07/18/2022
Hi folks!
We have another opportunity to help with the CLP. I have attached a copy of their request for funds for training to assist with the young victims. Let me know your prayerful thoughts. Thanks@
The Children's Listening Place (CLP) Child Advocacy Center (CAC) is a non-profit that interviews and advocates for children and non-offending family members of physical and sexual abuse, and severe neglect, all at no cost. We also interview kids who are witnesses to major crimes. We then continue to provide services to that child, regarding therapy and advocacy, for as long as it is requested
CLP is the largest CAC in West Virginia regarding the number of counties officially served, and the busiest CAC in West Virginia seeing over 600 new children in each of the past two years.
CLP has no consistent source of funding. It is funded entirely
by grants, foundations, and public donations
CLP is only one of three CACs in the state that provides medical services. Without our pediatric Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner, a child would have to go at least one hour away to get a medical exam, being Bridgeport, Morgantown, or Charlestem.
CLP has organized an amazing training at Stonewall Resort on October 3-4, 2022. This conference was originally focused on our teams in the five counties we cover, being Wood, Wirt, Pleasants, Ritchie, and Calhoun However, because of its quality, it is now also being offered to CACs, prosecutors, law enforcement, CPS, therapists, teachers, and medical professionals statewide
The West Virginia Child Advocacy Network (WVCAN) has
praised this conference as being a state-level quality training
conference.
Regarding the financial challenge for CLP, nationally recognized speakers have bom booked for the conference as to maximize the quality of the event, providing our teams the best information that is out there. The cost of this venue, in the more accessible central part of the state, creates its own challenges.
CLP is seeking sponsorship for any portion of the training conference to help defray the cost. Any person or organization that becomes a sponsor for our conference will be recognized on all literature and at the venue itself during the conference