Editing Project Prevention (section)

{{Short description|American non-profit organization}}
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| name                     = Project Prevention
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| founded_date             = 1997
| founder                  = Barbara Harris
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| key_people               = Barbara Harris
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| focus                    = Charity
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| website                  = {{URL|https://projectprevention.org/}}
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'''Project Prevention''' (formerly '''Children Requiring a Caring Kommunity''' or '''CRACK''') is an American [[non-profit organization]] that pays [[drug addict]]s cash for volunteering for long-term [[birth control]], including [[Human sterilization (surgical procedure)|sterilization]]. Originally based in California and now based in North Carolina, the organization began operating in the United Kingdom in 2010. The organization offers US$300 (£200 in the UK) to each participant. Barbara Harris founded the organization in 1997 after she and her husband adopted the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth child of a drug-addicted mother.<ref name="Gostin">{{Cite web |last=Gostin |first=Nicki |date=2011-03-24 |title=Barbara Harris on Adopting Drug-Addicted Babies and Why She Started Project Prevention |url=http://www.parentdish.com/2011/03/24/barbara-harris-project-prevention/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110908143221/http://www.parentdish.com/2011/03/24/barbara-harris-project-prevention/ |archive-date=2011-09-08 |access-date=2024-11-09 |website=ParentDish}}</ref> As of July 2024, the organization had paid 8,122 people.<ref name="statistics">{{Cite web |title=Statistics |url=http://projectprevention.org/statistics/ |access-date=2024-11-09 |website=projectprevention.org}}</ref>