Healing the Pain
… for children who’ve already suffered the pain of physical or sexual abuse, neglect, or abandonment.
CHS provides safety, shelter, love, guidance and counseling to help innocent youth work through the tragedies that brought them into our care.
Many first receive help at our Child Advocacy Center as our team of medical, legal and social service professionals delicately investigates allegations of abuse and works with victims and non-offending family members to begin the healing process and prevent such a tragedy from ever again occurring.
Some children, victimized by their own parents, find safety in our emergency shelters or residential group homes, where they become part of a large lively “family” cared for and nurtured by devoted staff members; others later join loving foster families and for the first time understand the meaning of family.
While the outer scars begin to heal, CHS provides therapy and support to help heal the inner scars, to help children conquer the demons that have threatened their security for too long. And for families determined to bring their children back home safely, CHS provides individualized case planning, encouragement and guidance so parents can safely nurture their children; while they work through their case plans, families visit together in our friendly, home-like Family Visitation Centers, strengthening the bond and building the trust necessary to heal the pain.