What Children's Legacy Center does

Children's Legacy Center (CLC) is a California nonprofit child advocacy center founded in 2016 and headquartered in Redding, California. It serves children and youth from birth through age 21 who have experienced abuse, neglect, trafficking, or other significant trauma in Shasta County and across Northern California. Its core service line is a co-located multidisciplinary model: forensic interviewers, social workers, prosecutors, advocates, physicians, and behavioral health clinicians operate from a single child-centric facility at 1110 Shasta Street, enabling one-visit resolution of investigations and reducing re-traumatization. Service offerings include forensic interviewing, onsite forensic medical exams for ages 1–18, therapy through the Center for Resilience, family advocacy with clinical case management, a Foster Family Agency (temporarily paused under AB 2496 in September 2024), and a regional Coordinated Response Team addressing child trafficking.

Underlying infrastructure consists of a co-located facility with a dedicated medical exam room and live-feed observation conference rooms, plus a second site at 1400 Oregon Street for behavioral health. The organization runs a Department of Innovative Research producing evidence-based insights in trauma, CSEC, and resilience. Business model mechanics: approximately 85% of operational expenses are covered by state and federal grants and reimbursements, with individual donations and foster-care reimbursements providing the remainder. Donor dollars are amplified at roughly 5x through grant-matching mechanisms. Services are free to families; clients are accessed through referrals from partner agencies rather than direct commercial channels.

The organization has been broadening from a single-county provider to a regional platform. It holds a management services agreement with One SAFE Place, leads the Arch Collaborative, and co-leads the SHARC coalition pursuing a True North regional behavioral health campus via California BHCIP funding with Signature Healthcare and 11 Northern California counties. Revenue is not publicly disclosed and venture/PE capital is not part of the capital structure; the entity is governed by a board including the Shasta County District Attorney, Sheriff, and Superintendent of Education.

Name

Children's Legacy Center

Legal name

Children's Legacy Center

Website

https://childrenslegacycenter.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Children's Legacy Center is a Redding, California nonprofit child advocacy center providing forensic interviewing, medical exams, therapy, family advocacy, and trafficking response services to children and youth impacted by abuse and trauma across Shasta County and Northern California.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Child Advocacy Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Child and Youth Services (624110)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Child Welfare, Foster Care & Adoption Services (BPAGAEAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Juvenile Justice System (Courts & Detention) (BPAIAFAF), Trauma-Informed Care & Crisis Response (School-Based) (EDAKAMAF)

Keywords

• Child advocacy services
• Forensic interviewing
• Trauma-informed therapy
• Foster family services
• Child protection programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Redding

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations: Individual and community donations provide operational support. Donor dollars represent at least five times their gift value due to grant matching and reimbursement mechanisms.
2. Public Grants: State and federal grants provide the majority of funding. Nearly 85% of operational expenses are grant-funded and reimbursement-based.
3. Foster Family Reimbursements: Monthly reimbursements for resource families caring for children and youth placed in their homes, according to the children's needs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Children's Legacy Center provides multidisciplinary advocacy, forensic interviewing, forensic medical exams, trauma-informed therapy, and family advocacy services for children and youth impacted by abuse, neglect, or trafficking. Services are delivered through a co-located facility where law enforcement, social workers, prosecutors, advocates, and physicians collaborate to reduce child re-traumatization.

Product overview

Children's Legacy Center is a non-profit child advocacy center (CAC) offering a coordinated suite of services for children and youth impacted by abuse, neglect, or trauma in Shasta County, California. The organization operates multiple co-located and regionally-delivered programs including: Forensic Interviewing (one-on-one interviews reducing child re-traumatization); Forensic Medical Exams (specialized examinations for physical and sexual abuse allegations); Therapy Services via the Center for Resilience (trauma-informed behavioral health services); Family Advocacy (clinical case management and resource connection); a Foster Family Agency (currently paused due to AB 2496); and a Coordinated Response Team for regional collaboration on trafficking cases. Services are research-based and results-driven, with a multidisciplinary team model co-locating investigators, social workers, prosecutors, advocates, and physicians.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Center for Resilience: Behavioral health services for children, youth, and their non-offending family members. Provides trauma-informed, resiliency-oriented, evidence-based therapeutic approach. Located at 1400 Oregon Street, Redding.

Products and services

• Forensic Interviewing

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• One SAFE PlacecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSeparate legal entity under a signed management services agreement where Children's Legacy Center assists One SAFE Place with operations and enhances OSP's impact. Together they form a network of organizations responding to trauma, violence, and exploitation in the community.
• State of California Child Trafficking UnitcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to develop a comprehensive regional pilot program to identify challenges and recommend solutions for rural Northern California counties addressing child trafficking.
• Shasta County Crime Victims Assistance CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration to provide comprehensive resources including Victim's Rights and Victim Compensation for children and families.
• Arch CollaborativecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLed by CLC CEO Kimberly Johnson, Arch Collaborative works to ensure trauma-informed, community-based services are available to vulnerable populations across Northern California, specializing in regional partnerships and government funding.
• Shasta Health Assessment and Redesign Collaborative (SHARC)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition guiding regional behavioral health campus proposal with healthcare, nonprofit, and county partners.
• Signature HealthcaremajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNationally recognized leader in high-acuity behavioral health serving as lead applicant and primary operator for proposed regional behavioral health campus under BHCIP funding.
• Rural County Representatives of California (RCRC)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership hosting North State Behavioral Health Leadership Convening with 11 rural Northern California counties to build collaborative solutions for behavioral health systems.
• Steinberg InstitutemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMental health and substance use advocacy organization driving California behavioral health policy improvements, partnered on North State Behavioral Health Summit.
• Partnership HealthPlanminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDean Germano serves as Vice Chair of Partnership HealthPlan, connecting regional healthcare initiatives.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Childhelp: National nonprofit dedicated to the prevention and treatment of child abuse, operating child-advocacy programs, a national hotline, and residential treatment. Comparable to CLC because of overlapping child abuse prevention, advocacy, and trauma-response mission.
• National Center for Missing & Exploited Children: National nonprofit providing resources and recovery services for missing and exploited children. Comparable to CLC because of overlapping focus on child sex trafficking response, multi-agency law enforcement partnerships, and trauma services for exploited youth.
• National Children's Alliance: The national accrediting body for Children's Advocacy Centers, including Children's Legacy Center. NCA sets CAC standards, provides training, and supports a national network of CACs, making it the umbrella incumbent across the same advocacy-center model.
• Casey Family Programs: Large operating foundation focused on child welfare, foster care, and family services across the U.S. Comparable to CLC because of shared focus on child welfare systems, foster care, and trauma-informed services for children and families.

Direct peers

• Chadwick Center for Children and Families: Hospital-based child abuse treatment and research center at Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego, providing forensic interviews, medical exams, therapy, and research. Comparable to CLC because it operates the same integrated CAC service stack (forensic interview + medical + therapy + research) for abused children.
• Darkness to Light: National nonprofit focused on preventing child sexual abuse through education, training, and advocacy. Comparable to CLC because of overlapping sexual-abuse response, prevention education, and child-trauma mission.
• Bethany Christian Services: National nonprofit providing foster care, adoption, family preservation, and refugee services. Comparable to CLC because of overlapping Foster Family Agency and child welfare services, including the same AB 2496 regulatory exposure.
• Prevent Child Abuse America: National organization focused on preventing child abuse through advocacy, education, and program support, including the Healthy Families America home-visiting model. Comparable to CLC because of overlapping child abuse prevention, advocacy, and family support mission.
• National Child Traumatic Stress Network: Network funded by SAMHSA that advances trauma-informed care for children, including abuse survivors, through research, training, and treatment. Comparable to CLC's Center for Resilience because of shared focus on trauma-informed, evidence-based behavioral health for abused children.
• KVC Health Systems: Mid-sized nonprofit operating child welfare, foster care, behavioral health, and family preservation services across multiple states. Comparable to CLC because of direct overlap in foster family agency operations, trauma-informed behavioral health, and child welfare contracting.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles19 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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