When a family comes to Juliette’s House for assessment, our trained Family Support Team* is here to:

• Provide emotional support to children and families on the day of the assessment.

• Put children and family members at ease and help them through the process.

• Help families with questions or concerns they may have about the assessment process.

• Help families complete intake forms and other paperwork while at Juliette’s House.

• Offer families printed materials and other information regarding child abuse issues.

• Encourage and facilitate the use of community resources and assistance.

• Encourage and facilitate compliance with the assessment team’s treatment recommendations.

*The Family Support Team is composed of trained professional staff, including Becki Pehan, Camilla Sumner, and Sam Dickson. Our team is also assisted by college interns who come from esteemed local universities such as Linfield University, George Fox University, and Western Oregon University, bringing fresh perspectives and dedicated support to our team.

Follow-Up Assistance
After an assessment, our Family Support Team helps families connect with services and resources that will help them cope with the aftermath of abuse. This may mean counseling for the child or parent, state assistance if the offender is out of the home or in jail and the family has no other immediate means of support, contact with the self-sufficiency program – whatever each family needs to move beyond the abuse and recover.

We do both short-term (immediate needs of the child and family) and long-term (over several months up to one year or more if needed) follow up to determine if the family has received services, needs additional services, has any questions or concerns, and generally check on how they are doing. The follow-up support offered by Juliette’s House can significantly impact whether children and families connect to the services and resources needed to heal.