Previous Signature Projects

KIDS Center Project THRIVE           

     Awarded November 19, 2019

KIDS Center provides children a friendly, safe environment to share their experiences of victimization, which assists significantly in engaging them and their families in a healing process. Immediate and intensive therapeutic services to children who have experienced sexual, physical or emotional abuse and/or neglect as quickly as possible is essential in order to minimize the long-term effects. 

Project THRIVE has increased services to south Deschutes County children, including child abuse evaluations, family support and therapy to children. They also conducted local child abuse prevention training. 

To learn more about KIDS Center go to http://www.kidscenter.org.

CASA of Central Oregon                      

     Awarded April 10, 2019

CASA has doubled the number of advocates serving south Deschutes County and has been able to increase the percentage of kids in foster care having court appointed advocates from the lowest rate in the county to the highest! On average in Central Oregon, a child in foster care will have four different caseworkers and three different foster placements. 

A CASA volunteer is often the only consistent adult in a child’s life during his or her time in foster care. Such a relationship is the single most important factor in helping a child develop resilience to thrive despite trauma.

To learn more about CASA of Central Oregon or to volunteer as an advocate go to http://www.casaofcentraloregon.org.