Program (s)

1. Multidisciplinary Team Intervention for Child Abuse.
2. Nurse-Family Partnership
3. Family Connections

1000 S. Mercer St, 4th Floor, New Castle, PA 16101

Mailing Address

Same as above.

Sue Ascione

Phone

(724) 658-4688

(724) 658-8810

Office Hours

Monday-Friday, 8:00AM to 4:00PM

Multidisciplinary Team Services - Sue Ascione
Nurse-Family Partnership - Diane Gwin
Family Connections - Jeannette Rice

E-Mail

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sasc...@jamesonhealth.org
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Lawrence County, Pennsylvania

Website Address

www.jamesonhealth.org (Click to visit website)

• Multidisciplinary Team Services -child abuse victims, ages 0-18.
• Nurse-Family Partnership – first-time mothers before 28 weeks of pregnancy.
• Family Connections – Families with children under 5 years of age.

Population Served

Child abuse victims and their non-offending caregivers, first-time mothers, families, especially with children 0-5 years of age.

In support of its mission the Children’s Advocacy Center’s intervention program, the multidisciplinary team of child abuse professionals, reviews, coordinates and tracks over 200 cases of child abuse annually.  Cases include all sexual abuse, severe physical abuse and severe neglect. Due to the CAC’s collaborative efforts, 90 percent of the child abuse cases recommended for prosecution are prosecuted successfully.  To address the issue of child abuse prevention, the CAC has developed two prevention programs designed to start as early as possible with children:
Nurse-Family Partnership is a blueprint violence prevention program and is a nurse home visitation programs designed to work with first- mothers to provide a continuum of services to promote healthy pregnancies, healthy development of children, and healthy home environments.  The Nurse-Family Partnership serves 100 first-time mothers annually.
Family Connections is a family center funded program for families in Lawrence County.  It offers the Parents As Teachers program, a home visitation program for families with children 0-5 years of age, serves as an information and referral source for families and designs programs to meet the needs of families living in Lawrence County.

Mission Statement

The mission of the Children’s Advocacy Center is to prevent the maltreatment of children by coordinating the efforts of diverse professionals who provide services related to the prevention, education, investigation, prosecution, and treatment of child abuse.

The CAC’s Multidisciplinary Team:
- Comprised of 11 individuals representing 6 community entities representing – child protective services, law enforcement, prosecution, victim advocacy, medical and mental health.
- Monthly Team Meetings to review all child abuse cases referred to Childline and to the District Attorney’s Office.
- Provide child-friendly interview space for child abuse victims and their non-offending family members.
- Joint Interviews for all child abuse victims identified by the team.

The Nurse-Family Partnership Program:
- A voluntary program where highly educated nurses visit low-income women in their homes during their first pregnancy and throughout the first two years of their children’s lives to:
 Improve pregnancy outcomes
 Improve child health and development
 Improve families’ economic self-sufficiency
- Four nurse home visitors and supervisor staff the program
- Each nurse carries a case load of 25 women

Family Connections:
- A voluntary program where specially trained Family Development Specialists visit families with children 0-5 years of age in their homes to:
 Empower parents to five their children the best possible start
 Provide children a solid foundation for school and life success.
 Enhance parent-child interaction and strengthen family relationships.
- Five Family Development Specialists and supervisor staff the program.
- Each home visitor carries a case load of 25 families
- Time-Limited Family Reunification for Foster Kids.

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