Childsafe Center Provides Support for Abused Children, Faces Financial Cuts
If ChildSafe operated completely on heart and soul, this organization would be rich, but money keeps this non-profit alive, and allows them to help local children."If we have to cut our budget, that...
View ArticleChildsafe Expanding Outreach To Include Physical Abuse And Neglect
Bexar County's only child advocacy center, ChildSafe, has announced a realignment to serve more children, but there are some challenges in the move.For 23 years, ChildSafe has served child victims of...
View ArticleThe Source: West, Texas Explosion And Child Welfare In Bexar County
Leading the Show:A fire burning out of control turned a fertilizer plant into a bomb in the heart of the small town of West, Texas last night.
View ArticleThe Source: The State Of Investigative Reporting | Kids and the Legislative...
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View ArticleSan Antonio's Budget Shortfall May Impact Children's Advocacy Agency
San Antonio is facing a $35 to $50 million shortfall in the 2014 budget and with that in mind, council members set out to define their goals for next year at a day-long goal-setting session at the...
View ArticleThe Source: Mental Health | Treating Prostate Cancer | Foster Care
In the first segment:The Texas Tribune, an online news website covering all things Texas politics, has organized a Mental Health Symposium here in San Antonio with the University of Texas San Antonio....
View ArticleDelegate Agencies Deal With City Budget Cuts
With more than 70 delegate agencies, the city council each year funds the organizations to help them accomplish their missions, but this time the council had to make cuts to meet its objective of...
View ArticleChildSafe's Adventure Therapy Program Focus Of New Study
Through the adventure therapy program at ChildSafe, Bexar County's only child advocacy center with a focus on children who've been abused and neglected, the healing process is paired with fun,...
View ArticleJefferson Bank Hoilday Charity Drive Benefits ChildSafe Kids
Many children around San Antonio will be served special meals this holiday season or may be on one of Santa’s special lists to receive toys. But there are some kids in the area who are just glad to be...
View ArticleThe Source: The Epidemic Of Child Abuse In Bexar County
Last year in Bexar County 5,846 kids were abused or neglected. We have the second highest rates of abuse in the state. Houston's Harris County ranks first, but Bexar only has 83 fewer total incidents...
View Article"Cardboard Kids" Draw Attention To The 5,846 Abused Kids In Bexar County Last...
The two-foot-tall cardboard cutouts look a lot sillier than the children each cardboard "kid" represents. ChildSafe and the Children's Hospital of San Antonio are trying to raise awareness about high...
View ArticleChildsafe's Child Abuse Awareness Campaign Kicks Off Citywide With "Cardboard...
Child advocacy group ChildSafe reports that in 2013 Bexar County had 5,846 confirmed cases of child abuse and neglect.ChildSafe CEO Kim Abernethy said the county dropped from the first place position...
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