Wesley shelter, INC. Will implement heal (hope, empowerment, advocacy, and love): a youth-centered victim services response to expand and strengthen trauma-informed, developmentally appropriate…

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime awarded Wesley Shelter Inc. $274,011 on October 1, 2025, under the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582) to implement HEAL (Hope, Empowerment, Advocacy, and Love), a youth-centered victim services initiative.

HEAL delivers 24/7 emergency response, safe shelter, individualized case management, victim and legal advocacy, medical and mental health care, educational enrichment through STEM and tutoring programs, trauma-informed summer enrichment, and therapeutic supports to children and youth ages 0–17 who are primary victims of child abuse-related domestic violence and sexual violence in Wilson County, North Carolina. The program engages non-offending caregivers as partners in recovery and operates through dedicated staff including a Youth Services Coordinator, Child and Youth Case Manager/Victim Advocate, and Trauma-Informed Childcare Worker.

Wesley Shelter Inc., a tax-exempt nonprofit based in Wilson, North Carolina, is the recipient. The period of performance runs through September 30, 2028. Services are delivered in Wilson, North Carolina.

Wesley shelter, INC. Will implement heal (hope, empowerment, advocacy, and love): a youth-centered victim services response to expand and strengthen trauma-informed, developmentally appropriate services for american children and youth (ages 017) in wilson county, north carolina, who have been the primary victims of child-abuse related domestic violence and sexual violence. Through a coordinated, multidisciplinary model, heal will center youth as primary victims and engage non-offending caregivers as partners in recovery, ensuring access to safe shelter, individualized case management, victim and legal advocacy, medical, dental, and mental health care, educational enrichment, and therapeutic supports. Heal will serve children and youth with wraparound support delivered by a full-time youth services coordinator, child and youth case manager/victim advocate, and a trauma-informed childcare worker. Services will include 24/7 emergency response, stem and tutoring programs, trauma-informed summer enrichment, and access to support services, legal, and healthcare partners.