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Our Mission Our mission is to provide support for abused children and promote public awareness and education on the issues of child abuse. Our Services Some of the services we provide are listed below. Please feel free to contact us via the information posted in our Contact us section.


Services List Promote public awareness and education on the issues of child abuse. Provide weekly support groups for abused children. Provide networking and resource referral, correlate with other groups to provide needed services. Toll-free hotline. Develop and implement a program for children’s legal advocates to argue the child’s position with their best interest at heart (a given for adults). This program will enhance the current guardian ad litem program, which assesses and recommends to the court the child’s best interests. Legal advocates will be trained in both child development and the law. Task force to create a universal test to be used nation wide to determine the best interests of the child. Currently there are no universal guidelines for this. Provide a shelter for victims of sexual abuse. This shelter will have family accommodations to enable the children/victims to maintain contact and support from their non-abusing family members. Provide a safe haven for crisis intervention to protect children from further abuse. Provide assistance to clients in navigating the legal system (adult’s roles and responsibilities, recourse, and their rights). Provide ongoing services (12-18 months) to ensure future protection and aid in the child’s advocacy and support. Provide transportation of clients to related services/needs outside the shelter location (therapy, court, medical, etc.)