ChildSavers - Memorial Child Guidance Clinic

Our fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30. In FY24, we plan to:

- Train 4,900 early childhood educators reaching 37,500 children.
- Provide 20,934 therapy sessions to 1,000 children.

Through mental health therapy for children and professional development for childcare providers, ChildSavers helps build children's resiliency to trauma and ensures safe spaces are provided to nourish healthy learning for children.

Nearly 100 years ago, ChildSavers was established as the Children's Memorial Clinic in memory of Dr. McGuire Newton, one of Richmond’s first pediatricians. Martha Patteson Bowie (Mrs. Melville C.) Branch connected concerned citizens to create an innovative agency “for the purpose of giving complete physical and mental examinations, free of charge, to all children who may need the same.” We were one of the first ten child guidance clinics in the United States, and the first in the South. As our knowledge grows and the community changes, we adopt new models and best practices to meet the needs of children.

Last fiscal year, ChildSavers trained 6,222 child care providers and completed 11,269 hours of technical assistance. This stregthens the early childhood industry by equipping providers with the tools needed to support healthy childhood development. In our mental health services programs, we provided therapeautic support to 955 children and 33 adults, paving the way for healing and resiliency across the community.