Child Protection Center
Sarasota, FL


SERVING SARASOTA & DESOTO COUNTIES
FOR OVER 40 YEARS

Prevention. Intervention. Treatment.

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The Child Protection Center’s mission is the Prevention, Intervention, & Treatment of Child Abuse. We envision a community where children are safe from abuse and free to thrive.

About the Child Protection Center


Now entering its 45th year, the Child Protection Center provides life-saving services for children who are victims of child abuse. Serving Sarasota and DeSoto Counties through our three locations (Sarasota, North Port, and Arcadia), our extensive programming brings education, intervention services, and trauma-informed care to heal the hearts of survivors in the pursuit of our mission: the prevention, intervention, and treatment of child abuse.

CPC is accredited by the National Children’s Alliance, has been previously named Nonprofit of the Year by both the Sarasota and Venice Chambers of Commerce, and is a Best of Florida Regional Winner of 2024.

Your support of the Child Protection Center makes healing, safety, and hope possible for vulnerable children. Together, we can make a difference!

To learn more about our mission and take a virtual tour of our Sarasota facility, please watch this video.

How CPC Changes Lives

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CPC Named Best of Florida Regional Winner

By bringing this awareness to our mission, more children are brought to safety and given the opportunity to heal- all because of YOU. We couldn’t be more grateful for this community, which is not only filled with compassion but also the drive to take concrete action and make a true difference.

Blue Ties & Butterflies Gala

Join the Child Protection Center in bringing transformational healing to victims of child abuse. This will be a gorgeous evening where we’ll be celebrating 45 years of helping children thrive!

Survivors of Child Abuse Find Courage With PAWS

These Therapy Dogs Are on a Mission to Heal Hearts

Everyone Deserves a Fighting Chance

Heather McNamee, a survivor of child abuse and now a highly trained therapist, finds purpose and healing at the Child Protection Center in providing trauma-informed treatment to children who have also suffered abuse.

Building a Strategic Nonprofit Board: Lessons from Crisis to Growth with Doug Staley on the I 501(c) You Podcast

Building a Strategic Nonprofit Board: Lessons from Crisis to Growth

CPC’s Executive Director, Doug Staley, was the guest speaker on the ‘I 501(c) You’ podcast.

PAWS pet therapy program brings the comfort and companionship of trained therapy dogs to victims of child abuse in Sarasota and DeSoto Counties

PAWS Featured on ABC7

Our community is home to the PAWS pet therapy program, which brings the comfort and companionship of trained therapy dogs to local survivors of child abuse.

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To report child abuse or neglect contact the Florida Abuse Hotline at:

1.800.962.2873

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Child Protection Center Locations

Sarasota Office

720 South Orange Ave.
Sarasota, FL 34236
Phone: 941.365.1277
Fax: 941-953-7181
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North Port Office
Campus of Healing

5600 Peace River Road
 North Port, FL 34287
To Contact Supervised Visitation
Phone: 941-423-1921
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Arcadia Office

222 N. Robert Avenue
Arcadia, FL 34266
Phone: 941-365-1277
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