About MBF
The Monique Burr Foundation for Children
A Legacy of Child Abuse Prevention & Advocacy
The Monique Burr Foundation for Children (MBF) was founded in 1997 by Jacksonville’s Edward E. Burr on the one-year anniversary of his wife Monique’s passing to honor her legacy and continue her commitment to protecting and advocating for children.
In its early years, the Monique Burr Foundation focused on fundraising and awarding grants to other nonprofit organizations, primarily to support child abuse prevention and youth-protection initiatives. As we deepened our understanding of how to make the greatest impact, our approach evolved. We shifted our focus from funding external programs to developing our own prevention education initiatives—leading to the creation of MBF Child Safety Matters®. This marked a significant step in our mission, enabling us to directly educate and empower children to stay safe.
While our strategies have adapted over the past 29 years, our mission has never wavered: to protect children by providing effective, evidence-based prevention education. Research consistently shows that child victimization can be prevented through education. That’s why we developed MBF Prevention Education Programs—to equip children and the adults in their lives with the knowledge and tools to prevent, recognize, and respond appropriately to physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, neglect, exploitation, bullying, cyberbullying, human trafficking, digital abuse, and other online dangers.
Today, MBF is recognized as a national leader in prevention education, helping to create safer communities and a brighter future for youth throughout the United States and across the world.
MBF Prevention Education Programs
MBF Prevention Education Programs are comprehensive, evidence-based/trauma-informed programs based on polyvictimization research. All programs teach universal safety strategies and address child abuse (physical, emotional, sexual, and neglect), bullying, cyberbullying, digital dangers, exploitation, teen dating violence, and trafficking in a fun and engaging way.
Program Features & Benefits:
- Easy for schools/organizations to implement.
- Age and developmentally appropriate for youth.
- Evidence-based/trauma-informed, incorporate social-emotional learning competencies, and provide skills practice opportunities for youth.
- Helps schools/organizations meet required bullying, child safety, child abuse, dating violence, and trafficking prevention requirements (i.e. Erin’s Law).
- Created, reviewed, and supported by national prevention and education experts.
MBF programs are trusted and supported by thousands of schools, after-school programs and youth-sports organizations and have been delivered to millions of students in the U.S. and internationally — 42 states and six countries!
To learn more about MBF Programs, please visit www.mbfpreventioneducation.org.