 Since its founding in 1959 by Sara O' Meara and Yvonne Fedderson, Childhelp has become one of the United States' oldest and largest national nonprofits dedicated to the treatment and prevention of child abuse and neglect.
Childhelp offers help to abused children and their families across the U.S., its territories and Canada through the National Child Abuse Hotline, 1-800-4-A-CHILD®. Child abuse prevention, education and training programs are being taught in schools across the country through our Good-Touch/Bad-Touch® curriculum.
State-of-the-art treatment programs including residential treatment facilities, therapeutic group and foster homes and child advocacy centers located in several regions across the United States. Facilities are located in Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Michigan, Tennessee and Virginia.
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Virginia
11230 Waples Mill Road
Suite 105
Fairfax, VA 22030
Phn: (703)208-1500
Fax: (703)208-1540 Alice C. Tyler Village Childhelp
Virginia provides services throughout Virginia and the National Capital
region, including: abuse prevention education for children, teens,
parents and professionals; assessment, investigation, intervention and
outpatient treatment of suspected abuse; residential treatment for severely abused, neglected and at risk children ages five through 14. |
Tennessee
2505 Kingston Pike
Knoxville, Tennessee 37919
Telephone: (865) 637-1753
Fax: (865) 544-7150
Based in Knoxville, Tennessee, Childhelp Tennessee is a
regional branch of Childhelp. Since its founding in 1959 by Sara O'
Meara and Yvonne Fedderson, Childhelp has become one of the United
States' oldest and largest national nonprofits dedicated to the
treatment and prevention of child abuse and neglect.
In addition to the Chidhelp’s Children's Center of East
Tennessee, Childhelp Tennessee operates the Childhelp Foster Family
Agency of East Tennessee, and provides Mobile Advocacy Services to the
counties of East Tennessee who need expert medical examinations for
child abuse victims. More Tennessee Programs and Services |
Michigan21455 Melrose Avenue Building R Suite 1 Southfield MI, 48075 phone: (248) 353-0921 fax: (248) 353-0922
Based in Southfield, Michigan, Childhelp provides prevention, intervention and treatment services to youth and their families in Southeast Michigan. In response to one of the most pressing needs in Michigan, Childhelp offers general, specialized and therapeutic foster care for children ages 10-17 and volunteer mentors for children ages 10-18. Please contact us to find out about our programs, services and outreach. More Michigan Programs and Services |
Group Homes
Childhelp operates community-based group homes in Southern
California and Virginia. Childhelp staff provide residential treatment
to a small number of children in a setting less restrictive than the
residential treatment facilities (villages).
The group
homes provide an intensive level of supervision and therapeutic
services in order to prepare children for the transition to
non-institutional care in foster homes, adoptive homes or the home of
their family or relatives.
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Georgia P.O. Box 1960
659 Henderson Drive, Suite H
Cartersville, Georgia 30120
Telephone: (800) 245-1527
Fax: (770) 607-9600
Email: support@good touchbadtouch.com Good-Touch/Bad-Touch®, created to prevent sexual abuse and molestation, is recognized as the premier product for schools to educate children, teachers and administrators on the prevention of sexual abuse. It is also widely appreciated as comprehensive abuse prevention including information on physical, emotional abuse and neglect, bullying prevention, Internet safety, bystander training, stranger danger safety. Its development began in 1983, was validated as effective prevention / education in 1988, and has served over 5500 professionals. Additionally, it has provided educational materials to parents of the hundreds of thousands of children taught in the program. Although based in Cartersville, Georgia, Good-Touch/Bad-Touch® is used in communities everywhere. |
California
Childhelp has a long history of making a difference in the lives of abused and neglected children in California:
In
1978, Childhelp developed a residential treatment facility exclusively
for severely abused children—The Childhelp Merv Griffin Village in Beaumont,
California. Along with its excellent therapeutic programs, the village
incorporated innovative programs such as art and animal assisted
therapy. More than 20 years later, it continues to serve as a model for
rehabilitating the lives of abused and neglected children ages 5
through 14. In addition to The Childhelp Merv Griffin Village,
Childhelp California operates three smaller residential community group
homes and a foster family agency. Children under the care of Childhelp
benefit from a continuum of care ranging from intensive therapeutic
treatment to family stabilization. The integration of these programs
allows for close monitoring of a child's progress and development to
ensure the most successful outcome. More California Programs and Services |
Arizona
2346 N. Central Ave.
Phoenix, Arizona 85004-1329
Telephone: (602) 271-4500
Fax: (602) 282-0102
Since
its founding in 1959 by Sara O' Meara and Yvonne Fedderson, Childhelp
has become one of the United States' oldest and largest national
nonprofits dedicated to the treatment and prevention of child abuse and
neglect. Arizona is home to the Childhelp National Headquarters, as
well as:
The Childhelp Children's Center of Arizona (Phoenix)
The
center, which opened in 1998, utilizes a highly effective, one-stop
approach to the investigation and treatment of child abuse. The
child-friendly environment and team approach with law enforcement,
medical and mental health professionals, and child protective services
officials, increases efficiency while minimizing the trauma to the
child.
Childhelp Children's Mobile Advocacy Center of Northern Arizona
A
partnership with Safe Child Center at Flagstaff Medical Center, the
Childhelp Children's Mobile Advocacy Center of Northern Arizona
provides a variety of services to abused children in rural and tribal
communities. The first of its kind in Arizona, the mobile center offers
one-stop multidisciplinary services at selected locations in
Northeastern Arizona, reducing investigation time and trauma for abuse
victims and their non-offending family members.
More Arizona Programs and Services |
ColoradoThe Childhelp® River Bridge Center
520 21st Street
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601
Telephone: (970) 945-5195
Fax: (970) 947-9187 The Colorado center, which opened in 2007 offers an array of child abuse prevention and education programs for children, families, and professionals who work with children. The center provides opportunities for cross-agency consultation and continuing education for professionals in child abuse-related fields (available to community professionals, as well as the on-site staff.) The center also utilizes a highly effective, one-stop approach to the investigation and treatment of child abuse. The child-friendly environment and team approach with law enforcement, medical and child protective services officials, increases efficiency while minimizing the trauma to the child. More Colorado programs and services |
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