Dawson Place Child Advocacy Center 3/23/2017

City of Everett Human Needs Grant January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017 Exhibit A Program Description Organization: Dawson Place Child Advocacy Center Program: Dawson Place Advocacy Center The City of Everett's Human Needs Priorities: YOUTH: Dawson Place CAC Center serves youth who have been sexually and/or physically abused. b) Health Services (i.e. Medical, Dental, Mental Health Treatment) c) Counseling/Guidance/Legal services e) Abuse/Neglect Abuse Dawson Place understands that before the emotional/mental damage that normally results from child ab use can be healed, the child must be physically healthy. That is why every child that is given a full well-child checkup at Dawson Place. The well-child checkup assures that the child is healthy, up-to-date with immunizations, and has reached developmental benchmarks appropriate for their age. Where immunizations or further medical care is warranted the nurses at Dawson Place administer those treatments. Our clients also receive mental health assessments, and referrals to on-going Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) to help them move past the trauma caused by their abuse. TF-CBT is a thoroughly researched and highly practiced therapy method that leads to well documented positive results. PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES: Dawson Place CAC serves developmentally disabled adults who have been sexually or physically abused. Child and adult persons with mental disabilities are given all the services stated in the "YOUTH" section above. Program Objective: Mission: Dawson Place Child Advocacy Center is a group of professionals responding to concerns of child abuse. We are dedicated to helping kids, seeking justice, and promoting healthy families. Dawson Place CAC would apply the Everett Human Needs funds toward the management of the Dawson Place CAC operations, and the coordination of the county-wide Multidisciplinary Team meetings (MDTs). Program Components and Structure: Dawson Place Child Advocacy is governed by a Board of Directors, and depends on the Management Team to make decisions for the day-to-operations. The Management Team is led by the Dawson Place director, and is made up of the heads of the five partner agency located on site. The organizational structure of Dawson Place CAC is as follows: 1) Governance and Policy oversight a. Dawson Place Board of Directors: volunteer administrators from each of the partner agencies, and community leaders. b. Finance Committee: made up of Board members and the director; performs fiscal policy and operations oversight.