Since Safe Shores will be moving near to our community, I thought it would be relevant to share some information about their program. It seems they are now housed at 300 E St NW.
via Safe Shores: Program Statistics.
Safe Shores 2008 Program Statistics
FORENSIC SERVICES PROGRAM
# of forensic interviews held
585
# of victims of alleged sexual abuse
321
# of victims of alleged physical abuse
107
# of interviews of child witnesses
107
# of other interviews (sibs, neglect vict., etc)
50
THERAPY PROGRAM
# of new patient intakes for therapy
55
# of children receiving immediate crisis intervention/consultation
63
# of parent consultations (crisis and non-crisis)
255
# of community consultations
210
# of hours provided for immediate crisis intervention/consultation
163
# of children receiving standardized testing
12
TEAM CASE REVIEW
# of new cases reviewed by the team
385
# of review cases reviewed by the team
1362
# of hours spent reviewing cases
72
VICTIM SERVICES
# of children served through the Youth Activity Program
847
# of children served through the Meal Fund program
837
# of children served through the Clothing Closet
348
# of Foster Care Takeaway bags distributed
307
# of children receiving Emergency Victim’s Crisis Fund
105
# of CVC referrals made to families
240
TEAM TRAINING
# of training hours attended by DCCAC Staff
739
# of hours of outside community training conducted by DCCAC Staff
25
# of community members receiving training
132
# of team members receiving professional development scholarships
20
One of the SMD Commissioners in Ward 2, for a SMD around or near the new Safe Shores facility, was stating that the facility will be a 24 hour facility that houses a small number of children. Has anyone been able to confirm this?