2012-2013
Georgia Organizations
Georgia Center for Child Advocacy – Statewide Sexual Abuse Prevention Initiative Regional Expansion
The Georgia Center for Child Advocacy (GCCA) provides services to child victims of severe physical abuse or sexual abuse, and for children traumatized by witnessing violence. The GCCA collaborates with medical staff, police, prosecutors, and therapists to aid in criminal investigations while also providing trauma focused therapy to the children and their non-offending family members. The Statewide Sexual Abuse Prevention Initiative provides sexual abuse prevention training to adults through the Stewards of Children program. The ultimate goal of the initiative is to train a large percentage of the adult population in order to keep children safe. HFC funds will support a second Regional Coordinator in West Virginia to coordinate and conduct training sessions.
www.georgiacenterforchildadvocacy.org
SafePath Children's Advocacy Center (CAC), Inc. – Intervention Support Services
SafePath CAC is a collaborative effort between therapists, medical staff, police, and prosecutors (the multi-disciplinary team) to serve child victims of sexual abuse, severe physical abuse, domestic violence, and sexual exploitation along with their non-offending caregivers. The Intervention Support Services program provides direct services, such as medical evaluations, forensic interviews, counseling, and expert court testimony, for abused and violence exposed children. The primary goal is to reduce trauma and increase well-being. HFC funds will support the Child and Family Aide.
www.safepath.org
Street GRACE, Inc. – Georgia Rotary Clubs Statewide Mentoring Expansion Collaboration
Street GRACE is a community-based nonprofit that works inclusively with other community partners to end commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC). The Georgia Rotary Clubs Statewide Mentoring Expansion project is a collaborative effort between Street GRACE and the Georgia Rotary Clubs to train and prepare teenage volunteers to mentor at-risk middle school youth who are vulnerable to commercial sexual exploitation. The primary goal is to prevent commercial sexual exploitation among at-risk youth. HFC funds will support CSES awareness presentations, the development of a youth-enrichment training curriculum, and Train the Trainer sessions for Rotarians.
www.streetgrace.org
Voice Today, Inc. – Create, Illustrate & Print Workbooks
Voice Today is a nonprofit organization that provides child sexual abuse awareness, prevention, and healing programs. The Workbooks project will create and publish workbooks for four new workshops: (1) Courage to Speak, (2) Intimacy, (3) The Divorce Dilemma, and (4) The Grooming Mystery. The workbooks will be used to increase awareness of child sexual abuse with the goal of promoting healing for abuse survivors. HFC funds will support the content development, illustration, and publication of the workbooks.
www.voicetoday.org
North Carolina and Tennessee Organizations
Dove House Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) – Dove House CAC
Dove House CAC is a child friendly facility that supports the investigation, prosecution and therapy of reported child sexual assault cases. The CAC houses a multi-disciplinary team of prosecutors, police, medical staff, and therapists that provide services such as forensic interviews, medical examinations, and mental health counseling. The primary goal of the CAC is to minimize the trauma of abuse for children and their non-offending caregivers. HFC funds will support the CAC’s operations and remodeling of office space for a mental health counselor.
www.dovehouse.us
Martha O'Bryan Center – Tied Together Parenting Initiative
The Martha O’Bryan Center is a family and community resource center based in one of Nashville’s oldest, largest, and poorest housing developments. The Tied Together Parenting Initiative is a parent education program designed to build on the strengths of vulnerable young families. The primary goal of the program is to prevent child abuse by educating parents to protect and nurture their children. HFC funds will be used to purchase a laptop and projector for presentations as well as for child abuse and neglect prevention materials for parents.
www.marthobryan.org
