Kids House

What Kids House does

Kids House of Seminole, Inc., operating as Kids House Wayne Densch Children's Advocacy Center, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit Children's Advocacy Center (CAC) headquartered at 5467 N. Ronald Reagan Blvd., Sanford, Florida. Founded in July 1999 and named in honor of the Wayne M. Densch Charitable Trust, the organization provides free, coordinated services to child abuse victims and their non-offending family members in Seminole County and Central Florida. Its integrated service portfolio includes forensic interviews, forensic medical exams, the Child Advocate Program, the Child Protection Team, the Medical Trauma Program, the Mental Health Program (offering evidence-based treatment including creative arts therapy, play therapy, and EMDR), professional training for community partners, child-abuse prevention education, parenting classes, Faith's Garden memorial, and the Kids House Clubhouse resource center.

Kids House follows the national Children's Advocacy Center model, which is delivered through a Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) approach that consolidates law enforcement, the state attorney's office, medical personnel, child protection professionals, social workers, and licensed mental health counselors in one child-friendly facility. This structure is designed to allow children to share their experience once with a trained forensic interviewer, minimizing re-traumatization while enabling coordinated investigation, treatment, and case resolution. There is no proprietary technology platform, API, or AI component; the service model is fundamentally human-delivered and facility-based. The organization served 1,065 children in FY 2024-2025 and more than 12,000 since inception.

Revenue is generated entirely from donations, grants, fundraising events, and court-ordered restitution, with no fees charged to clients. Recurring revenue is structured through the Kids House Heroes Monthly Giving Club ($25-$100/month tiers). Major funding partners and corporate donors include the Truist Foundation, Wharton-Smith Inc., Charles Mead Inc., and the Wayne M. Densch Charitable Trust. The organization is governed by an independent Board of Directors (chaired by Bob Dallari), led by CEO Juliette Kong, and structured around six program director roles plus a CFRE-credentialed Development Director. Annual fundraising events (17th Annual Gala, 4th Annual Sporting Clay Shoot, A Walk in Their Shoes Tours) and monthly giving sustain a diversified nonprofit revenue model.

Name

Kids House

Legal name

Kids House Of Seminole, Inc.

Website

https://kidshouse.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Kids House is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit Children's Advocacy Center in Sanford, Florida, founded in 1999, that delivers free, coordinated forensic interviews, medical exams, advocacy, and trauma therapy to child abuse victims and families in Seminole County through a centralized multidisciplinary team model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Children's Advocacy Center Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (624110)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGABAG

Child Protection & Child Rights

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/International Development & Poverty Alleviation

SECONDARYBPADAGAG

Child Rights & Protection

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/Human Rights, Democracy & Governance

Keywords

• Child advocacy services
• Trauma therapy programs
• Forensic interview services
• Child abuse prevention
• Victim support services

Headquarters

HQ city

Sanford

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Kids House is a Children's Advocacy Center (CAC) that operates a centralized, child-friendly facility in Sanford, Florida where abused children and their non-offending family members receive coordinated multidisciplinary services. Core services include forensic interviews (in which children tell their story once to a trained interviewer to avoid re-traumatization), forensic medical exams, victim advocacy, trauma therapy (including play therapy, creative arts therapy, and EMDR), and case management. The organization partners with law enforcement, the state attorney's office, medical personnel, child protection professionals, social workers, and licensed mental health counselors to deliver investigation, treatment, and follow-up support under one roof.

Product overview

Kids House is a Children's Advocacy Center (CAC) offering a comprehensive suite of integrated services for child abuse victims and families. The organization operates a single unified facility providing coordinated multidisciplinary services including forensic interviews (where children tell their story once to trained interviewers), forensic medical exams, victim support through the Child Advocate Program, the Child Protection Team for case evaluation, the Medical Trauma Program, and the Mental Health Program providing trauma therapy including creative arts and play therapy. Supporting programs include Professional Trainings for community partners, Child Abuse Prevention Services with parenting classes, Faith's Garden memorial, and the Kids House Clubhouse resource center for families. The organization also operates the Kids House Heroes Monthly Giving Club for ongoing donor support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Forensic Interviews
• Forensic Medical Exams
• Child Advocate Program
• Child Protection Team (CPT)
• Medical Trauma Program
• Mental Health Program
• Professional Trainings
• Child Abuse Prevention Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,065 children served in FY 2024-2025
• +2 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Seminole County Sheriff's OfficecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing MDT partner working with Kids House to handle child abuse cases. The Sheriff's Office was instrumental in the founding of Kids House, with Sheriff Don Eslinger proposing the establishment in 1999. The partnership continues through joint efforts for child abuse prevention and victim support.
• Florida Partnership to End Domestic ViolencecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a key advocacy and help center resource partner, providing support connections for families served by Kids House.
• National Children's AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational accreditation and standards body for Children's Advocacy Centers. Kids House follows the national CAC model.
• National Children's Advocacy CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides resources and training support for child abuse prevention and intervention services.
• National Center for Missing & Exploited ChildrencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKey resource partner providing additional support services for children and families.
• Oviedo Police DepartmentminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with Kids House in 2014 to establish Faith's Garden, a memorial garden honoring children who died from abuse.
• Altamonte Springs Rotary ClubminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with Kids House in 2014 to establish Faith's Garden, a memorial garden honoring children who died from abuse.
• Seminole County Health DepartmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMental health resource partner providing support connections for families served through the MDT approach.
• Children's Home Society of FloridacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKey advocacy and help center resource partner providing support services for families.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Childhelp: National nonprofit addressing child abuse prevention and treatment through a hotline, residential programs, and advocacy. Overlaps with Kids House on child abuse mission and donor pool, but operates a national scope rather than county-level direct services.
• National Children's Alliance: National body that accredits and sets standards for Children's Advocacy Centers across the U.S., including Kids House. Not a direct service provider in Seminole County, but the umbrella organization that defines the CAC framework Kids House operates under.
• National Children's Advocacy Center: Original Children's Advocacy Center (Huntsville, AL) and national training/resource body that provides curriculum, research, and technical assistance to CACs including Kids House. Influences service standards but does not directly compete for Central Florida referrals.

Direct peers

• Dallas Children's Advocacy Center: Children's Advocacy Center serving Dallas County with co-located forensic interview, medical, mental health, and advocacy services. Closely comparable in operational model, scale, and MDT-driven delivery to Kids House.
• Philadelphia Children's Alliance: Children's Advocacy Center serving Philadelphia County using the same MDT-integrated forensic interview, medical, and therapy model. Comparable in service breadth, county-level scope, and reliance on law enforcement and child welfare partnerships.
• Howard Phillips Center for Children & Families: Children's Advocacy Center in Orlando, FL, serving Orange County and the broader Central Florida region. Directly comparable to Kids House in mission (forensic interviews, medical exams, trauma therapy, advocacy) and CAC model, operating in the same metropolitan market.

Regional players

• Children's Home Society of Florida: Major Florida child welfare organization listed as a Kids House resource partner. Operates across Florida in adoption, foster care, and family services — overlapping mission and donor base with Kids House but not a direct CAC competitor.
• Embrace Families: Central Florida child welfare services organization (formerly Community-Based Care of Central Florida) and Kids House MDT partner. Operates in the same geography and coordinates on child welfare cases, but functions as a child protective services lead agency rather than a CAC.

Others

• Darkness to Light: National nonprofit focused on child sexual abuse prevention education and training. Adjacent in mission and overlaps with Kids House on prevention programming, but does not provide direct post-abuse victim services.
• Prevent Child Abuse America: National child abuse prevention advocacy and chapter network. Mission-adjacent (prevention rather than post-abuse intervention) and competes for the same prevention-education donor dollars that Kids House's parenting classes rely on.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/KidsHouseCAC
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kids-house
• Instagraminstagram.com/kidshousecac

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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