Family Advocacy Program-NSA Bethesda

The Family Advocacy Program provides a variety of intervention and treatment models to meet the needs of individual families in reference to child and spouse/partner abuse concerns. Licensed credentialed clinical professionals provide the services. Domestic Abuse Victim Advocates also play a key role in assisting with these services. The program is designed to address the prevention, identification, reporting, intervention, treatment, and follow-up of child and spouse/partner maltreatment. The program has five primary goals:

• Prevention of family violence
• Victim safety planning and protection
• Offender accountability
• Rehabilitative education and counseling
• Community accountability and responsibility for a consistent, appropriate response