Making a Safer Place for Children

Creating a Safe Place for Children in Lane County
Christians As Family Advocates (CAFA) offers services to the community to create a safe place for children and families. CAFA is a state certified, non-profit 501(c)(3) mental health agency offering services and support to adults, children and families. We have several goals as follows:
 
  1. To equip parents to partner and parent in ways that ensure children's safety and allow children to go about the normal tasks of happily being a child.
  2. To be a resource for couples struggling to have safe, fulfilling, enriched relationships.
  3. CAFA therapists work with individuals, both adults and children, to help them find solutions to their presenting problems.

We blend biblical principals with psychological understanding to serve both the Christian community and the citizens of Lane County. We desire to serve as a resource to the local church to offer education about domestic violence and other mental health issues and to train the church in safe and helpful interventions. We wish to share our knowledge, skills, and understanding with the church as well as the larger community and to be available to serve as a bridge between the two.

 

What we do...

We offer the following services to our clients:
  • Individual, family, and couples counseling services
  • Parenting classes
  • Men's and women's OPAC groups
  • Women's support group
  • Supervised visitation and exchanges
  • Neurofeedback
  • CARE groups

CAFA runs a state certified domestic violence intervention program.

 

Our Amazing Board of Directors...

CAFA is so grateful for the strong leadership and tireless commitment of the members of its Board of Directors. These inspiring and gifted people offer clear direction and warm encouragement and are truly a blessing to the entire CAFA family.
 
  • Carolyn Rexius LCSW
    CAFA, Executive Director
  • Selene Peterson, CPA - President of the Board
    Young & Meyers, P.C.
  • Rusty Rexius - Vice President
    President, Rexius Sustainable Solutions
  • Danielle Green - Secretary
    HR Director, Harvest House
  • Ron Crawford - Board Member
    President, Smith & Crakes
  • Paul Rudinsky, LPC - Board Member
    Therapist, Paul Rudinsky LLC
  • Danene Wanner, LCSW - Board Member
    Associate Director, CAFA
  • Terry Hoagland - Board Member
    Superintendent, Coburg Alternative School
  • Ann Pentacost - Board Member
    Real Estate Broker, AM Pentacost Reality
  • John Urness - Board Member
    Attorney, Thorp, Purdy, Jewett, Urness & Wilkinson P.C.

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