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- EIN 94-2411924
- 2101 Van Ness St San Pablo CA 94806-3622 USA
- www.cvsolutions.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Crime & Law, Mental Health, Mental Health & Crisis Intervention, Sexual Abuse Prevention, Sexual Assault Services
Mission: Cvs is dedicated to working to end sexual assault and family violence through prevention, crisis services, and treatment.
Programs: Rape crisis center operates the 24 hour crisis interventioin hotline and crisis center and responds to more than 1,300 requests for help each year. Staff and volunteers are on call to provide support on a 24/7 basis. The sexual assault response team provides leadership to a multidisciplinary team of responders - collaborating with a pool of specially trained, on-call, sexual assault nurse examiners who respond to the immediate medical needs of victims.
childrens interview center is a safe place where children are brought by law enforcement for a forensic interview in order to determine if they victims of sexual abuse. The center is a collaborative effort inclluding the county ehs department, health services dept, district attorneys office and law enforcement.
differential response is a strategy that creates a new intake and service delivery structure that allows a child welfare service (cws) agency to respond in a more flexible manner to reports of child abuse or neglect. The cws response is a customized approach based on an assessment of safety, risk, and protective capacity as well as the ascertainment of facts to determine the strengths and needs of the child and his or her family.