The SAFEchild Advocacy Center
...building a future by healing the present
In the 17 years since being established, SAFEchild has become a highly effective, highly respected non-profit that has helped children, caregivers and families learn how to create healthy, nurturing home environments free from abuse and neglect.
The name SAFEchild means Stop Abuse for Every Child, and we are continuing to make progress toward that goal every day.
In order to realize our vision of eliminating child abuse in Wake County, it is time for us to take on new responsibilities that will expand the care we are able to offer children and families. The time is right for us to establish the SAFEchild Center; a child-focused, child-friendly facility that will house the interdisciplinary team needed to treat, investigate and prosecute cases of abuse.
Imagine this: a warm, welcoming center where children who have been sexually or physically abused come to talk with caring professionals who help them with physical and psychological healing, and help them navigate the legal system that involves police, district attorneys and courts. All the services that the young victims and their families need would be housed under one roof.
Currently there is no central location that provides all the resources and support services needed so desperately by children and families who are victims of abuse. The SAFEchild Center will ease the amount of stress a family endures when they have to go to a variety of locations to seek the medical evaluation, treatment, and legal investigation that are all part of an abuse assessment. But more importantly, the SAFEchild Center will prevent children being re-traumatized due to multiple interviews conducted by different agencies.
Collaborating partners include child protective services, the district attorney’s office, all Wake County law enforcement entities, Wake Med, other areas hospitals and non profit agencies, and others who are committed to the well being of children.
The Center will be housed in a small house on Kidd Road and should be open by July 1, 2010. For more information about how you can make the Center successful please email Marjorie Menestres at 743-6140 or email her at mmenestres@safechildnc.org
The SAFEchild Center Wish-list
Office furniture
lamps, sofa
tables and chairs
file cabinets
Office supplies
notepads
pens, pencils
files
pendaflex folders
staplers
markers
easels
easel pads
paper clips
Calendars
bulletin boards
in/out of office wall hanging
Computers w/Windows 7
table top
lap top
monitors --- 15” to 19” flat screen
Laser Printers
Copier
Postage machine
Rugs
Outdoor Porch Furniture
Landscaping
Shelves for books and toys
Television with DVD Player
DVD player
Children’s DVD’s
Forensic Interview Equipment
Video Camera
Mounting hardware
Waiting Room Supplies
children’s magazine subscriptions
Toys, dolls, arts and craft supplies and stuffed animals for children ages infants through 13
Racks to hold brochures about community resources
Child friendly art work
Outdoor sign with name of center for the front of the center
Kitchen Supplies
Healthy snack foods and drinks
Refrigerator (35”w x 25”d x 70” h)
Coffee pot
Paper Products
Changing Table
Playground Equipment
Crib/Port-a-crib