Wally’s House is a Child Abuse Intervention Center (CAIC). CAIC provides a community based, collaborative, child-focused response to child abuse. Its primary focus is the reduction of trauma to the child. The secondary focus is to provide improved investigative outcomes in child abuse cases. Core services include: Providing a Child Focused Setting, Forensic Interviewing, Victim Advocacy, Medical Services, Case Review, Case Tracking. Wally’s House also provides Prevention Education to all ages. Adult workshops include “Darkness 2 Light – Stewards of Children” training. Child Education includes workshops for “I Am the Boss of My Body” school programs, teen education for prevention, and providing hands-on materials which educate about recognition and prevention of abuse. Wally’s House has been privileged to have a commercially-zoned home provided and remodeled in service to the child abuse intervention efforts – from an interview room with recording equipment and the ability for law enforcement officials to unobtrusively observe the interviews, to a (soon to be) fully functional treatment room to collect evidence necessary to successfully prosecute offenders and protect the children against future abuse from these individuals. The child-friendly, warm environment at Wally’s House is a huge improvement over the sterile, somewhat-public facilities provided in government buildings. Wally’s House is comprised of a dedicated group of volunteer board members and a wonderfully energetic executive director currently employed by Curry County. The center is being operated with public funding, principally from a CAMI grant with some additional funds provided by the office of the Curry County District Attorney. Wally’s House is being organized as a 501(c)3 organization which will operate completely apart from the County and will be funded with public funds and donations. Coming soon…www.wallyshouse.org!