MESSAGE TO OUR CLIENTS, SUPPORTERS AND WEBSITE VISITORS AS WE ALL LIVE THROUGH COVID-19 TOGETHER: WE’RE STILL HERE

Please know that Safe Shores is here as a resource for you and our community during the pandemic. Though our physical offices are closed, we continue to provide our core services while observing the precautions that this moment in time requires. For forensic interviews, therapy and mental health support, client advocacy, child abuse prevention trainings, as well as general, non-urgent inquires and other matters, here are the direct points of contact on our team. We will continue to share updates. Please take care of yourself and others. Stay safe, be well and please #ProtectKids365!

#DoingOurPart Because We’re #AllInThisTogether

To report suspected child abuse in the District of Columbia call 1-202-671-SAFE(7233)
To report suspected internet crimes against children, contact report.cybertip.org

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You Did It: Mission Accomplished for Pack2School 2020!

YOU DID IT! You made sure Safe Shores reached our $25,000 goal for Pack2School 2020. THANK YOU for showing up for kids in this way, at this particularly challenging time. Due to the pandemic, we had to do things differently […]

Check out the latest news from Safe Shores’ July 2020 Newsletter. Our Clients Need YOU! To those who have already given to our 2020 Pack2School Drive: THANK YOU! You have helped get us halfway to our goal. If you […]

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17-year-old Asia was last seen on September 7, 2020 in #Norfolk, VA. If you have any information, please call 1-800-THE-LOST and @NorfolkPD
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Interested in learning how YOU can prevent, recognize and react responsibly to child sexual abuse? Join us for @Darkness2Light's Stewards of Children® training. Participants can learn and practice strategies to help #protectkids365 💙 Register here: https://bit.ly/3c53trS

Will This Be a Lost Year for America’s Children?
“As students across the country start school, education experts reckon with the long-term implications of remote learning, vanishing resources and heightened inequality.” via @NYTimes #coronavirus #equity https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/09/11/magazine/covid-school-reopenings.html?referringSource=articleShare

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