The Child Watch Project

Signs That A Child May Need Help
  • Afraid and/or avoids certain places and/or people.
  • Physically overly-aggressive Strikes out at others.
  • Has trouble making friends.
  • Has trouble with bed-wetting.
  • Has trouble in school...can't focus on school work .
  • Is often truant from school.
  • Seems tired and sleeps often in school .
  • Has trouble controlling his/her impulses.
  • Has poor conflict resolution skills.
  • Is violent and/or verbally abusive to family & friends.
  • Constantly cries or whines without cause.
  • Is overt, quiet and withdraws from other people.


The silent victims of crime

The "Child Watch Project" is designed to serve children and their families who are experiencing emotional, psychological and behavior difficulties as a result of being exposed, impacted or affected by a criminal act, an act of violence such as assault, physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, domestic violence and homicide. Many children who are victims of crime, abuse and neglect become casualties in our Foster Care and Juvenile Justice systems if prevention and treatment services are not provided to them and their families. Child Watch provides: crisis intervention, information and referral, parent and child advocacy support, training, counseling, individualized service and safety plans. Common feelings felt by these children are: Fear, Anger, Hopelessness, Guilt, Shame, Anxiety, Stress, Aggressiveness and Helplessness.


How will the Child Watch program help Children and youth?


  • Empower parents to stand up for their children.
  • Increase parent's knowledge of legal and public Policy options available to protect their children.
  • Provide parents with knowledge of community Resources to assist them in protecting their children.
  • Reduce the potential of children being a crime victim.
  • Decrease anxiety, fear, hopelessness and anger of children and youth crime victims.
  • Increase children's ability to identify responsible

    Adults they can trust.
  • Increase parent's ability to recognize symptoms and indicators of children and youth crime victims.
For additional information on this program
please call (615) 366-5530. The Child Watch Project is funded under an agreement with the State of Tennessee, Department of Finance and Administration, Office of Criminal Justice Programs and is supported by Award # Z0009935501 awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, USDOJ. The opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations contained within this document are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Department of Justice.