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Most children will not endure the experience of walking through the FCC doors to receive help at Matty's Place that houses Winona's child advocacy center or Stepping Stones that houses La Crosse's child advocacy center.

But the statistics are still staggering that one in four girls and one in nine boys will be the victim of physical or sexual abuse.

Respite Providers are a vital part of caring for children and youth aged birth to 18 experiencing behavioral, emotional, medical, and/or physical challenges.

Family & Children’s Center’s Board of Directors has entered into a purchase agreement effective June 5 for the former Marine Credit Union administrative facility at 811 Monitor Street for its new La Crosse headquarters.

A pair of Winona area organizations are teaming up to support community members and make sure that children from the Winona area are ready to return to class.

Thanks to Family & Children’s Center’s Safe Visitation program, children are protected during supervised visits for families who need support and/or need to learn how to best care for their children.

Respite Providers are a vital part of caring for children and youth aged birth to 18 experiencing behavioral, emotional, medical, and/or physical challenges.

The Community Respite program is designed to meet specific individual and family needs while maintaining collaboration with other service providers and legal guardians.

To help the program to get off to a strong start case managers Teisha Escobar and Georgia Neal were brought on board to help meet families where they are not only in their journey as parents, but where they are living.

Volunteers heard from speakers on what they might experience in responding to a call, and the ways that they can help their friends and neighbors in a critical moment.

“We're looking forward to some improved technology, stronger safety controls and a warm, welcoming environment for our clients are probably the biggest things,” FCC President/CEO Tita Yutuc said. “There's just a lot of really good things about the building and the size.”

The new, smaller facility provides more spatial flexibility than the organization’s previous home of 31 years.

FCC’s Destiny Ziel, Social Worker with the Treatment Foster Care & Host Homes programs spoke with Z93’s Ballzer about the programs on-air to promote the program and highlight the contribution.

Family & Children’s Center is thrilled to announce a grant of $55,000 from the Otto Bremer Trust.

Respite Providers are a vital part of caring for children and youth aged birth to 18 experiencing behavioral, emotional, medical, and/or physical challenges.

During the visit, the group toured the various spaces of the Family & Children’s Center offices, including outpatient therapy space, Matty’s Place, Safe Visitation, and Day Treatment facilities.

Safe Visitation provides 45-70 visits per week for families in Winona County, as of 2022.

The Other Door is designed to provide positive social networking opportunities, particularly for people needing support in their recovery from substance abuse or mental illness.

"It’s important for us to be in many locations to help as many people as possible,” said Morken when asked during an interview with WXOW.

Family & Children’s Center’s Domestic Abuse Project, a program of Family & Children’s Center, along with Vernon County Sheriff’s Office, local law enforcement, and Stonehouse Counseling, are bringing a volunteer opportunity Help End Abuse Response Team (HEART) to Vernon County.

5,100 diapers were donated following an effort from Onalaska United Methodist Church's Outreach Committee.

Meet Lydia Blum, May's featured respite provider! The Community Respite Program provides respite services for children and youth aged birth to 18 experiencing behavioral, emotional, medical, and/or physical challenges.

Celebration held April 27 at WNB Financial in Winona, celebrating more than two hundred student artists who took part in the content, supported by FCC, the Winona County Primary Prevention Project and WNB Financial.

About 100 WSU students, FCC staff and community members joined together for the walk on April 25.

Children from Winona and surrounding communities showcased “Hands are For” artwork at Family & Children’s Center April 20.

The initial 'Meet and Eat' session hosted on April 19, is available for viewing online. The second 'Meet and Eat' session is set for April 25 in Winona.

All through her childhood and her teen years, Stacy Mitby kept her trauma a secret, terrified to tell even those she trusted about the abuse she was enduring.

Winona advocacy groups will host several community events in the upcoming weeks to raise awareness about sexual assault and child abuse as well as resources available for survivors.

FCC Staff and board members were joined by staff from Gundersen Health System, Viterbo University, the School District of La Crosse, La Crosse Police Department, La Crosse County Human Services during the visit.

Learn how you can get involved.

Results are in for the 10th annual 'Best of La Crosse County' contest!