Child Abuse is Real

Name: Guardianes de los niños®
Start: 2026-08-12T10:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-08-12T12:30:00+00:00
Location: Virtual

Safe Shores — The DC Children’s Advocacy Center is here to stop abuse and help child victims heal.

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Three canvases with self-portrait mosaic art by children at the Safe Shores building

Child's art that reads "art heals" on the wall at Safe Shores

Colorful children's toys in the Safe Shores waiting area

The Safe Shores sand tray room, with shelves full of toys and action figures

Intervention. Prevention. Hope. Healing.

As Washington DC’s only Children’s Advocacy Center, Safe Shores provides vital services to child victims of abuse and works to create a safer world for all children.

We connect children and families to everything from medical services to financial resources, specialized therapy, and legal advocacy, all designed around each child’s unique needs.

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Child Abuse is Preventable

A community of informed, prepared, and brave adults is what keeps kids safe. As the DC Chapter of Prevent Child Abuse America, Safe Shores offers free trainings with practical actions you can take to answer questions, reinforce healthy boundaries, and interact with children in safe, respectful ways.

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Join us for Coffee for Kids to tour our child friendly and victim-focused facility, meet our team, and learn firsthand how Safe Shores keeps children at the center of everything we do. With tours offered both in-person and virtually, you can learn more from wherever you are located. Sign up today.

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What We’ve Been Up To

Pack2School is Back for 2026

It’s Pack2School time! Even as we all enjoy popsicles and longer days, Safe Shores – The DC Children’s Advocacy Center is working to ensure that the children we serve have the learning tools they need to flourish in the 2026-27 school year. Together, with you and supporters like you, we’ll make sure that more than 200…
It’s Time for Holiday Giving 2025!

Learn three impactful ways for you to help join us and make a powerful difference in a child’s life.

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Our Impact

Since 1995, Safe Shores has offered intervention, prevention, hope, and healing for children in D.C. Below is a glimpse of our impact over the last fiscal year.