Child Abuse Research Education and Service Institute

Services for children and families that have experienced sexual abuse, physical abuse, neglect or domestic violence

High quality, child-sensitive and coordinated diagnostic and treatment services

Medical exams and psychiatric and psychological evaluations, as well as individual, group and family therapy

Serves approximately 1800 children per year, many of them from underserved and impoverished families in the southern New Jersey counties

High quality, abuse-focused treatment provided in a child-sensitive manner by experts in the area of child sexual and physical abuse

CARES Institute helps those children and their families overcome the trauma

Evidence-based services to children and adolescents in the seven southern counties of New Jersey (Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)

The Art & Science of Healing Children

For over three decades, the Rowan-Virtua CARES Institute has provided help and compassion – and ultimately, hope – for children who have experienced abuse or trauma. The CARES Institute is acknowledged as a center of excellence in healing children and families who have experienced abuse, neglect and/or other traumatic experiences.

Education, Experience & Empathy

The CARES Institute provides an array of medical and mental health services developed to meet the diagnostic and therapeutic needs of children through an individualized plan for the specific circumstances of each child and family.

The children visiting the CARES Institute are comforted by the safe, predictable and healing environment provided by our expert medical and mental health professionals. Our inter-disciplinary approach utilizes state of the art medical services and evidence-based mental health practices to support the overall health and well-being of children and families. The staff members at the CARES Institute provide a nurturing environment in which children and families can heal.