Montgomery County, PA

                    
District Attorney Ferman co-founded Mission Kids in March 2008.  Mission Kids is a non-profit organization created by the collaborative effort of the Montgomery County District Attorney, the Police Chiefs of Montgomery County, and the Montgomery County Office of Children and Youth to help ease the criminal justice process for abused children in Montgomery County.

Focused on easing the criminal justice process for abused children in Montgomery County, Mission Kids is a 501(c)(3) corporation located in East Norriton, Pennsylvania.  Mission Kids will serve as a child-friendly facility where abused children can receive the necessary support services to help them heal and ensure their abusers are punished.  Mission Kids is in the process of renovating an historic farmhouse in East Norriton, PA, and anticipates opening in early 2009.

   
According to District Attorney Ferman, “The center will be designed to centralize the necessary support services for abused children.”  “Currently a child needs to go through multiple interviews by law enforcement, social services, prosecution, medical care services, mental health care providers and counselors, often at different locations over an extended period of time, causing them to relive the horrors of their abuse over and over.  This process can cause unnecessary trauma to a child and makes it nearly impossible for many of them to find the strength to testify in court against their abusers.  Mission Kids will serve as a child-friendly facility where victims of abuse can be interviewed, examined and counseled in one safe and comfortable location by a multi-disciplinary team of compassionate individuals.”