Project Anchor- adolescent victims of sexual abuse

Updates

Anchor Group

We are excited to announce that we now have an active Anchor cohort. This cohort began a week ago and we are looking forward to getting to know these courageous young women. The format of this Anchor cohort is different than previous cohorts. We are now keeping the group open versus having it closed. We have changed the group format in hopes that we will meet the needs of our clients more effectively.

In reference to our other opportunity…nothing has materialized thus far. However, we are having faith that things will fall into place the beginning of next year. Stay tuned to find out more details.

Individual Sessions

Unfortunately, with the increasing influx of demand for services for this age group (whom all attend school) we have almost reached capacity regarding counselor/scheduling availability.Thus, we have created the aforementioned Anchor group with the intent of still meeting the needs of adolescents but in larger numbers versus on an individualized basis. We are still offering individual services but they are determined case by case.

Navigate EducationTrainings

Since the last report, Fair Haven has done several more Navigate trainings in local community high schools. Likewise, we continue to receive requests to do more and have even been asked to return to one school for a follow up discussion with students.

Needs

We still need the funds to be able to hire additional staff members to add to the Anchor team. Fair Haven would also benefit from more funding to be able to purchase extra space to be able to run our programs and groups more effectively.

We are still accepting used women’s magazines to utilize for our collaging and other art activities.

As always, we want to thank you, on behalf of the staff and participants of Project Anchor, for your generous support of our program and our mission to help the hurting youth in our community.