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A Nearby Safe Place for Women and Children
By Dana Rose Falcone
Realtors' notorious mantra "Location, location,
location" is wholly applicable in the case of The
Safe Place.
The response center for family violence and
abuse victims is tucked away behind a television
studio, popcorn factory and florist on Grumman
Road in Bethpage. Nassau County Police are sta-tioned
a few doors down.
"We named it after we knew where we were going
to be," said Sandy Oliva, Executive Director of the
Nassau County Coalition Against Domestic
Violence.
The Safe Place houses two separate agencies—
Nassau County Coalition Against Domestic
Violence and Coalition Against Child Abuse and
Neglect—on the former grounds of American aero-space
and defense technology company Northrop
Grumman. NCCADV aims to serve victims of
domestic violence and rape/sexual assault. CCAN's
goal is to reduce the trauma associated with a
child's disclosure of abuse.
Though CADV and CCAN have separate wings
in The Safe Place complex, both organizations seek
to provide an innovative response to the needs of
the victims of severe physical abuse, sexual assault,
domestic/intimate partner violence, elder abuse and
family violence.
"You close that door and no one knows what
goes on inside," Oliva said, referring to the secrecy
of family violence.
CADV offers crisis intervention, assessment
intake, advocacy and counseling to physical abuse
and sexual assauh victims. Women and families
may choose to take advantage of CADV's free legal
services, transitional housing and Safe Home for
Abused Families. SHAF is sited in an undisclosed
location to ensure victims' safety and privacy.
"The legal system is so frightening and big and
can work against them [battered women] so easily,"
Oliva said.
Both coalition have an equally important educa-tional
component.
"We teach people what to be looking for," said
Cynthia Scott, Executive Director of CCAN.
CADV's Get REAL program teaches elementary
students about preventing violence beginning at a
young age. Department staff gives frequent presen-tations
to community groups to raise awareness of
domestic violence and rape/sexual assault issues.
"For a lot of women it's about fear and threats,"
Oliva said. "You almost have to releam who you
are and who you can be."
CCAN works with children 17 and under, chil-dren
who have been sexually and physically abused
and/or neglected. Advocates work with children
throughout the rehabilitation and/or legal process to
ensure the child has all the emotional support need-ed
as well as a good understanding of the legal
process. Project Families Together helps parents
with substance abuse problems transition from their
former lifestyle to one that is fit to embrace family
responsibility and protect children. Project Kidz
Talk gives battered children the opportunity to
interact with one another following the legal/med-ical
process after the disclosure of sex abuse.
"They begin to realize that they're not the only
kid that has happened to," said Cynthia Scott,
Executive Director of CCAN.
CCAN utilizes CADV's 24/7 hotline that
responds to crises and information/referral needs of
victims and acts as a link to other services and
agencies. All calls made to the hotline are anony-
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| Title | Bethpage-Tribune_2010-07-16 |
| Subject | Newspaper |
| Description | This is a Newspaper distributed locally within Bethpage, Old Bethpage, Island Trees, Plainedge and Seaford. |
| Creator | Florence Cullem |
| Publisher | Florence Cullem |
| Contributors | Scanned and Prepared by Hudson Microimaging, Port Ewen, New York 12466. |
| Date | 2010 |
| Type | Periodical |
| Format | PDF; TIFF |
| Source | Bethpage Public Library |
| Language | English |
| Coverage | United States |
| Rights | The Newspaper is in the public Domain and Digital Rights Held by Bethpage Public Library. |
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