Children & Family Advocacy Center

In the midst of Black Friday deals flooding your feed, we want to shift the focus toward impactful giving this season. While we can't offer doorbuster deals, we invite you to support our nonprofit efforts in long-term healing for women and children affected by trauma. This Giving Tuesday, consider visiting our giving page to learn how your generosity can help us build resilient families in our community. Together, we can create lasting change and be a part of restoring lives. To learn more, visit https://lnkd.in/dMhkQKQJ

We are grateful, today and everyday... To our sponsors, donors, volunteers, and staff, thank you for contributing to healing. To our clients, thank you for trusting us to help you build resiliency for the future. To you, reading this post, thank you for following our journey. And may each and everyone of you have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Meet Maria and her son James. After years of hardship, including escaping an abusive relationship, they found hope and resilience at the Children & Family Advocacy Center. Through our residential program, Maria found a safe home and received therapy, support, and job training, empowering her to secure stable employment. Meanwhile, James thrived in our enrichment programs, rediscovering the joy of childhood. Today, after two years of hard work and dedication, Maria and James are living in their own apartment, with Maria heading to work and James smiling on his way to school. Their journey is a testament to the power of community support and resilience. Stories like theirs are made possible by the incredible generosity of our sponsors, donors, volunteers, and staff. With your help, we can continue to empower women and children, one family at a time. #ResilienceInAction #CFAC #StrongerTogether #Empowerment #CommunitySupport #HopeForTheFuture

In the season of Thanksgiving, there's lots to be thankful for and we are especially grateful for our Director of Community Relations, Melanie Halbrook, who is celebrating 8 years at the CFAC this month! Thank you, Melanie, for your expertise, leadership, and all that you do to restore lives impacted by trauma! #staffhighlight #impactingchange #restorelives #workingtogether

Collaboration is the cornerstone of protecting our children and ensuring their voices are heard. 💙 This month, we were proud to host The MDT Approach to Child Abuse Training session. This training focused on strengthening teamwork, building trust among partners, and enhancing how we collaborate with external agencies to effectively address child abuse cases. By bringing together professionals from various disciplines, we focused on developing a unified response that prioritizes child safety and well-being while ensuring justice is served. Our multidisciplinary team gained valuable insights and practical tools to improve communication, streamline processes, and support the children and families we serve. Empowering our team with this knowledge reinforces our unwavering commitment to ensuring every child has the opportunity to grow up safe, loved, and supported. Together, we are building a stronger foundation for protecting our community’s most vulnerable and creating a brighter future for children and families. 🌟 #ChildSafety #MDTApproach #CollaborationMatters #ChildFirst #StrongerTogether #restorelives #breakthecycle #buildingresilientfamilies #endchildabuse #traumahealing #empowerfamilies

🎓✨ Every milestone is worth celebrating, but there's something special about resident graduations. Watching our clients complete their program is a moment of pride, as they prepare to take their next steps on a resilient path they’ve worked so hard to build. 💪💖 Here’s to their courage, determination, and the bright futures ahead. 🌟 Congratulations to all our graduates—you inspire us every day! #Graduation #Resilience #CelebratingSuccess #ProudMoment

A big thank you to photographer and pastor, Isaac King, for his incredible generosity! Isaac donated his time and talent to provide beautiful fall family photos for clients in our residential program. He went above and beyond, making the kids feel at ease by teaching them about his camera and how it works. For some families, this was the first professional photo session they’ve ever had—an unforgettable gift they’ll cherish forever. Thank you, Isaac, for capturing memories that mean so much! 🍂📸 #CommunitySupport #Generosity #FallFamilyPhotos

Time to fill your 2025 Calendar! We are looking for community members to join our event committees. Committees are comprised of local professionals in the NWA are who are looking to make an impact by offering their insight and skills to our event team! Members meet monthly, in person, to coordinate event details, brainstorm ideas, and work collaboratively to promote our CFAC events. Ready to add "CFAC Committee Member" to your resume? 📄 Contact our Events Coordinator, Alexis, at alexis@cfacbentonco.com to learn more!

Building resilience in our children and families begins with understanding the impact of trauma. Through advocacy, mental health support, and enrichment, our staff works with clients to recognize and understand their specific and unique trauma experience. At the Children & Family Advocacy Center, we offer holistic, comprehensive, trauma-informed services that are essential to support those who have been impacted by trauma. These services, provided for free to our clients, can cost upwards of $3,000 per individual. In 2023, our center served nearly 1,000 individuals who had experienced trauma. Together, our community has the ability to impact each and every client helping to build resilient lives one story at a time.

Big thanks to our amazing volunteers who restocked the pantry with the generous donation from Costumes, Cops, and Candy organized by the BCSO Arvest Leadership Class! 🎃👮🍬 Your efforts ensure our shelves stay full and our community stays cared for. 💙 #CommunitySupport #ThankYouVolunteers #MakingADifference #restorelives #empowerfamilies #volunteerism #givingback #communityservice #teambuilding #nonprofit