"[My favorite part of my job is ] working with children and families following trauma. While you are exposed to a lot of secondary traumatic experiences you also get to see and work with families who are resilient, courageous, and help them reestablish their personal power and equilibrium. It is a privilege to walk with them on their journey."
- Susan Weaver is the Children Who Witness Violence Program Manager and has been working with FrontLine since 2008.
Read More“So many times our children are just talked to and not talked with, and we are talking with them, listening to them and holding everyone else in their world accountable to helping them and I’m really proud of that,”
- Iris Goins, Supporting Children-TST Family Engagement Specialist.
FrontLine Service takes the old adage “it takes a village to raise a child” literally, with many of our programs geared toward crisis and trauma support for children. FrontLine’s Supporting Children-TST program takes a multi-faceted approach to process everything happening simultaneously to children in their community.
Read MoreBefore the sun was up, even though her shift wasn’t starting for hours, Kathy traveled to the scene of a homicide. Police had called FrontLine to assist a five-year-old and a seven-year-old at the scene who had witnessed the tragedy. Kathy spent hours with them in the back of a police car and at the hospital, keeping them safe and occupied. She was a calm, comforting presence at their worst moment.
Kathy is a member of FrontLine Service’s Traumatic Loss Response Team (TLRT). Since 2008, TLRT has helped Cuyahoga County families navigate the sudden loss of a loved one to homicide, suicide, or other traumatic event. Licensed clinicians, available 24/7, travel to wherever families need them to provide immediate support after a traumatic loss. The children Kathy supported are among the more than 1,000 individuals TLRT served in 2022.
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