In This Issue - January 17, 2017
2016 in Review: Blankets and Bears bandb

The most popular items requested at the Children's Advocacy Center are stuffed bears and cozy blankets - and last year 37 people and organizations donated stuffed animals and bears to CAN! Blankets of all kinds were donated by 22 various groups and individuals. We are deeply grateful for all the donations made last year! Thank you to all our partners who were so kind!
Weekly Service Statistics:
AS(week of January 9 - 15, 2017)
 
Children Receiving Services: 50
Boys: 25
Girls: 25
  
Ages:
0-2 years: 5
3-6  years: 9
7-12 years: 28
13-17 years:  8
  
Type of Abuse:
Sexual: 27
Physical: 14
Neglect:  25
Witness to Violence: 1
Fatalities: 0
Human Trafficking: 0
Other: 4
Appointments:
Interviews: 34
Medicals: 11
Mental Health Consults:  15
  
Other Services:
Crisis Calls: 8
Children Team Reviewed:  14
    
Counties Served: 3
       (Osage, Ottawa & Tulsa)  
  
  
Note: Number of new children may not equal number of medicals, interviews, mental health consults and team review, as some children may receive multiple services.   
CAN in the News news

The Owasso Reporter recently published an article on the child abuse case in Owasso. Rose Turner, Interim Executive Director of CAN, shared the following with reporter Art Haddaway, "This case was alarming to the child abuse multidisciplinary team in Tulsa due to the infants' state. Certainly the recent case out of Owasso is an egregious incident that could have resulted in the death of a child if law enforcement and DHS had not intervened."

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  AN Oklahoma Hotline to Report Abuse  800-522-3511
Upcoming Events AE

Getting to Know CAN

Lunch & Tour

 

   February 9, 2017

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

 

CAN hosts a luncheon and tour of the Children's Advocacy Center for individuals who would like to know more about our program.

 

Please contact Jackie Hewitt at (918) 624-0217 or [email protected] to reserve your seat today.  
 


Superhero Challenge

April 2, 2017 (Sunday)

 

CANdlelight Ball

April 21, 2017 (Friday)

 

Join us for a fun and elegant evening!

 

For more information, call

 (918) 624-0217 or email [email protected]

for sponsorship opportunities.

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