Community Employment Assistance Network – CEAN

We’ve seen remarkable results to our efforts to raise awareness and work toward a future free of family violence. Our many success stories would not have been possible without the support of this strong and caring community.

This past year the Center for Child and Family Advocacy was able to help more than 2000 families. Your support will help give these families a reason to believe. Believe that it is possible to end the abuse, to heal and feel safe, and believe in a better tomorrow.

The Center counts on the support of individuals to help us provide the margin of excellence that our patients and families deserve. 60% of the funding for the Center comes from individual and community donors. We couldn’t do it without you.

Your generosity inspires us every day to do excellent work for the children and families we serve. Thank you for believing in the Center for Child and Family Advocacy.

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Foster and kinship caregivers can make all the difference during critical times in a child’s life. The special challenges these children face may require additional support not typically offered by many providers. In cases of out-of-home care, a more coordinated approach to the complex care needs of a child and family is available through The Fostering Connections Program, a clinical partnership between the Center for Child and Family Advocacy and Franklin County Children Services. For children placed in out-of-home care, the program provides initial medical, developmental, and behavioral evaluations upon placement into care, complete well-child and sick-child visits; access to 24/7 availability of a dedicated physician group practice; access to behavioral health and developmental services; and support to foster and kinship care children and their families.

The Center for Child and Family Advocacy and Behavioral Health Services at Nationwide Children’s Hospital recently received a $1.2 million three-year federal grant to become a National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative Community Treatment and Services Center. This SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) grant funding will support the training of mental health providers to help eliminate treatment barriers for families, in addition to allowing for further integration of medication and psychotherapy services. This support will address the needs of children and adolescents who have experienced severe psychiatric disorders and complex trauma.

Dust off your bowling shoes for Rock `N Bowl 2010 Saturday, February 6 at the Columbus Square Bowling Palace. The event, organized by the Development Board of Nationwide Children’s Hospital and presented by the Columbus Bar Foundation, supports child abuse treatment and prevention programs at the Center for Child and Family Advocacy at Nationwide Children’s. To register, captains organize a team of five bowlers, raise $500 and bowl during one of three available sessions.

For more information on sponsorship opportunities or the event, please visit NationwideChildrens.org/RockNBowl
or contact Kris Mazzola at 614-355-0810.