Alliance For Children Inc

EVALUATION, INTERVENTION, EVIDENCE GATHERING & COUNSELING FOR THE BENEFIT OF ABUSED CHILDREN.

COUNSELING PROGRAMWE PROVIDE GROUP COUNSELING SESSIONS FOR CHILDREN (GROUPED BY AGE AND GENDER) AND THEIR PROTECTIVE CAREGIVERS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH. IN ORDER TO BEST SERVE OUR CLIENTS WE ARE HOUSED IN FOUR LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT TARRANT COUNTY. WE PROVIDED INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING SERVICES TO OVER 600 VICTIMS OF TRAUMA. OUR GROUP COUNSELING PROGRAM SERVED OVER 200 PROTECTIVE CAREGIVERS AND OVER 250 CHILDREN WITH CONFIRMED CASES OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE, BRINGING OUR TOTAL NUMBER OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN SERVED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO MORE THAN 2,500. THE PROGRAM OFFERS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MODALITIES TO SERVE CLIENTS. OUR GROUP COUNSELING PROGRAM, OFFERED SEPTEMBER THROUGH JUNE, IS A 16-WEEK OPEN-ENDED FORMAT UTILIZING TRAUMA FOCUSED COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY (TF-CBT), AND EVIDENCED BASED PRACTICE IN THE FIELD OF TRAUMA. WE ALSO PROVIDED SUMMER GROUPS THAT CONSISTED OF ART THERAPY AS WELL AS A GROUP FOR ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE. OUR INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING PROGRAMS PRIMARILY CONSISTED OF PARENT/CHILD INTERACTION THERAPY, ANOTHER EVIDENCED BASED PRACTICE WHEN WORKING WITH CHILDREN EXPERIENCING BEHAVIOR CHALLENGES AS WELL AS TF-CBT FOR INDIVIDUALS. WE WERE ABLE TO EXPAND OUR INDIVIDUAL MODALITIE AND HAVE INCORPORATED EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION AND REPROCESSING, AN EVIDENCED BASED PRACTICE USED TO ASSIST TRAUMA VICTIMS IN PROCESSING SEVERE TRAUMA, MEMORIES AND BELIEFS AS WELL AS PLAY THERAPY FOR OUR YOUNGER CHILDREN SERVED.

MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM COORDINATION (MDT)THE MDT PROGRAM COORDINATES THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM IN TARRANT COUNTY THROUGH REVIEW OF DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES INTAKE REPORTS AS WELL AS LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFENSE REPORTS. MDT THEN WORKS TO COLLABORATE WITH INVESTIGATIVE AGENCIES TO FACILITATE SERVICES FOR FAMILIES INVOLVED IN ALLEGATIONS OF SEVERE CHILD ABUSE THAT MEETS THE ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN'S PROTOCOLS.

FAMILY ADVOCATE PROGRAMTHE FAMILY ADVOCATE PROGRAM PROVIDES CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AFFECTED BY ALLEGATIONS OF CHILD ABUSE. IN FISCAL YEAR 2020, MORE THAN 1,300 FAMILIES RECEIVED OUR FAMILY ADVOCACY SERVICES. FAMILY ADVOCATES HELPED FAMILIES STABILIZE IN MANY WAYS, SUCH AS GUIDING THEM THROUGH THE COMPLEX AND SOMETIMES CONFUSING INVESTIGATIVE AND COURT SYSTEMS, PROVIDING SHORT TERM FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, ASSISTING FAMILIES IN ACCESSING COMMUNITY RESOURCES, REFERRING FAMILIES TO APPROPRIATE COUNSELING SERVICES AND OTHER KEY SERVICES THAT SUPPORT FAMILIES THROUGH THE TRAUMA OF ABUSE. OUR FAMILY ADVOCATE PROGRAM ALSO PROVIDED SPECIALIZED HEALING SERVICES THROUGH OUR CHILDREN'S SERVICES ADVOCATE TO FURTHER SUPPORT AND HEALING.

OTHER PROGRAMSTHE CLIENT RELATIONS SERVICES DEPARTMENT SERVES AS THE FACE OF THE AGENCY. CLIENT RELATIONS SPECIALIST ACTS AS THE INITIAL CONTACT PERSON FOR ALL CLIENT, VOLUNTEER, AND PROFESSIONAL INQUIRIES TO ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN. THE CLIENT RELATIONS SPECIALIST SUPERVISES CHILDREN IN THE RECEPTION AREA AND OBTAINS FAMILY DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FROM PARENTS/GUARDIANS. IN ADDITION, THE CLIENT RELATIONS SPECIALIST HAS MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PHYSICAL FACILITY.COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INCLUDES PROVIDING CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION EDUCATION AND PERSONAL BODY, SAFETY AND INTERNET SAFETY. WE ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING QUALITY, FREE COMMUNITY EDUCATION THAT TEACHES ADULTS AND CHILDREN TO RECOGNIZE, REPORT, AND REACT RESPONSIBLY TO THE ISSUE OF CHILD ABUSE.THE FORENSIC INTERVIEW PROGRAM IS STAFFED BY INDIVIDUALS SPECIALIZED AND HIGHLY TRAINED REGARDING CHILD DEVELOPMENT, MEMORY, SUGGESTIBILITY, LINGUISTICS, DYNAMICS OF ABUSE, AND QUESTION TYPOLOGY. FORENSIC INTERVIEWS ARE INVESTIGATIVE IN NATURE AND ARE CONDUCTED WITH CHILDREN THAT HAVE POSSIBLY EXPERIENCED OR WITNESSED ABUSE OR VIOLENT EVENTS. OUR FORENSIC INTERVIEW PROGRAM PROVIDED THESE HIGHLY COMPLEX INVESTIGATIVE INTERVIEWS WITH AVAILABILITY 24 HOURS A DAY, 365 DAYS A YEAR.