Children's Legacy Center

We exist to give hope, provide healing, and ensure justice for children and youth impacted by abuse, neglect, or other significant trauma.

The work done at the Children’s Legacy Center would not be possible without support from our donors, for which we are so grateful. 

Nearly 85% of our operational expenses grant funded and reimbursement based, so donor dollars represent a minimum of five times their gift value. 

For example, if you gifted $100, we are able to utilize those funds multiple times, making that gift worth over $500 toward accomplishing the mission of the Children’s Legacy Center.

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The Children’s Legacy Center provides services to the greater Shasta County community that are research-based and results-driven to maximize impact.

Service 1: Forensic Interviewing

Our forensic interviewing team provide one-on-one interviews for children to ensure a child is not re-traumatized through the investigative process. In our child-centric facility, children tell their account to our forensic interviewer while the investigator, social worker, prosecutor, advocate, and physician watch the interview from our conference room. 

The team is then able to provide relevant questions to the interviewer through an earpiece. This system reduces the number of times children must re-tell their experience, therefore significantly reducing the impact of the trauma for that child and aiding in accountability for those who harmed them.

Service 2: Counseling Services

The CLC's Center For Resilience offers behavioral health services to children, youth, and their non-offending family members. 

We provide a holistic, trauma-informed, resiliency-oriented, evidence-based therapeutic approach to support healing.

Service 3: Advocacy

When a child or youth is at the Children’s Legacy Center for a Forensic Interview or Medical Examination, the family advocate offers support to parents and caregivers during that process.

They are also able to discuss the legal process, provide emotional support, offer parenting and behavioral education, provide and connect families with resources needed, and answer questions. In addition, an advocate can provide crisis intervention and safety planning.

Service 4: Medical Services

Our specially-trained in-house pediatrician conducts medical exams that are similar to a well-child checkup. At the Children’s Legacy Center, the entire exam process is centered around the child (patient), nothing is done without consent.

Our team specializes in conducting forensic medical exams for the following areas of maltreatment:

1. Physical child abuse
2. Sexual child abuse
3. Child sex trafficking
4. Strangulation
5. Brain injury
6. Emotional abuse
7. Neglect (physical or medical)

Regional Pilot

The Children’s Legacy Center, in partnership with the State of California’s Child Trafficking Unit, is developing a comprehensive regional pilot program to address the needs of trafficked youth across 25+ Northern California counties.

Regional Services Include:

Foster Family Agency (FFA)

Our Foster Family Agency will provide family-based care utilizing a model that supports highly trained and uniquely qualified resource families.

Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Program (STRTP)

Our STRTP will serve as a residential treatment for Commercially Sexually Exploited children and youth, to find health, hope, and healing.

Coordinated Response Team (CRT)

Our CRT was created to connect partnership agencies, providers, and resources across counties.