Our mission: “Dedicated to the prevention, evaluation and treatment of child abuse”

KIDS Center serves over 600 children annually with child abuse evaluation and treatment services. Evaluations include comprehensive medical examinations and child-friendly forensic interviews. Treatment includes therapy provided on-site by Deschutes Mental Health therapists. KIDS Center also provides education and consultation to community members and professionals throughout Central and Eastern Oregon on issues related to child abuse and neglect. Community prevention efforts include organizing the annual Blue Ribbon Campaign in April and providing Darkness to Light child sexual abuse prevention trainings.

For assistance in Deschutes County, please call 383-5958 or contact us.

Crook County Satellite Office
In October of 2007 the Crook County Satellite Office was opened to help better serve the community. Major donors who helped make this happen were:

• Les Schwab Memorial Fund

• Crook County Commission on Children and Families

• OCF

• Jan & Jody Ward

• Central Oregon Community Investment Board

• Pioneer Memorial Hospital

If you need assistance in Crook County, please contact:

Donna Hamlin
Crook County Satellite Office
P.O. Box 1967
Prineville, OR 97754
541-771-8589

Darkness to Light Training
A child’s safety is an adult’s job. We make sure our children wear seat belts. We walk them across busy streets. It’s adults’ responsibility to also protect children from child sexual abuse.

KIDS Center , in conjunction with a coalition of tri-county partners, is spearheading a revolutionary sexual abuse prevention training and outreach program in Central Oregon. This national research-based program, developed by the organization Darkness to Light, educates adults to prevent, recognize, and react responsibly to child sexual abuse. For every 1 adult trained in this program, 10 children are potentially better protected...learn more