Children’s Protection Center provides a safer community for children by leading the coordinated response to child abuse and providing hope and healing to families.

CPC Founding Prinicples

 

Our response to abuse of a child places the welfare of the child first. We work to meet the needs of children and their non-offending families with sensitivity and competent care. Our team of professionals does everything possible to prevent re-traumatizing a child.

The culture here at Children’s Protection Center is built on the foundation of four standards. These standards are expected from every team member as we work to become the best TEAM possible.

CPC’s TEAM STANDARDS:

  1. TOGETHER: Teammates recognize that CPS’s mission is achieved through collaboration, unity, and shared purpose, supported. by open, honest, and compassionate communication.
     

  2. EXCELLENCE: Teammates pursue the highest standards of care, professionalism, and service, ensuring that all actions and messaging reflect CPC’s values and mission, emphasizing that everyone deserves our best.
     

  3. ACCOUNTABLE: Teammates act with integrity, empathy, and respect, building trust with children, families, and the MDT in every interaction.
     

  4. MISSION: Teammates are unwavering in their dedication to CPC’s mission of creating a safer community for children and providing hope and healing to families.

 
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our staff

Executive Board

Itzel Meador,
Chair

Will McGrath,
Vice Chair

Kevin Burton,
Treasurer

Jim Minor,
Secretary

Directors

Kevin Chaloner

Kristen Finkbeiner

Shane Frazier

Shana Woodard Graves

Mischa Martin

Kathleen McMurray

Tiffany O’Brien

Jeremy Owoh

John Selig

Kanetra Staton

Jodiane Tritt

Jaye Waynick

Staff

Jennifer Long
Executive Director

Erick Acuchi
Bilingual Family Advocate

Brianna Aldana-Oliva
Forensic Interviewer

Madeline Astin
Forensic Interview Program Manager

Mark Bryant, MS, LPE
Clinical Services Director

Addie Grace Coleman
Family Advocate

Bresha Collins, PLSW
Trauma Specialist/Mental Health Professional

Brooke DeVore
Trauma Specialist/Mental Health Professional

GiGi Gibson
Family Services Specialist

Brittney Henson
Family Advocate

Cally Huggins
Forensic Interviewing Program Manager

Sarah McMorran, LMSW
Trauma Specialist/Mental Health Professional

Linda Ramos
Forensic Interviewer

Kristen Peterson Thomas
Advocacy Program Manager

Teri Todd
Development and Marketing Director

Genni Vega
Bilingual Family Advocate

Kayla Wood
Child Abuse Response Coordinator