About 1/3 of all Susie’s Place cases occur between people who are both under the age of 18, which means that child-on-child sexual abuse is an uncomfortable and difficult reality that must be addressed.
A child we’ll call Kaylee attends a Susie’s Place-facilitated body safety program at school. She grows uncomfortable and checks yes for a follow-up conversation.
Susie’s Place and Executive Director Emily Perry have been recognized by the National Children’s Alliance for special prevention and outreach work done earlier this year.
Susie’s Place Child Advocacy Centers has received a $37,000 grant through the Youth Program Resilience Fund of Lilly Endowment Inc.
Susie’s Place has served 10,000 families in ten years. But another 40,000 have received training in just the last few.
