The Dumas Office of The Bridge Host Chamber's Business After Hours

The Bridge hosted this month's Business After Hours for the Dumas/Moore County Chamber of Commerce.  Below are pictures of Chamber members visiting at the Bridge office in Dumas.

April Tucker, Brenda Elzner, Amy Rhoades and Sam Cartwright at the Chambers Business After Hours

Edye Cunningham of CASA 69 visiting with Amy Rhoades Board Member of The Bridge

 The Bridge proactively engages community partners, implements impartial investigative techniques, coordinates case tracking, makes counseling referrals and educates victims and non-offending family members on victims’ rights, resources and options.  These steps reduce duplication of efforts between agencies involved in the investigation, expedites prosecution, increases conviction rates of offenders, and helps victims onto the path of recovery.

The collaborative efforts of a multi-disciplinary team, the core element of a children’s advocacy center, has resulted in a program that holds offenders accountable, enhances accuracy of information gathered during investigations, increases convictions and decreases the stress placed on a child caught in the judicial system.

With the broad continuum of specialized services The Bridge provides, the cycle of abuse is being broken. Every child deserves the chance to enjoy their childhood and the opportunity to become a healthy, productive adult.