Friends of Sanpete County Children's Justice Center

Who We Are

The Friends of the Sanpete CJC are members of the community that support the Children’s Justice Center(CJC). The CJC is a homelike facility which serves children and families who are experiencing the crisis and chaos that comes with the disclosure of significant physical or sexual abuse of a child.
The Center is designed to help children feel safe and comfortable so that they may begin to deal with the difficult, and often frightening, issues that surround abuse. The focus and function of the CJC is to reduce the trauma of the child abuse investigation and help the child feel safe to reveal the truth.

The CJC is a working public/private partnership for our children. The homelike facility and the treatment programs of the CJC are supported by private donations from the community. The CJC receives partial operational funding through appropriation by the Utah State Legislature, administered by the Office of the Utah Attorney General. For more information please visit http://sanpete.com/pages/justice_center

To report neglect or abuse of a child call the Division of Child and Family Services at (855) 323-3237 (24 hours a day)

Sanpete County

The Sanpete County Children’s Justice Center helps approximately 100 children each year from Sanpete County that have been victims of abuse or neglect.

The Sanpete County CJC provides comfort items, such as blankets, stuffed animals, and hygiene kits to victims of abuse when they arrive at the center. These items are donated by members of the community and are greatly appreciated by those who receive them.

The Friends of the CJC are working to raise awareness about abuse in Sanpete County.

Child Abuse in Utah

Facts about child abuse in Utah as reported by the Deseret News:
1. At Children’s Justice Centers throughout Utah, detectives interview children who are victims of all crimes. Between 85 and 90 percent of the crimes involve sexual abuse.
2. One in four girls, and one in eight boys is sexually abused before the age of 18.
3. The average age of a victim is 10 years old.
4. Only 2 percent of perpetrators are a stranger to the victim. The rest are friends, relatives, baby sitters, acquaintances or members of their own family.