CENTER FOR ALEXANDRIAS CHILDREN INC
One City, One Place, One Goal: Strong Families, Safe Children
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Learn & PlayGroups
Provide Alexandria's only free & open playgroups for children ages 0-5 to build strong families and prevent abuse. Our groups connect parents, children and their community.
Community Outreach & Education
Train & educate our community on how to prevent child sexual abuse and keep children safe.
Child Advocacy Center
We are the one safe place for child abuse victims and their families to receive coordinated and comprehensive services from investigation through treatment. We coordinate, train and support the City agencies that respond to, investigate and treat child victims of abuse.
Where we work
Affiliations & memberships
National Children's Alliance - Associate Member 2009
External reviews
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, It is difficult to get honest feedback from the people we serve, It is difficult to identify actionable feedback, low literacy levels of individuals we serve can be a challenge to collecting information
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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CENTER FOR ALEXANDRIAS CHILDREN INC
Board of directorsas of 04/02/2023
Ms. Melissa Riddy
Inova Health System
Term: 2023 - 2026
Kate Garvey
Department of Community & Human Service
Judy Harmatz
Alexandria City Public Schools
Bryan Porter
Commonwealth Attorney
Leslie Woolley
Community Volunteer
Anne Harbour
Carefirst BCBS
Melissa Poretz Riddy
Inova Health System
Drew Carroll
Land, Carroll & Blair, PC
Kristine Clark
retired educator
Cathy David
retired educator
Kristin Donley
Alexandria City Public Schools
Jamie Harvey
Pricewaterhouse Coopers
Don Hayes
Alexandria Police Department
Patricia Hines
Grant Thornton LLP
Amy Jackson
City of Alexandria
Lauren Riley
Walsh, Colluci, Lubeley & Walsh
Sean Sherlock
King, Campbell, Poretz & Mitchell
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Not applicable -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Not applicable
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
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Disability
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