, Wis.

Fort McCoy observed a number of awareness months in April 2019.

The Fort McCoy Sexual Harassment/Assault Response Prevention team, Family Advocacy Program, Exceptional Family Member Program, and Army Substance Abuse Program coordinated this special event to bring awareness to several of them: Alcohol Awareness, Autism Awareness, Child Abuse Prevention, and Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention months.

The Jacob Wetterling Resource Center (JWRC) was founded in 1990 by Patty and Jerry Wetterling following their son's abduction near St. Joseph, Minn. The JWRC has a proven history of educating families and communities to prevent sexual exploitation and abductions of children.

The Jacob Wetterling Resource Center also provides victim assistance to families of the missing. They provide support, resources, referrals and advocacy for family members of missing or exploited children.

Fort McCoy has supported America’s armed forces since 1909.

The post’s varied terrain, state-of-the-art ranges, new as well as renovated facilities, and extensive support infrastructure combine to provide military personnel with an environment in which to develop and sustain the skills necessary for mission success.

Learn more about Fort McCoy online at www.mccoy.army.mil, on Facebook by searching “ftmccoy,” and on Twitter by searching “usagmccoy.”

• Date Taken: 04.19.2019
• Date Posted: 04.19.2019 12:29
• Story ID: 318816
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WI, US
• Hometown: MINNEAPOLIS, MN, US
• Hometown: ST. JOSEPH, MN, US