5 Pageviews Read Stories
Causes: Human Services, Victims Services
Mission: Provide a state-wide collaboration with the friends of the children's justice centers to support and enhance the mission of the cjc program. To assist the cjc program in providing better outcomes for the child abuse victims and their families and to minimize their trauma.
Programs: Assisted with the coordination of specialized training for cjc staff and multi-disciplinary team partners, including the police, prosecutors and child welfare services. This included enhancing the skills of professionals who interview children regarding abuse as well as enhancing the skills of victim advocates who provide crisis interpretation services to clients. In addition, the organization assisted with coordination of child abuse and sexual assault community awareness activities. The organization also manages the federal grants.