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Causes: Child Abuse Prevention, Children & Youth, Crime & Law, Domestic Violence, Foster Care
Mission: Our Mission: "To advocate for and provide the resources, skills, and shelter to alleviate abuse through prevention and intervention for all children and their families."
Target demographics: We are a child advocay center helping children & families
Direct beneficiaries per year: over 14,000
Geographic areas served: Manatee County Florida
Programs: CS provides two types of programs: prevention and intervention. Prevention programs include: in-home, individualized parenting educational services, group parenting classes, kinship support services, self-esteem programs, court school, personal safety programs and sexual violence prevention programs. Intervention programs include: emergency shelter, residential group care and activities inherent in investigations of allegations of physical and sexual child abuse. MCS also provides trauma focused counseling to victims and their families.