Child Abuse is Real
Safe Shores — The DC Children’s Advocacy Center is here to stop abuse and help child victims heal.
Intervention. Prevention. Hope. Healing.
As Washington DC’s only Children’s Advocacy Center, Safe Shores provides vital services to child victims of abuse and works to create a safer world for all children.
We connect children and families to everything from medical services to financial resources, specialized therapy, and legal advocacy, all designed around each child’s unique needs.
Child Abuse is Preventable
A community of informed, prepared, and brave adults is what keeps kids safe. As the DC Chapter of Prevent Child Abuse America, Safe Shores offers free trainings with practical actions you can take to answer questions, reinforce healthy boundaries, and interact with children in safe, respectful ways.
Tour Safe Shores
Join us for Coffee for Kids to tour our child friendly and victim-focused facility, meet our team, and learn firsthand how Safe Shores keeps children at the center of everything we do. With tours offered both in-person and virtually, you can learn more from wherever you are located. Sign up today.
Upcoming Events
What We’ve Been Up To
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Safe Shores’ Forensic Services Program Published in The APSAC Advisor Journal
As the DC Children’s Advocacy Center, Safe Shores’ purpose is to uphold the Children’s Advocacy Center Model. Before the CAC Model was created, child victims of abuse would have had to tell their story numerous times to doctors, detectives, lawyers, therapists and more, retraumatizing the child in the process. The CAC model ensures that those…
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Pack2School is Back for 2026
It’s Pack2School time! Even as we all enjoy popsicles and longer days, Safe Shores – The DC Children’s Advocacy Center is working to ensure that the children we serve have the learning tools they need to flourish in the 2026-27 school year. Together, with you and supporters like you, we’ll make sure that more than 200…
Our Impact
Since 1995, Safe Shores has offered intervention, prevention, hope, and healing for children in D.C. Below is a glimpse of our impact over the last fiscal year.
Intervention
1,400 children and teens affected by abuse, trauma, and violence were served in 2025.
Prevention
1,693 adults were trained to recognize and react to child abuse in 2025.
Hope
249 families and 173 teens were given transitional clothing, meals, and/or financial assistance in 2025.
Healing
1,434 therapy sessions were delivered in 2025.
Help Us Be There, Always
Your support provides free, life-changing services to DC’s children – 24/7, 365 days a year.
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