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Today is #GivingTuesday. Please consider donating to SafeSpot Children's Advocacy Center of Fairfax County, a non-profit based in Fairfax City that helps victims of physical and sexual abuse. I support SafeSpot and I ask you to do the same.
https://www.safespotfairfax.org/donate-to-safespot-today/
UBT was proud to be a SafeSpot Children's Advocacy Center of Fairfax County Resiliency Club sponsor for their 2021 Champions for Children golf tournament on October 18th.
The fundraising dollars benefit the SafeSpot Children’s Advocacy Center which help childhood victims of abuse with their trauma to provide support for long-term healing and create healthier futures.
#safespot #ubtcanhelp #communitymatters
The nonprofit, Advancing Parenting, would like to share a rather unusual and free resource for promoting positive childhood experiences and preventing adverse childhood experiences.
Parenting Norms Bumper Stickers
Advancing Parenting makes them available at no cost to children's advocacy centers. There are fifty-two in a set and each sticker communicates a parenting behavior or practice generally recognized as supporting the healthy development of children. Just one will be read thousands of times!
Bumper stickers are a unique and powerful way for friends, family, and community members to share parenting wisdom. At stoplights drivers and passengers point, smile, and nod. Conversations begin and often a phone is used to take a photo of the sticker right at the stoplight. Presumably, they are being shared on social media. It's wonderful to see!
Sets of the stickers can be given away at events and/or put in holders and placed on counters and tables so folks can select one or more for their cars. Visit
www.advancingparenting.org to request this free resource. Use a computer...our website is not optimized for phones. Please share.
Meet Rylynn, a 2-year-old Labrador Golden Retriever Mix, who has been placed and certified as a Facility Dog Team with Samantha “Sam” Carrico, LCSW who works in DFS’ Children, Youth and Families Division. Sam recently took Rylynn to meet the SafeSpot Children's Advocacy Center of Fairfax County's facility dog, Virgil, and they had a great time getting to know each other! Assistance dogs do get time to relax and play! But when they're working with children and families they need to be focused and serious about what they are doing. #FacilityDog #RylynnTheDog #FairfaxCountyFamilyServices
Proud to support two very special organizations in the City of Fairfax. Serving as a Councilman is most fulfilling when helping others and making a direct impact. I was so inspired when I met with SafeSpot Children's Advocacy Center and Adaptive Fitness Legion, and hope you click on the article link to learn more about them too.
https://bit.ly/3whtSvq
I'd like to share a rather unusual and free child abuse prevention resource...parenting tips bumper stickers! Advancing Parenting, a Camarillo, CA nonprofit, produces parenting tips bumper stickers and makes them available at no cost to schools, businesses, organizations, clinics, and individuals. There are fifty-one in a set and each bumper sticker communicates a parenting behavior or practice generally recognized as supporting the healthy development of children. Just one will be read thousands of times!
Bumper stickers are a unique and powerful way to educate everyone about parenting and prevent child abuse five, ten, twenty, fifty years down the road. At stoplights drivers and passengers point, smile, and nod. Conversations begin and often a phone is used to take a photo of the sticker right at the stoplight. Presumably, they are being shared on social media. It's wonderful to see!
Sets of the stickers can be put in holders and placed on counters and tables so folks can select one or more for their cars. Visit
www.advancingparenting.org to request this free resource. Use a computer...our website is not optimized for phones. Please share.
“Important” is an entirely insufficient word to describe the work of child advocacy centers that support victims of sexual and physical abuse. Had an eye-opening meeting with SafeSpot Children's Advocacy Center of Fairfax‘s Executive and Managing directors, and a founding Board Member today. I’m so grateful for these advocates, and am proud that SafeSpot calls Fairfax City home.
To learn more about and support their tremendous mission at
www.safespotfairfax.org.
Predators don't just groom children - they also groom their families, in order to gain access to children. Watch for signs of grooming; while many adults are genuinely trying to help, predators can be very good at disguising their motives.
Thank you to our friends at SafeSpot Children's Advocacy Center of Fairfax County for this helpful infographic!
#childabuseprevention #childabuseawareness #ChildAdvocacyCenters
This Washington Post article features remarks by one of our current LEC 12 participants, Angela Haslett from SafeSpot Children's Advocacy Center of Fairfax County. Way to spread the word, Angela!
𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 and 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 are considered 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁. Unfortunately, online learning limits interactions between educators and students, making children more vulnerable to child abuse and neglect.
Our community partners at SafeSpot Children's Advocacy Center of Fairfax County shared 𝘁𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 who are teaching from a distance to 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗲. DFS has a 𝘁𝗶𝗽 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀
https://bit.ly/39U1cgt and mandatory reporters are required to make a report through the 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗛𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝟳𝟬𝟯-𝟯𝟮𝟰-𝟳𝟰𝟬𝟬. Learn more:
https://bit.ly/39U1cgt
Stay connected with DFS:
Facebook @FairfaxCountyFamilyServices
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/familyservices
#FairfaxCountyFamilyServices
Congratulations to Detective Carter from our Major Crimes Bureau’s Child Abuse squad for receiving the Rock Star Award from SafeSpot Children's Advocacy Center of Fairfax County, one of their multidisciplinary team members! This award recognizes extraordinary excellence and collaboration in the fight against child abuse. Keep up the great work, Det. Carter!
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#FCPD #InsideFCPD #LawEnforecement #FirstResponders #Police #PoliceOfficer #FairfaxVa #Detective
Our friends at SafeSpot Children's Advocacy Center of Fairfax County in Virginia took the SHINE message to their local government, and got the month of April declared Child Abuse Prevention Month in Fairfax, just as it is around the country. Read this great piece—just one example of supporters showing up to SHINE for survivors in communities around the country.