Free Arts depends on the time and talent of volunteers, who
bring love, creativity and healing to the children and families
our programs serve. Free Arts for Abused Children recruits,
trains, places and effectively supports its large corps of volunteers who work hands-on with victims of abuse. With your
help we can protect our ultimate investment –
future generations.
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bring the healing power of the arts to a child in need." |
Free Arts reaches children, infancy to
eighteen years of age, who have been removed from their homes
due to abuse, abandonment or neglect, and families determined by the court
to be “at-risk”. Most of the children served by
Free Arts have been placed in a care facility by the Department
of Children and Family Services, the Department of Probation
or the Department of Mental Health. Free Arts volunteers provide
our programs directly to this population where they
live or receive services: residential care, outpatient and shelter
care facilities, foster care agencies, emergency shelters, and
the Edelman Children’s Courthouse.
The children and adolescents served by Free
Arts include dependents of the state as well as victims of abuse
and family violence who are not under the protective custody
of the courts. This population includes children who have been
sexually abused or who have drug or alcohol dependencies. Depending
on the specific case, a child could be in protective custody
anywhere from as little as 72 hours or through their eighteenth
birthday at which time they are “emancipated” from
the system, unless they are still attending school.
- A residential care facility can range in size
from a small six-bed group home to a care facility that houses
several hundred children.
- Outpatient facilities treat children and/or
adults while the family resides together. Such facilities
intervene and educate the families in an effort to prevent
and treat child abuse.
- An emergency shelter will take care of the child
for up to 72 hours until another placement is made.
- A foster family agency provides umbrella services
for individuals wanting to become foster parents as well as
families who already take care of children in the foster system.
- A domestic violence shelter provides temporary
housing for a parent and their children who have fled from
a dangerous home environment.
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Thanks, any questions call us at (310) 313-4278 or email info@freearts.org
