The Children s Program provides individual and group sessions to children from preschool age through the teen years who live or have lived in a violent home situation. DO YOU KNOW . According to FBI statistics, a woman is beaten in her own home every 18 seconds in the United States. Violence against family members becomes a cycle of violence, passed on from one generation to the next. Last year over 5,000 persons were served by the CARE Center.
Spousal abuse happens among every age, economic, social, racial and ethnic group in our society.
Once a spouse is abused, the abuse tends to continue, occurs more frequently and becomes more severe. One third of all murders in the United States involve family members. 2429 Fayetteville, NC 28302 CARE is sponsored by the Cumberland County Department of Social Services and supported by the Cumberland County Commissioners and concerned citizens.