Healing Harbor is Underway

Healing Harbor is an Expansion of Services by The Guardian Center Inc., into Richland, Lawrence and Crawford Counties in Southern Illinois.  The Healing Harbor home office will be in Crawford County at the Crawford Memorial Hospital.  These three counties previously did not have a child advocacy center.  Having a center means that children could be interviewed closer to home and would not have to be taken to Carmi for services.

Currently the three counties average between 20 and 25 reports of sexual abuse per year.  As knowledge of the center is increased so are the anticipated number of cases reported.  All three counties have voted to support the advocacy center by issuing restitution fines and fees. The center is supported by governmental grants but is also reliant upon community support for survival.

Please check back for more details on the project as it develops or visit the Healing Harbor Website.