Nonprofit plans Detroit advocacy center for victims of child abuse
Detroit will be home to a new children\'s advocacy center for victims of abuse and neglect under plans under way by Southgate-based nonprofit The Guidance Center.
The rate of child abuse and neglect in the city of Detroit is nearly double the national average, but up until now, the city has been among the few large cities without a Children\'s Advocacy Center. Based on a national model developed in the 1980s, the center will bring together mental health case workers from The Guidance Center, researchers from Wayne State University, representatives from the Detroit Police Department, Wayne County Prosecutor\'s Office and Michigan Department of Human Services\' Children\'s Protective Services and later, doctors and nurses from the Detroit Medical Center Children\'s Hospital. Those organizations will provide services to children who are victims of suspected physical and sexual abuse, trauma and neglect.
