Nampa Family Justice Center in action
The Nampa Family Justice Center is a collaboration of agencies with the mission to promote safety, self-sufficiency, hope and healing to those affected by abuse.
The below story is an excellent example of this mission:
A Child Protective Services (CPS) worker stationed at the NFJC brought in a family with multiple young children. This family was found living in a car and the children appeared to have experienced much trauma.
The Nampa Family Justice Center (NFJC) advocates worked with CPS to provide assistance including helping clean the small children, provide new clothes, gave them water and food, and a safe place to sleep. Our staff also comforted one child by holding her while she slept to reinforce safety and care. The Nampa Police Department, also stationed at the NFJC, stepped in and worked alongside everyone else to tend to the needs of the children.
Everyone came together to help. It was a hard and very sad situation but the children are in a safe place now. Please note: the intent of Child Protective Services is to protect children. Their goal is to keep children from harm, reunite families and continually work to provide support and resources.
Additionally, the kindness of the CPS workers was evident to the NFJC advocates. Their gentleness, compassion and care for the kids, even amongst the chaos, was beautiful to watch. We would also like to thank our facilities staff, Felicia, who stepped in and assisted with the cleanup as well.
