Kids Golfing for Kids - August 9, 2010
Kids Golfing for Kids - August 9, 2010
Thank you to Walker Industries, presenting sponsor.
2010 Fundraising Campaign - Helping Victims Become Children Again
2010 Fundraising Campaign -
Helping Victims Become Children Again
Cogeco TV - Steve Sullivan Speech
Steve Sullivan, Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime - Speech, October 27, 2009 - TV COGECO
Partners
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Family and Children’s Services
Family and Children's Services Niagara is your local Children's Aid Society, serving Niagara since 1898. Mandated by the Child and Family Services Act to investigate the abuse and neglect of children and to provide protection, foster care and adoption services, FACS offers a wide range of programs to prevent and treat the problems of abuse and neglect and to support the children, youth and families of our community.
Niagara Regional Police Services
Facts and information related to the Niagara Regional Police Service.
Learn about their history, organizational structure, and more!
Family Counselling Centre Niagara
The Family Counselling Centre offers counselling services to individuals, couples and families at several locations in the Niagara region. We employ qualified, experienced counsellors with the expertise to address personal, relationship and other troubling issues like depression, anger, stress, grief, parenting, trauma or violence. We provide confidential counselling services and are fully accredited by Family Service Ontario
Canadian Red Cross
For more than 70 years, the Canadian Red Cross has been providing in-home community services to help individuals in Ontario live as independently as possible. The services, now expanded to Atlantic Canada, enhance people's well-being and dignity, be they frail or elderly, children at risk, people with disabilities or palliative patients.
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Helping Victims Become Children Again 2010 Fundraising Campaign
Abuse steals innocence and trust.
Your donation helps us
- Maintain a private and safe
environment that is child-focused.
- Provide a caring, multi-disciplinary
team of professionals.
- Reduce personal and societal costs
associated with child abuse.
“Child Advocacy Centre
Niagara provides support, care, and compassion to the most vulnerable members of
our society during extremely stressful times. The Centre represents
another example of Niagara’s commitment to children who often do not have the
opportunity to share their own voice. As a mother, grandmother,
paediatrician and the region’s Medical Officer of Health, I honour the work of
the Centre.”
About Us
The Need in Niagara
History
Before the CACN’s existence, children were required to repeat the details of their abuse numerous times, through interviews that could involve child protection workers, police officers, medical and mental health professionals, prosecutors and others. The trauma of visiting different professional offices and people creates a lasting, negative impact.
Modelled after more than 900 similar centres located throughout the United States, Child Advocacy Centre Niagara represents a co-operative effort among child protective agencies.
From the start, the Centre’s goal was to create a child-focussed, child friendly environment where sexually and physically abused children receive the caring and timely response they deserve.
Bringing the Centre to Niagara was a community-driven initiative that began in 1998. Early, strong support from Niagara leaders and fundraising volunteers achieved $750,000 from Niagara communities towards a capital campaign. The existing building on 8 Forster Street, St. Catharines was purchased and renovated. Operations began in September 2008.
We provide a friendly, caring team of professionals that work together to serve the best interests of the child. The Centre provides a welcoming, private atmosphere where interviews take place.
Fast Facts
- $3.6 billion – the estimated direct costs of child sexual abuse in Canada (1995)
- Immeasurable - the indirect costs. The long term consequences of abuse may include substance abuse, teen pregnancy, welfare and mental health service requirements, homelessness and criminal behaviour.
- 708 reported cases of physical abuse and 343 cases of sexual child abuse in Niagara municipalities (2006-2007) – FACS
- Improvements to the system (U.S.):
- 12 month reduction from disclosure to trial (from 18 to 6 months)
- Increasing the conviction rate for child abusers by 30 per cent
