Foundation Teams Up with Children's Hospital for Telethon

June 6, 2004—Children's National Medical Center (Children's Hospital) received a grant from the Freddie Mac Foundation to continue to provide aid to abused and neglected children at the hospital's Freddie Mac Foundation's Child and Adolescent Protection Center (CAP-Center). The Foundation gave the grant during WUSA Channel 9's Miracle Network Telethon in Washington, DC, which benefits the hospital. Freddie Mac and Foundation volunteers were also on hand to work the phone banks.

Dean Klein, community relations manager, Freddie Mac Foundation tells Jennifer Ryan, news anchor, Channel 9 about the Foundation’s commitment to Children’s Hospital as Freddie Mac volunteers work the phone banks during the Children’s Miracle Network Telethon.

"Children are at the heart of our philanthropic work, and that is why we are especially proud to be supporting this cutting edge facility that is helping heal the many abused and neglected children in our region," commented Dean Klein, Community Relations Manager, Freddie Mac Foundation, during the telethon. "We have a shared commitment to help make children's lives better and their futures brighter."

This grant is in addition to the Foundation's original $1 million grant that started the CAP-Center. The Center offers services to children, and adolescents who have been abused or neglected as well as to their families and communities, including:

• Crisis Intervention
• Forensic Medical Exams
• Specialized Mental Health Services
• Case Management
• Psychological Testing
• Victims of Crime Assistance Program (funded by the Department of Justice)
• PACE: Help for Parents
• Educational programs and seminars for physicians, social workers, psychologists, police, child protective services workers, teachers and other professionals that work with children and their families
• Community based parenting education programs
  

Services are also available for children and adolescents that are at risk for victimization. Programs are designed to educate families and communities to recognize the signs of child abuse, learn about medical exams conducted on abused children and adolescents and treatment of juvenile sex offenders and their families, and other topics regarding abuse and neglect in communities.

To learn more about Children's Hospital or the CAP-Center, please visit www.cnmc.org