Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$4,831,226

Total expenses

$4,278,618

Contributions and grants received

$4,777,707

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$30,638

Investment income

$22,881

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$3,373,929

Total liabilities, end of year

$328,985

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$3,044,944

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$3,612,572

Management and general expenses

$247,823

Fundraising expenses

$418,223

Program service expenses (Part III)

$3,612,572

Program services were 84.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2022

• CLIENT ADVOCACY SERVICES PROGRAM: SAFE SHORES' CLIENT ADVOCACY SERVICES PROGRAM IS A CHILD VICTIM'S FIRST POINT OF CONTACT WITH SAFE SHORES. IT WORKS WITH CHILDREN AND THEIR NON-OFFENDING CAREGIVERS THROUGHOUT THE CONTINUUM OF SERVICES. THIS MEANS HELPING THEM ACCESS CRITICAL INFORMATION, SHORT- AND LONG-TERM RESOURCES, AND TAILORED, INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORT AS THESE YOUNG CRIME VICTIMS AND THEIR CAREGIVERS MOVE TOWARD HEALING, RECLAIMING THEIR SENSE OF AGENCY AND SELF-EFFICACY, AND RESTORING THEIR SENSE OF TRUST AND HOPE. THE CLIENT ADVOCACY SERVICES PROGRAM PROVIDES CRISIS SUPPORT, ONGOING ADVOCACY, FOLLOW-UP, REFERRALS TO COMMUNITY SERVICES, AND INFORMATION ON CRIME VICTIMS' RIGHTS AND PROGRAMS TO ASSIST CRIME VICTIMS. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, SAFE SHORES ALSO PROVIDES CHILD VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES WITH NEW TRANSITIONAL CLOTHING, MEALS, AND EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.

  Expenses $1,228,497

• CLINICAL SERVICES: SAFE SHORES' CLINICAL SERVICES PROGRAM HELPS FAMILIES ON THE ROAD TO HEALING FROM TRAUMA AND ABUSE BY PROVIDING EVIDENCE-BASED TRAUMA-INFORMED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF TRAUMA- FOCUSED COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY (TFCBT) THE CLINICAL SERVICES TEAM PROVIDES A SAFE SPACE FOR CHILDREN TO IDENTIFY AND OVERCOME CHALLENGES, DEVELOP POSITIVE COPING SKILLS AND BUILD HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH TALK THERAPY, PLAY THERAPY, ART THERAPY, SAND-TRAY THERAPY AND OTHER MODALITIES PROVIDED TO CHILD VICTIMS, THEIR NON-OFFENDING CAREGIVERS, AND SIBLINGS. DURING FY2020, THE CLINICAL SERVICES PROGRAM PROVIDED 1,162 THERAPY SESSIONS TO 32 CHILDREN AND PROVIDED 1,172 CONSULTATIONS WITH PARENTS/CAREGIVERS, SERVING 75 CHILDREN AND 90 CAREGIVERS.

  Expenses $685,740

• FORENSIC SERVICES: SAFE SHORES' FORENSIC SERVICES PROGRAM (FSP)COORDINATES AND CONDUCTS NEUTRAL, FACT-FINDING AND DEVELOPMENTALLY-SENSITIVE (FORENSIC) INTERVIEWS WITH CHILDREN AFFECTED BY ABUSE AND CHILD WITNESSES TO VIOLENCE ON BEHALF OF FELLOW MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM MEMBER AGENCIES. THE GOAL OF FORENSIC INTERVIEWS IS TO ENSURE THAT CHILDRENS' VOICES ARE HEARD AND TO MINIMIZE THE NUMBER OF TIMES A CHILD MUST RECOUNT ANY INCIDENT OF ABUSE. FORENSIC SERVICES ALSO SUPPORTS MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM COLLABORATION, UPDATING PROTOCOLS AND ENSURING BEST PRACTICES. IN FY 2019, 702 FORENSIC INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED BY SAFE SHORES, WITH CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS THREE-YEARS-OLD UP TO ADOLESCENTS AGED 17. ON OCCASION UPON REQUEST BY LAW ENFORCEMENT, FSP CONDUCTS FORENSIC INTERVIEWS WITH INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED ADULTS.

  Expenses $453,803

• TEEN ADVOCACY INITIATIVE ADOLESCENTS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 13 TO 17 WHO HAVE BEEN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HAVE THE RIGHT TO AN ADVOCATE PURSUANT TO DC'S SEXUAL ASSAULT AND VICTIMS' RIGHTS AMENDMENT ACT OF 2019. SAFE SHORES TEEN ADVOCATES ARE ON CALL AROUND THE CLOCK TO BE DISPATCHED TO HELP TEEN SURVIVORS IN THE MIDST OF CRISIS UNDERSTAND THEIR OPTIONS AND SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR CHOICES. TEEN ADVOCATES TRAVEL TO WHERE THE SURVIVORS IS--AT A HOSPITAL OR ELSEWHERE IN THE COMMUNITY, AS SOON AS THE CRIME IS REPORTED. EXAMPLES OF THE SUPPORT A TEEN ADVOCATE MIGHT PROVIDE INCLUDE REFERRALS TO MEDICAL CARE, MENTAL HEALTH CARE, OR LEGAL AID. PREVENTION AND OUTREACH PROGRAM - SAFE SHORES' PREVENTION AND OUTREACH PROGRAM IS ROOTED IN THE BELIEF THAT ADULTS ARE THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE IN PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM ABUSE. DEPLOYING EVIDENCE-INFORMED TRAINING CURRICULA AND ALSO BY PARTICIPATING IN COMMUNITY EVENTS TO PROVIDE BASIC INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC, SAFE SHORES PROVIDES ADULTS WHO WORK WITH AND/OR CARE FOR CHILDREN IN VARIOUS SETTINGS WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE IMPACT OF CHILD ABUSE AND CHILD TRAUMA AND EQUIPS THEM WITH SKILLS TO RECOGNIZE, RESPOND TO, AND PREVENT ABUSE. MDT ADVANCEMENT AND SUPPORT PROGRAM -SAFE SHORES SERVES AS THE HUB OF THE WHEEL OF DC'S LEGALLY MANDATED, MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM (MDT) RESPONSE TO CHILDREN IMPACTED BY ABUSE IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. SAFE SHORES' COORDINATION OF THE MDT'S JOINT WORK WITH CHILD VICTIMS AND CULTIVATION OF COLLABORATIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS AMONG THE VARIOUS MDT AGENCIES IMPROVES THE PUBLIC SYSTEM'S RESPONSE TO CHILD ABUSE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. BY HELPING PUBLIC AGENCIES WITH DIFFERENT MANDATES AND PROFESSIONAL CULTURES WORK TOGETHER MORE EFFECTIVELY AND PROVIDING THEM WITH UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ABOUT CHANGES IN THE FIELD OF CHILD PROTECTION AND UPDATED KNOWLEDGE ABOUT CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT, SAFE SHORES STRENGTHENS THESE PROFESSIONALS' SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE, THEREBY FOSTERING ENHANCED AND COST-SAVING SYSTEM EFFICIENCY WHILE KEEPING THE NEEDS OF CHILD VICTIMS AT THE CENTER OF THIS WORK. MAINTAINING A HEALTHY MDT PARTNERSHIP FOR NEARLY THREE DECADES REQUIRES CONSTANT AND FOCUSED ATTENTION, PARTICULARLY SINCE PERSONNEL AND LEADERSHIP AT PUBLIC AGENCIES CHANGE REGULARLY. THERE IS A NEED FOR ONGOING ORIENTATION, TRAINING, AND RELATIONSHIP-BUILDING TO ACHIEVE OPTIMAL OUTCOMES FOR VICTIMIZED CHILDREN. OUR MDT ADVANCEMENT AND SUPPORT PROGRAM IS DEDICATED TO MEETING THIS NEED.

  Expenses $1,244,532

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

4 March 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202400899349300805

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