The SAFEchild Advocacy Center
...building a future by healing the present
In the 18 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 houses the interdisciplinary team needed to treat, investigate and prosecute cases of abuse.
The SAFEchild Advocacy Center is 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.
The SAFEchild Center eases 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 is loacted at 2815 Kidd Road and saw its first appointments on November 1, 2010.. For more information about how you can make the Center successful please email Cristin DeRonja, Director at 919-231-5515 or email her at cderonja@safechildnc.org.