Abuse and Neglect

Support Center for Child Advocates

The Support Center for Child Advocates, founded in 1977, is the country's oldest and largest pro bono legal and social services agency for children. Their mission is to advocate for abused and neglected children in Philadelphia, with the goal of securing a permanent, nurturing environment for every child. The Support Center for Child Advocates...

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World Childhood Foundation USA

World Childhood Foundation’s work is aimed at the most marginalized children, the ones most often ignored and forgotten. Childhood focuses especially on girls and the main target groups are street children, children living in institutions, young mothers and sexually abused children. Childhood was founded in 1999 by Her Majesty Queen Silvia of...

Chadwick Center for Children and Families

They will promote the health and well-being of abused and traumatized children and their families. They will accomplish this through excellence and leadership in evaluation, treatment, prevention, education, advocacy, and research. Vision: To create a world where children and families are healthy and free from abuse and neglect.

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Alliance for Children

Alliance For Children, a nonprofit organization, operates three child friendly centers in Tarrant County, located in Arlington, Fort Worth, and Hurst. Within each of the centers, detectives and Child Protective Services investigators work together to protect the child victim. As a team they piece together what has happened and take steps to ensure...

Children’s Center of southwest Missouri

Children’s Center is a not-for-profit agency which serves southwest Missouri children who are severely physically abused or sexually abused. Facilities are located in Joplin, Monett, and Nevada. The mission of Children’s Center is to reduce the trauma of children who have been abused by facilitating a multi-disciplinary response. Past experience...

Applied Behavior Consultants, Inc. (ABC)

Applied Behavior Consultants, Inc. (ABC) is a human services agency that is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for people with developmental disabilities and learning disorders. ABC's commitment in the delivery of services is to act with compassion, work from a team approach, and provide what is in the self-interest of every individual and...

National Foundation for Abused and Neglected Children (NFANC)

Created in 1992, the National Foundation for Abused and Neglected Children (NFANC) is a nonprofit tax-exempt [501(c)(3)] organization dedicated to the prevention of child abuse and neglect. Other activities include improving the administration of juvenile justice in America. The organization's principal mission is to enable people to prevent crime...

CornerHouse

CornerHouse was founded in 1989 as a private, non-profit organization in public-private partnership with Hennepin County Attorney's Office, the Minneapolis Police Department, the Hennepin County Sheriff's Department, suburban Hennepin County police departments, Hennepin County Human Services and Public Health Department, Hennepin County Medical...

The Bridge Children's Advocacy Center

The Bridge is a comprehensive, child-focused program that offers a highly effective, one-stop approach to child abuse investigation. The facility allows law enforcement, child protective services professionals, prosecutors and the medical and mental health communities to work together to assist child victims in a comprehensive and cohesive manner...

ICAN National Center on Child Fatality Review

NCFR’s Mission is accomplished through the establishment, support and expansion of a national network of multi-agency, multi-disciplinary, local, regional and state Child Fatality Review Teams. Child death review began in Los Angeles County with the work of Michael Durfee M.D. In 1978, the LA County Interagency Council on Child Abuse and Neglect (...

The Leadership Council

The Leadership Council is a nonprofit independent scientific organization composed of respected scientists, clinicians, educators, legal scholars, journalists, and public policy analysts. Their mission is to promote the ethical application of psychological science to human welfare. They are committed to providing professionals and laypersons with...

American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children

The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children is the leading national organization supporting professionals who serve children and families affected by child maltreatment and violence. As a multidisciplinary group of professions, APSAC achieves its mission in a number of ways, most notably through expert training and educational...

New York State Child Advocacy Resource and Consultation Center

The New York State Child Advocacy Resource and Consultation Center (CARCC), a program of Safe Horizon, was established in April, 1996 through a grant from the New York State Office of Children and Family Services. CARCC's mission is to work with Multidisciplinary Teams and Child Advocacy Centers throughout New York State to promote and enhance...

Coalition Against Child Abuse & Neglect (CCAN)

The Coalition Against Child Abuse & Neglect (CCAN) was born in February 1979, in recognition that a formal organization needed to go public with its concerns and take the lead in fighting child abuse, educating the community and ensuring that the needs of every victim were being addressed. Early efforts of the then-Nassau Coalition on Child...

The Children's Advocacy Center

The Children's Advocacy Center is a non-profit corporation that provides abused children with a warm and non-threatening environment in which they can feel safe to talk about their abuse. The Advocacy Center serves: Child victims of physical and sexual abuse Child witnesses of violent crime Non-offending family members At-risk children and...