Advocacy centre in Lethbridge offering hope to young victims of abuse
LETHBRIDGE, AB – The Chinook Child and Youth Advocacy Centre in Lethbridge has yet to be open for a full year and staff members have already responded to over 150 files.
That’s according to Manager Cheryl Patterson. The Chinook Child and Youth Advocacy Centre is a program born out of the Chinook Sexual Assault Centre in Lethbridge.
Patterson said it took many years of hard work with multiple partners to make the advocacy centre a reality, and staff started offering services to young victims of abuse in November 2021.
“[It] is really a community response to child abuse,” Patterson told LNN.