Your gift will help change lives
County Attorneys
Harvey County Attorney
McPherson County Attorney
Marion County Attorney
Kansas Department for Children & Families
Child Protection Services
Working together to end child abuse
Area Health Care providers
Including:
Prairie View Community Mental Health Center
Your Journey Counseling Services
Client Centered Counseling
Area Pediatric Trauma Physicians and SANE/SART Nurses
Newton Medical Center
Ascension Via Christi Hospitals
Wesley Children's Hospital
Salina Regional Health Center
University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita
Multidisciplinary Team Members and Community Service Partners
Your support -- combined with the work of Heart to Heart CAC Advocates and partners in local law enforcement, social services, justice, mental and physical health, and others -- can create positive, meaningful and lasting change in the lives of local children.
Heart to Heart's Advocates help children and families identify and address their physical, emotional, and mental needs, and link them to appropriate services in community. Advocates provide focused and ongoing assistance and followup, and providing support throughout the process and being there for the family as questions, concerns and challenges arise.
Heart to Heart Child Advocacy Center facilitates and supports a collaborative, child-focused, multidisciplinary approach to prevention, investigation, prosecution and therapeutic treatment of child abuse.
Heart to Heart Child Advocacy Center and the MDTs in Harvey, Marion and McPherson counties work to improve safety for children, reduce and address trauma, and strengthen our communitywide response to child abuse.
Key results of this approach include: consistent and skilled provision of services, providing child victims and their families with advocacy, referrals to appropriate services, increased efficiency and success in prosecution, reduced duplication of efforts by community agencies, and protection of child victims.
Law EnforcementHarvey County Sheriff
Marion County Sheriff
McPherson County Sheriff
Newton Police Department
Marion Police Department
Halstead Police Department
Hesston Police Department
Sedgwick Police Department
Peabody Police Department
Burton Police Department
Inman Police Department
Marquette Police Department
Galva Police Department
Lindsborg Police Department
Moundridge Police Department
Hillsboro Police Department
Local School Districts
K-12 Schools throughout Harvey, Marion and McPherson counties
Heart to Heart works alongside community partners to increase understanding of child abuse, prevention and response through training, community events and presentations.
Heart to Heart Child Advocacy Center focuses on addressing the needs of children who have experienced significant trauma from physical, emotional and sexual abuse. Our programs rely on active participation from community partners, funders, volunteers and other supporters like you.
Specially trained individuals engage in the interview process so that suspected victims of abuse can find the strength to discuss their trauma. Forensic interviewers are from area law enforcement, Department of Children & Families, and Heart to Heart. The forensic interview process is structured in such a way that the interviewer can explore the child’s abuse in the least intrusive manner possible. Forensic interviewers strive to fully understand the scope of the child’s trauma. After the forensic interview is concluded, the child and family work with Child & Family Advocates to access advocacy services.