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About GCKH Helping families in Pensacola and Escambia County
Gulf Coast Kid's House is a children's advocacy center serving Escambia County. As a children's advocacy center, we combine all of the professionals and resources needed for the intervention, investigation and prosecution of child abuse cases under one child-friendly facility. Child victims and their families also receive mental health counseling at our center. The goal of Gulf Coast Kid's House is to form a more collaborative response to child abuse cases so that we can improve case outcomes and minimize trauma to the children and families we serve.
Our Vision:
The vision of Gulf Coast Kid’s House is to provide a place where child protective services, law enforcement, prosecution, medical and mental health professionals' work together under one roof to provide comprehensive services.
Our Mission:
Facilitate the investigation, prosecution, and treatment of child abuse and neglect and promote child abuse prevention awareness through community education.
Our Goals:
- Provide a child-friendly facility to serve abused children and their families in a neutral environment.
- Minimize trauma to child abuse victims by streamlining the intervention process.
- Develop formal, comprehensive, multi-disciplinary responses to child abuse, which will meet the needs of both child victims and their families.
- Educate the community of child abuse issues and enlisting support to help prevent child abuse.
Click here to view our 2018 Annual Report
Click here to view our 2018 990 Form
Click here to view our 2018 Financial Statements
Board Of Directors
- Olevia McNally, Chair - Envision
- David Peaden II -Chair Elect- Home Builders Association of West Florida
- Keith Weidner, Immediate Past Chair - Taylor, Warren and Weidner PA
- Kelly MacLeod- Fundraising Chair - Bella Magazine
- John Adams - Parliamentarian Beggs & Lane
- Ellen Kent - Secretary
- Kathleen Baldwin, Treasurer
- Keith Hoskins, At Large - Navy Federal Credit Union
- Teri Levin, At Large - Levin Investment/Island Resort
- Nikki Bell - Morette Company
- Ed Carson - Carson Lovell
- Jeremy Cobb - Navy Federal Credit Union
- Amy Connally
- Susan Davis
- Shawn Dominguez - Dominguez Design-Build
- Lisa Nellessen-Savage - Pensacola News Journal
- Jeanne Prange
- Debbie Ritchie - Studer Group
- Sally Rosendahl
- Thomas St. Myer - University of West Florida
- Sherri Swann - Lutheran Services Florida
- Todd Thomson - Greater Pensacola Chamber
- Joe Vinson - Akabaka
- Leslie Yandle - Yandle Consulting
Board of Directors - Emeritus
- Malcolm Ballinger - Ballinger Publishing
- Catherine Gallagher - Community Volunteer
- Nancy Halford - NAI Halford Real Estate
- Dean Hinton - M.D. News Gulf Coast
- Tip McAlpin - McAlpin Interiors
- Sandy Sansing - Sansing Automotive
- Anne Patterson - State Attorney's Office
- Pam Schwartz - Retired Educator
News Articles
Protecting Children: Children And The Courtroom
Protecting Children: Counseling The Family After Abuse
Protecting Children: Educating A Community
SANDY SANSING DEALERSHIPS, PREMIER ISLAND MANAGEMENT and PORTOFINO ISLAND RESORT PRESENT THE 4TH ANNUAL BRUNCH & BUBBLES ON MAY 19 TO BENEFIT GULF COAST KID'S HOUSE
16th annual Chocolate Fest to support Gulf Coast Kid's House
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