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HEDGE FUNDS CARE AND/OR HELP FOR CHILDREN CREATED BY EVAN KATZ

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HEDGE FUNDS CAREAND/OR

HELP FOR CHILDREN

CREATED BYEVAN KATZ

Hedge Funds Care, also known as HelpFor Children (HFC),

is an international charity,supported largely by the hedge fund

industry,whose sole mission is preventing and

treating child abuse.

HFC has 2 goals:

GOAL #1To raise as much money as possible

to fund the programs that do thepreventing and treating.

GOAL #2To showcase the

philanthropy of the hedgefund and finance industries.

This mission isaccomplished by raisingmoney and granting it to

child welfare organizationsthroughout the United

States, Canada, theCayman Islands, and the

United Kingdom.

Money raised is distributedlocally to community-basednonprofit organizations that

address child abuse in thefollowing 6 ways:

1. EDUCATION (PRIMARY PREVENTION) toenhance awareness and understanding of

abuse and neglect for children, parents, andprofessionals in the community

2. PREVENTIONservices to at-

risk children andfamilies

3. INTERVENTIONS for children who havebeen physically or sexually abused and

support services to non-offending familymembers

4. RESEARCH on best practices in child welfare

5. ADVOCACY to improvechild welfare

6. TRAINING to equipparaprofessionals and

professionals to providechild abuse preventionand treatment services