Children’s Hospital Receives Support for Abused Children

June 4, 2005 – Over the past year, Children’s Hospital has received grants totaling $200,000 from the Freddie Mac Foundation to continue to provide aid to abused and neglected children at the Freddie Mac Foundation Child and Adolescent Protection Center (CAP-Center). This support was recognized during WUSA Channel 9’s Miracle Network telethon in Washington, DC where Freddie Mac and Foundation volunteers worked the phone banks.

The CAP-Center at Children's Hospital 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, visit www.cnmc.org