What your Donation Can do For a Family in Need

A Child and Families Wish List

From Victim to Victor

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Immediate Family Relief

Rent for one year…………………………………………………….…….$   4800.00

Food Assistance……………………………………………………….…..$    500.00

Gasoline/cards
Furniture (particularly bedroom sets for the kids)
Legal Needs

Custody Evaluation Court Ordered…………………………………………$   3000.00 average

Psychological evaluations for both parents

Court Liaison for a Child or Parent………@$25.00 per hour..………..….$    250.00

Guardian Et Lietium for a child…………………………………………..  $10,000.00

Attorney Fees Lawyers or law students to help with court process ……….$ 5000.00-+

 

Medical

Health care for one year…………………………………………..……….$   600.00

Dental work………………………………………………………..………$ 2000.00

 

Job Services

Ongoing Adult Education for a parent in need of a better job………..…..$  2500.00

Resume Services……………………………………………………..……$   250.00

Assertiveness training or self-defense courses

 

Children’s Services

Counseling or Therapy @$125.00 per hour…10 visits…………….…….$1250.00 per child

Tutor for a child out of school…$20 per hour……………………….…   $  200.00 per child

Eye Services(contacts/glasses)

Recreational funds (parent cannot afford to have fun with their children)

Educational

Goal: To provide 10 college trusts for children who have lost both parents in familial annihilation

Personal Needs of the child or family $ 60,000.00 in state                       ($600,000.00)

School Supplies per child………………………………………….………$  120.00 annual

Scholarships for parenting assistance or classes

Cooking and computer classes

Head hunter to find good jobs for victims

CRF Outreach

Web Site Management…………………………………………..…..$ 2300.00 annual

 

Other Needs

·       Someone to process and serve divorce and child support papers to batterer = $50

·       Weekly parent strategy meetings to remind victims that their children do no want to live in the violence= $60 per hour

·        Assertiveness training= $100 per seminar (2-3 hours)

·        Money for daycare= $350 per week per child

·        Attorney¹s fees= $15,000

·        Gas cards= $40 per month

·        Housing unit to keep families in for six months while they learn how to change their lives and parent more effectively for their children (i.e. nutrition and cooking classes, exercise, job skills, and parenting and protective factors). This is long-term

·       Handyman services (rent-a-husband so they don¹t need their abusive one)= $65-150 per visit

·       Recreation/Entertainment expenses (so battered families can find joy in living)= $30 per child, per month

·       Dependable cars and services= $35-1500.

 

Cost of reactive care for a child and family in crisis: potentially- tens of thousands of dollars.

Prevention: Priceless.