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Safe Shores – The DC Children’s Advocacy Center is committed to being a safe, helpful, and trustworthy resource, available to everyone who needs our services and support. Due to COVID-19, we are operating in a hybrid environment – combining in-person and remote work – and observing federal and local government public health protection guidelines. Masks are required on-site, and COVID-19 screening (questions and temperature check) is conducted upon arrival.

We want Safe Shores’ people and resources to be readily accessible to everyone who needs them. Here are the direct points of contact on our team for forensic interviews, mental health support, client advocacy, MDT matters, child abuse prevention training, fundraising, media, as well as general, non-urgent inquires.

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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Events

August Newsletter

 HEY THERE! We’ve been #ProtectingKids365 with your support! See how. Serving the Latinx Community Reaching Latinx communities in D.C. means being prepared to first learn from the community to then build a foundation of trust. Safe Shores is committed to making our services accessible to local Latinx children and families. Bilingual Prevention Specialists/Advocates, Alejandra “Ale” Monroy […]

New Opportunities to #ProtectKids365

Safe Shores’ annual Cherishing Childhood Luncheon is designed to elevate public awareness about child abuse and to raise private donations to carry out our critical mission of providing intervention, hope and healing to children and families affected by abuse, trauma and extreme violence in DC.  Here’s how you can support! It is through the generous […]

Safe Shores Supports “School Safety Act of 2018”

We view the “School Safety Act of 2018” as a critical first step toward keeping children safer in schools by equipping adults in DC schools to recognize, respond to and prevent child sexual abuse. Our Director of Client Advocacy & Prevention & Outreach, Ashley Harrell, MA, NCC, testified in support of the bill at the Nov. […]

Ways to Support Safe Shores this Holiday Season

Each year, Safe Shores partners with community organizations, businesses, and individuals like you lend a helping hand to families in need and give children affected by abuse and violence in D.C. a special holiday. Here’s how YOU can help support kids and families during the 2018 holiday season: With winter quickly approaching, many families have […]

Safe Shores Goes Purple for Domestic Violence Awareness Month

     Oct. 1 Safe Shores Prevention Team members to participate in Paint the Town Purple, hosted by DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence.     Oct. 2 DC Council’s presents DC’s DVAM proclamation. We’ll be there.   Oct. 12 House of Ruth Open House. We’ll be there. Clothesline Project hosted by My Sister’s Place. There, […]

The Spaces That Can Ease Childhood Trauma

Mimi Kirk Mar 29, 2018 Children’s Advocacy Centers make sure kids only have to tell their story of abuse once.   On a recent visit to Safe Shores, a Washington, D.C., center that supports victims of child abuse, executive director Michele Booth Cole told me about a 10-year-old girl who came to the center after […]