Program areas at GACS
Foster care foster care licenses and monitors foster homes and foster parents and provides a loving, nurturing and safe environment to children who have been removed from the custody of their biological parents due to child abuse or neglect.
Sexual assault service center the sexual assault service center provides comprehensive Services to adult victims of sexual assault and sexual abuse, their significant others, and the Community. As of february 2000, children ages 3 and over also receive comprehensive Services, including counseling. Direct client Services include a 24-hour hotline, counseling, medical advocacy, case management, crisis intervention, and information and referral. The program also provides extensive educational Services and offers trainings at schools, social Services agencies, and Community organizations.
Groundwork groundwork is a domestic violence program for battered women and their children. The program provides emergency shelter, counseling, and social Services. The shelter is open 365 days per year, 24 hours per day. Advocacy is provided to victims of domestic violence to assist in seeking orders of protection or wishing to file criminal charges against the perpetrator. Prevention education is offered in schools, businesses, and Community organizations.
Adult protective Services, transitional living program, partner abuse intervention program & parenting classes