THE JOSHUA FOUNDATION
The Joshua Foundation at P4C seeks to prevent sexual abuse of children and youth, and improve community responses through collaborative research, scholarship, and the sharing of findings and best practices.
About the Foundation
The Joshua Foundation at P4C is sustaining the original purpose of the Joshua endowment to prevent child sexual abuse. We aim to support 1) prevention –including communication and outreach to disseminate research findings and best practices, 2) research and scholarship, including support of students and faculty at the UW, and 3) collaboration and coordination of activities at the University and with the community. Consistent with the stated focus of the Joshua Foundation, funding will support activities which advance the prevention of child sexual abuse and help improve responses to child victims and adult survivors locally and globally.
Current Focus Areas
- Child sexual abuse and the child welfare system
- Prevention of commercial sexual exploitation of youth
Related Research & Reports
2023 Report Cards on Child & Youth Sex Trafficking
Shared Hope International is working to ensure all minor victims of sex trafficking have access to protective care and services that help survivors heal and rebuild their lives. They have created Report Cards on Child & Youth Sex Trafficking for all 50 states. This featured resource is the Washington State report card.
Visit our Related Research & Reports page to view additional documents.
Message from the Director
We are eager to integrate the Joshua Foundation with the activities of P4C and build upon the work of founding director, Jon Conte. Combining the Joshua Foundation and Partners for Our Children will amplify our impact. In particular, it will extend P4C’s research, policy advocacy, and system reform efforts to encompass prevention of child and youth sexual abuse.
– Emiko A. Tajima, Executive Director, Partners for Our Children
Background & History
The Joshua Center was founded in 2014 through the commitment of a donor survivor who passed away in 2018, leaving her vision to the University of Washington. The Joshua Foundation continues the legacy of this donor, who chose to remain unnamed, but who chose the name, Joshua for the Foundation. Like the Joshua tree, or Yucca palm tree, the donor believed the name Joshua represented perseverance, leadership, and resilience. As the donor described her own life journey, it included discovering the power of education as well as her own strength and resilience. The donor was fortunate to have had an employer who believed in her potential and paid for her education. Attending university at a time when most women were directed into careers as secretaries, nurses, and teachers, the donor instead studied business and accounting and became a successful entrepreneur. Committed to preventing sexual violence and supporting child and youth well-being, the donor helped found the Joshua Foundation to advance research, collaboration, and outreach with this vision in mind.
