“Looking back on our time at CRH, for the first time in [me and my sister's] lives we felt truly safe. The staff helped us feel accepted and secure. Most importantly, we were living without fear and just having fun as kids again.”
It was two in the morning. While quietly working in the Willows 3 dorm, a member of the Children’s Receiving Home of Sacramento (CRH) night staff heard a loud cry from the bedroom of the newest admit.
She quickly rose and found 11-year-old Marika*, the oldest of a tight-knit Hungarian sibling set, wide awake and overwhelmed with concern for her younger brother and sister.
For generations, the Children’s Receiving Home has been a safe haven for young people and teens suffering abuse and neglect in the greater Sacramento area. With the support of our community, we treat all aspects of the trauma suffered by our youth — mental, physical, and emotional — providing individualized care for young people who are facing new and greater challenges and helping them lay the groundwork for their future success.
