First Witness Child Advocacy Center
First Witness Child Advocacy Center
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About this organization
Mission
WE ADVANCE OUR MISSION THROUGH WORKING WITH OUR MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM TO PERFORM FORENSIC INTERVIEWS WITH ALLEGED VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE, FAMILY ADVOCACY WITH NON-OFFENDING CAREGIVERS, PREVENTION EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS AND YOUTH SERVING AGENCIES AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY.
About
FIRST WITNESS CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER PROVIDES FORENSICALLY SOUND INTERVIEWS FOR CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS, AND VULNERABLE ADULTS WHO HAVE REPORTED SEXUAL ABUSE, PHYSICAL ABUSE, WITNESSES VIOLENCE, OR WHO MAY HAVE BEEN OTHERWISE VICTIMIZED. OUR INTERVIEWS PROVIDE A SAFE AND COMFORTABLE SPACE FOR VICTIMS TO TALK ABOUT THE ABUSE IN ONE VIDEO RECORDED INTERVIEW BY A TRAINED PROFESSIONAL. 185 INVESTIGATIVE (FORENSIC) INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED. WE PROVIDED FORENSIC INTERVIEW TRAINING TO 573 PROFESSIONALS. WE ALSO PROVIDED ADVOCACY TRAINING TO 596 PROFESSIONALS. WE TRAINED 461 PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON CHILD ABUSE RELATED TOPICS. THROUGH OUR SAFE AND STRONG CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAM WE ARE RAISING AWARENESS AND PREVENTION EDUCATION ABOUT CHILD ABUSE. WE PROVIDED COMMUNITY AND PREVENTION EDUCATION TO 2023 CHILDREN THROUGH THE SAFE AND STRONG CHILD PROGRAM AND REACHED 448 COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGH GENERAL OUTREACH AND EDUCATION. 2774 FAMILY ADVOCACY SESSIONS WERE PROVIDED. ADVOCACY INCLUDES EMOTIONAL SUPPORT DURING A TIME OF CRISIS, SUPPORT AND NAVIGATION OF THE COURT SYSTEM, REFERRALS TO THERAPY AND OTHER COMMUNITY SERIVCES, AND SAFETY PLANNING. 23 CHILD ABUSE MEDICAL EXAMS WERE CONDUCTED BY A CHILD ABUSE MEDICAL SPECIALIST.
Interesting data from their 2019 990 filing
The filing specifies the mission of the non-profit as “Strengthen our communities response to child abuse.”.
When detailing its duties, they were outlined as: “We advance our mission through working with our multidisciplinary team to perform forensic interviews with alleged victims of child abuse, family advocacy with non-offending caregivers, prevention education in schools and youth serving agencies and professional development locally and nationally.”.
- The state in which the non-profit is authorized to operate legally is MN.
- According to the filing, the address of the non-profit for the year 2019 is 4 WEST FIFTH STREET, DULUTH, MN, 55806.
- The non-profit's form for the year 2019 reports a total of 16 employees on their payroll.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are between $500,000 and $1,000,000+.
- Revenue is between $500,000 and $1,000,000+.
- Revenue less expenses is -$27,592.
- The organization has 18 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1993.
- The organization pays $563,887 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $41,540 in fundraising expenses.