Child sexual abuse is one of the most devastating violations a child can endure, and part of why bipartisan action in 2020 allocated research funding to prevent and understand abuse through the Division of Violence Prevention in the CDC’s Center for Injury Prevention and Control. But on April 1, virtually all of these staff were placed on administrative leave without explaining who will administer the existing funds and whether future funding is threatened. Center faculty Warren Binford, JD and her colleagues weigh in on the need to protect this funding and our children.