Crime Victim Center

Children are our community's most valuable and fragile resource. The Children's Advocacy Center of Erie County, Inc is dedicated to the prevention of child abuse and the delivery of an immediate, effective, well-integrated community response. Our interventions will promote the recovery of each injured child, hold the abuser accountable, and improve safety for all children.The Center will provide a child-friendly environment that welcomes abused children and non-offender family members and caregivers. Children will be interviewed at the Center. Various agencies will observe the interview simultaneously, thereby reducing the number of interviews and the amount of emotional stress. Multidisciplinary case conferences and care manager ( s ) will ensure coordinated care for the child.The Children's Advocacy Center will achieve its mission by fostering effective relationships and processes among those community systems charged with a responsibility to respond to the needs of abused children. Processes will be streamlined, well-coordinated, child-focused, and measurable. Best practice standards for the investigation and prosecution of child abuse will be utilized. Outcomes and data will be maintained by the Center and used to analyze it in analyzing community trends in child abuse and to encourage community education initiatives.The Center will generate resources and support for community leader development in all the disciplines that address child abuse. It will foster continued professional training, dissemination of information on best practices and national models, and strategies to support those front-line professionals investigating and prosecuting child abuse. The Center will recognize and reward individual and system efforts.The Children's Advocacy Center of Erie County ( CAC ) is dedicated to the prevention of child abuse, and to the delivery of an immediate, effective, well-integrated community response when any child is harmed. A non-profit organization, the CAC opened its doors in June 2001. A guiding principle of the CAC is to decrease the amount of trauma to child victims during the course of an investigation, and to make sure that they receive the services they need to recover. Every effort is made to hold the offender accountable, and create a safer community.By encouraging all the professionals involved with the child to come to the Center, the child experiences fewer interviews and the care is more coordinated.

The Visiting Nurses Association of Erie County, an affiliate of LECOM Health and Allegheny Health Network, has been providing professional home health care and compassionate hospice and palliative care services since 1906 in Pennsylvania. Their programs are tailored to meet the unique needs of patients and their families, following physician's orders. Services are available 24/7, offering skilled nursing, hospice, palliative care, rehabilitation therapies, IV therapy, social services, nutritional support, as well as wound and continence care. Additionally, they provide bereavement support, volunteer services, and personal response services, ensuring comprehensive care for patients in Erie County. The Wings of Hope fund supports Erie VNA hospice services, granting patient wishes, providing assistance to those in need, and training volunteers. For those requiring palliative care, the VNA offers comforting treatments to manage symptoms while maintaining hope. Skilled home health care services enable patients to receive professional care in the comfort of their own homes. Generated from the website content

Crawford County Care Center, located in Saegertown, PA, offers a variety of essential services, including rehabilitation, skilled nursing, and long-term care for individuals in need. The center prides itself on providing support, guidance, and informational resources for families to help them make informed decisions for their loved ones. Committed to shaping a brighter future together, Crawford County Care Center encourages prospective clients to connect with their team for personalized assistance and to schedule tours of the facility. With a focus on quality care and nurturing relationships, the center is dedicated to meeting the needs of its residents and their families. Generated from the website