Child Crisis Center of El Paso
The Child Crisis Center protects children from birth through age 15 from abuse and neglect by providing a 24 hour seven days a week emergency shelter and additionally providing family support services, family education and prevention services. Our programs are not meant to provide only immediate assistance, but to promote personal growth and self-sufficiency to strengthen the family in an effort to prevent child abuse.

Causes: Children and Youth, Education, Homelessness and Housing

El Paso’s Only Newborn Nursery Emergency Shelter

For 42 years, the Child Crisis Center of El Paso has been the leading child abuse protection agency in our community with the only crisis children’s nursery protecting newborn babies and we are the only emergency shelter for children who have been abused and neglected. Our 24/7 services provides a safe haven for up to 39 children at a time. Our single focus is to protect children from further abuse, domestic violence, or experiencing homelessness.

The Child Crisis Center of El Paso also believes that love should not have to hurt - we exist to safeguard against safeguard against the economic slowdowns and downturns of basic needs like shelter and food security, even if only for the short-term, allowing for families to heal from losses caused by the pandemic, addiction, and mental health challenges.

Protecting 500 Children and Youth From Physical, Sexual, and Mental Abuse Annually

Thanks to you and the support of community, every year we were able to serve 400 to 500 children and provide them with a place to live, eat, play, feel loved and most important feel safe.

Reasons a family may need our emergency shelter * Deployment * Field training * Stress relief (respite care) * Medical emergency of sibling, parent, or family member * Parental drug or alcohol abuse * Child abuse or neglect (suspected or confirmed) * Domestic Violence * Homelessness * Birth of a sibling * Crisis Support *

Children in our care receive * Essential needs - meals, medical care, clothing, shoes, hygiene items, individual beds and cribs * Transportation to and from the child/youth’s school and childcare facility * Recreational play - indoor and outdoor playground, fieldtrips within El Paso and movies * Tutoring for school-aged children * Therapy services

Case Management * Individual family assessments and service plans developed * Referrals to community resources * Food baskets, diapers, baby formula, school supplies

Additional Services Service Members, Veterans and Families (SMVF) SMVF is designed to support and strengthen military and veteran families in the El Paso/Ft. Bliss community. Services provided are: * STEP Parent Education * Basic Needs (Diapers, Hygiene, etc.) * Temporary respite care through the Child Crisis Center of El Paso emergency shelter * Wraparound Case Management

Thank YOU For Your Support

Together we can work toward alleviating the human misery of lack of hope by providing daily support to one day eradicate the physical, sexual, and mental abuse of our most valuable resource and best hope for the future.

A Message From CEO, Enrique Davila

We thank you for your generous contributions!