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.
Here at CRH, this really is the most wonderful time of the year. We get to experience friends all over the Sacramento area getting into the holiday spirit and having fun supporting the kids at CRH.
Shortly before Christmas, stacks of shoe boxes arrive in the Children’s Receiving Home of Sacramento (CRH) lobby. New shoe boxes with brand names like Nike, Converse, Adidas and Vans—in all sizes and styles, for boys and girls of all ages. Last year, almost 200 pairs of new shoes were donated to the Receiving Home—all because of one very grateful man and past CRH resident, Jason Salinas.
The Children’s Receiving Home of Sacramento (CRH) has been named a “2018 Top-Rated Nonprofit” by GreatNonprofits, the leading provider of user reviews of charities and nonprofits.
The Top-Rated Nonprofit Award is the based on the rating and number of reviews that CRH received from volunteers, donors and aid recipients.
“CRH rocks! The staff are always there to listen and understand the kids, no matter what they’re going through,” says a past client.
It’s September and the kids at the Children’s Receiving Home of Sacramento (CRH) are going back to school after a busy summer of activities. We are serious about education for our kids — and for our staff too!
CRH staff keep up-to-date on all the latest training to ensure we are always providing the best care possible to the children and youth we serve.
On May 3, 2018 we asked the Sacramento community to step up BIG and join us in raising much-needed funds for campus-wide improvements at the Children’s Receiving Home of Sacramento (CRH).
We asked, and you answered in a BIG way! Together, you donated more than $50,000 and made some long-needed projects to spiff up and beautify our 6-acre campus a reality.
This month has been busy with construction crews tackling things like shower and counter top upgrades, laminate flooring installation, and more.
When I first came to the Children’s Receiving Home (CRH) as a fifteen-year-old runaway I was very lost and confused. I had been self-harming and had tried to commit suicide. I really wasn’t sure what the world had left for me.
How many days does it take to change a life? In the case of four-year-old Mason*, it was 251 days.
Two-hundred and fifty-one days of therapy, empathy, and helping him feel safe. Two-hundred and fifty-one days of nurturing and care by skilled teachers and clinicians. Two-hundred and fifty-one days in our Sprouts: Trauma-Informed Care Preschool.
“Play is the exultation of the possible.” — Martin Buber, Philosopher
All children who come to CRH are suffering. While some arrive with visible wounds, all come with invisible ones: abuse, neglect and trauma. With those major life issues to deal with, some may ask what good is something as seemingly minor as a baseball game, art project or trip to the park. According to CRH Recreational Supervisor Gabe Menendez, these everyday activities are key to helping our CRH kids heal.
“What’s for dinner?” That good-natured phrase rings around homes in our community – and everywhere—each evening.
But for some kids, it’s a loaded question: Dinner for all too many is only a snack they were able to squirrel home from school, what they can hoard away to stave off starvation, or – for some – absolutely nothing at all.
Enter the CRH office of David Goldstein, and you’ll always hear music playing. It’s not just any music; it’s the Grateful Dead: the eclectic 1960s band known for its warm worldview and welcoming fan culture.
But the Dead is more than music to David’s ears – the band’s inclusive vision reflects a big-picture philosophy that has informed David’s decades of service to children, including his 39 years as Lead Social Worker at the Children’s Receiving Home of Sacramento.
On World Gratitude Day and every day, we are so grateful for the wonderful support of our generous community. Check out some quotes from recent donors, and share your own story about why supporting CRH kids is important to you.
“CRH helped us as children; thanks so much for the opportunity for us to give back.”
“I used your web site to turn a bunch of my tangled old jewelry into treasure for the kids!”
‘Supporting Community Connections’ offers outreach for foster, homeless and LGBTQ youth communities
National Suicide Prevention Week is this week — September 10 – 16, 2017 — but the Children’s Receiving Home of Sacramento (CRH) focuses on suicide prevention all year long with its innovative Supporting Community Connections Program (SCC).
Despite our ongoing outreach and clarification efforts, media reports continue to provide misleading information and imagery regarding the Children’s Receiving Home (CRH) and its relationship to Sacramento County’s Centralized Placement Support Unit (CPSU) that leases space on our property. In light of these misinforming reports, I wish to share some key reminders with you:
Unique program empowers traumatized children, prepares them for success in school and life
It’s back-to-school season, and children all over the Sacramento region are gearing up for the year ahead – just like the children participating in the Children’s Receiving Home of Sacramento’s Sprouts Trauma-Informed Care Preschool.
