At CYT, students are afforded the opportunities to grow in areas like confidence both on and off the stage.  Why wouldn’t we use that as a springboard to give them life skills that will serve and protect them within our walls and as they leave us?  That is where Kidpower comes in. We have created and produced weekly videos for students and training videos for leaders to help facilitate "people safety" skills at CYT. 
With the help of partners in the Christian camp space, we have developed a system of assessing all venues that CYT Branches use for programming for vulnerabilities or threats to the safety of our CYT communities. 
Protect my ministry is faith-based consumer reporting agency that we have partnered with to conduct child abuse awareness training for CYT employees, contractors, board members, and volunteers.  All adults at CYT need to go through this process along with background checks and signing the appropriate commitment to character document (employee or volunteer) in order to participate with CYT.
A toll-free telephone number (1-855-222-0283) and website www.lighthouse-services.com/cyt have been set up for any local CYT participants, volunteers, or employees to report concerns. This confidential number and website is staffed by a third-party firm and will report any concerns to the CYT Inc Staff and Board of Directors.

The National Child Abuse Hotline (1-800-4-A-CHILD) is dedicated to the prevention of child abuse.  The hotline offers crisis intervention, information, and referrals to thousands of emergency, social service, and support resources. All calls, texts, and chats are confidential.

The health and safety of every CYT participant is paramount to us.  To help us with this, please click the link below to review resources on topics including abuse reporting and suicide prevention, and do not hesitate to reach out to a staff member with any concerns.  Emails sent to communityfeedback@cytsantacruz.org will be reviewed by the Artistic Director, Managing Director and the Board of Directors.
Reporting Resources