Safe Shores provides survivor-centered services and support for children affected by abuse in DC and works to end child abuse and neglect as the DC Chapter of Prevent Child Abuse America.
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- Building Blocks of Childhood: Key Lessons for GrownupsProtecting and caring about children means knowing the facts – the building blocks – about childhood and child development. The more that adults know and understand children, their behaviors, and their essential needs, the better we…
- Resolve to Make the World Better for Children – A Letter from our Executive DirectorBack in 2003 — 2003! — when I accepted the offer to serve as the Executive Director of Safe Shores – The DC Children’s Advocacy Center, I knew very little about the Child Advocacy Center model…
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Our Impact
In the past year, supporters helped Safe Shores serve the DC community, providing therapy, meals, emergency funds, and take-care bags.
In the past year, supporters helped Safe Shores:
Serve 1,018 Children and Adolescents
Serve 205 Meals in the Kids’ Café
Deliver 946 Therapy Sessions
Provide Emergency Victims Crisis Funds to 116 Families
Provide 270 Take-Care Bags from the Clothing Closet
Get Involved
Virtually tour our thoughtfully designed, child-friendly, victim-focused facility, meet our team, and learn more about Safe Shores.
Learn how to prevent, recognize and react responsibly to child sexual abuse.
Safe Shores’ services are available 24/7, 365 days a year. Join us and support child survivors of abuse year-round