Programs and Services
Childhelp
Arizona offers an array of child abuse prevention and education
programs for children, families, and professionals who work with
children. Arizona is home to the Childhelp National Headquarters,
as well as:
Prevention
The Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline1-800-4-A-CHILD
(1-800-422-4453) Serves the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Guam
and the U.S. Virgin Islands 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.
Established in 1982, it is anonymous and confidential and is staffed by
professional crisis counselors who, through translators, can provide
assistance in 140 languages.
The Childhelp Children's Center of Arizona
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).
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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.
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Internships and field experiences also are available for students
entering the areas of social services and mental health, with an
emphasis on working
with child abuse victims and survivors.
Intervention:
The Childhelp Children's Center of Arizona
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 child protective services officials, increases efficiency
while minimizing the trauma to the child.
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| Artwork from the walls of the The Children's Center of Arizona |
The state-of-the-art
facility houses more than 60 full-time professionals in the areas of
law enforcement, child protective services, medicine, mental health,
and prosecution-all of whom work together as a comprehensive,
multi-disciplinary team to reduce further trauma to the child while, at
the same time, strengthening the investigative process.
Childhelp Children's Mobile Advocacy Center of Northern Arizona
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The 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.
