Gulf Coast Childrens Advocacy

Sexual assault program: provides services to adult and minor victims of sexual violence. A 24 hour hotline serves to provide immediate telephone crisis intervention services to all primary and secondary victims of sexual violence.

Child protection team: to promote the safety and well-being of florida's children by providing medically led multidisciplinary assessment services for children suspected of being abused or neglected.

Community outreach program: facilitates and organizes presentations to identify victims of crime. Healthy start program: home visiting program that provides education and care coordination to pregnant women and families of children under the age of three. Parents as teachers: evidence-based home visiting model provides services to families with children form prenatal through 3 years old. Increase parent knowledge of early childhood development and improve parent practices. Provide early detection of developmental delays and health issues. Prevent child abuse and negelct and increase children's school readiness and success. Victim advocacy program: to provide services that respond to the emotional and phsycial needs of crime victims, assist victims of crime to stabilize their lives after victimization, assist victims to understand and participate in the criminal justice system and provide victims of crime with a measure of safety and security. Victim services: provides personal advocacy and emotional support, with special consideration to children who are victims of crime in circuit 14, as identified by the state attorney's office, law enforecement, and other community partners.