Our Programs
Silent Victims of Crime (SVC) serves children of inmates, their caregivers, and parents returning from prison with wrap-around services to foster healthy, more stable familial relationships and community ties. Originally established in 1996 in South Carolina, SVC expanded into South Florida in 2011 through a partnership with Children of Inmates (COI) and served over 1,100 children ages 5-18. In 2016, SVC also began partnering with Florida’s Federal Southern District Court’s CARE Court (Re-entry) Initiative to assist 17 high-risk returning citizens with their 33 children.
Since then, SVC has directly served more than 340 children as well as their caregivers and families. Of these, we have 38 alumni who have aged out of our program and successfully graduated from high school or college and/or secured gainful employment and 6 more graduated in the past year.
Currently, SVC is providing wraparound services for 85 children as well as 68 caregivers and family members throughout Miami-Dade County.
Learn more about our programs below or click here to volunteer and donate!
LEADERSHIP
LEADERSHIP is a program that we have developed to encourage our children to deal with issues relating to their family, as well as teach them their place in society as contributing members, not as victims or dependents on the system.
CARE Court (Pilot)
Since 2016, Silent Victims of Crime has been a part of the CARE Court (Re-entry) Pilot Initiative, of Florida’s Federal Southern District Court.
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Arts Programs
Arts Programs are a critical part of our calendar because it has been proven that arts programs have a positive impact on young people.