Akron Children's Hospital gets $800k in stimulus funds to treat abuse victims

Akron Children’s Hospital has been given $882,550 in federal stimulus funds to expand services that evaluate children who are victims of sexual, physical or emotional abuse (Source: “Akron Children's Hospital to expand services for young abuse victims using federal stimulus money,” Cleveland Plain Dealer, Sept. 3, 2009).

The hospital’s Children at Risk Evaluation Center currently evaluates children who are referred by private doctors, law enforcement and other agencies, but will now be able to offer longer-term treatment.

"Children who are victims of abuse carry the psychological and sociological trauma throughout their lives," Dr. Daryl Steiner, director of CARE, said in a prepared statement. "Early intervention minimizes the long-term effects of the child's victimization."

The hospital was one of 14 organizations to be given the two-year stimulus grant through the U.S. Department of Justice.