Canopy Child Advocacy Center

The Youth with Problematic or Illegal Sexual Behavior Program will expand interventions and treatment in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, for youth with problematic or illegal
sexual behavior, and treatment and services for child victims of youth with problematic or illegal sexual behavior and their nonoffending caregivers. The program will improve public safety, strengthen families in Cuyahoga County, and implement a collaborative effort with the juvenile court to reduce violence and recidivism in pre- and post-adjudicated youth, enhance public safety, and strengthen families and the community.

Canopy Child Advocacy Center, with the partnership of over 40 multidisciplinary team members, including juvenile court, will significantly expand evidence-based and community-based treatment and support for youth with problematic or illegal sexual behavior ages 7 to 17, child victims, and their caregivers. Direct services will include intake, case management, caregiver focus groups, caregiver support groups, evidence-based treatment, and community-based intervention.

Youth with problematic or illegal sexual behavior are children in need of guidance and support, and they will benefit from intervention, treatment, and case management that drastically reduces recidivism and stops the behavior from worsening. Child victims of youth and their families experience shame, confusion, mental and emotional stress, and the destabilization of the household, and they will benefit from treatment and caregiver support. The public will benefit from the reduction of violence, the increase in public safety, and the increase in healthy family units in the community.