Safe Girls Strong Girls is committed to breaking the silence of Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA) and giving girls their voices back.

Meet the Staff

Amy Barth, Founder & Board Chair
Amy earned a B.S. in Child and Community from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has completed graduate courses in Counseling Psychology. She has 20 years of experience working with children and teens in crisis. She founded Teen Line Crisis, a peer counseling hotline in New York; started a play therapy program in a shelter for homeless mothers and children; and was Director of the Suicide Prevention Program at a NYC High School.
For the last 9 years, she has been National Director for an exchange program and in charge of all the counseling issues. As a survivor/thriver, and the mother of three daughters, she is committed to keeping girls safe, preventing CSA and providing a place for girls who have been traumatized to heal. It is her vision to take Safe Girls Strong Girls to every major city in America.


Jan Goff-LaFontaine, Author & Photographer
Jan is a photographer and author whose ongoing work is dedicated to bringing awareness and healing through art. Her photographs have been exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the United States in numerous solo and group shows, and are included in many private and public collections. Her work with Vietnam veterans was released in 2000 as a book titled Reflections-Between the Lines: The Healing of the Vietnam Generation. Her recent work, Out of the Shadows, was the genesis for Women in Shadow and Light: Journeys from Abuse to Healing. Jan is on the faculty of Peninsula Art School in Wisconsin and teaches privately from her home studio in California.
FAQs

Who is eligible to participate in Safe Girls Strong Girls programs?
BREAK THE SILENCE Awareness Month’s offerings are open to all who’ve either been affected by CSA or are interested joining in the fight to break the silence of CSA. CAMP CADI is open to girls ages 9-19 who are in therapy and have been recommended for the program by a community or private psychologist.

How much do the programs cost?
Most of Safe Girls Strong Girls programs are free of charge. Dolphin Therapy & Equine Therapy are offered at a nominal fee and financial help is available. CAMP CADI is $500 and full camperships are available.

What if a child/teen needs private therapy?
Safe Girls Strong Girls does not provide therapy or private counseling. We are happy to offer a list of referral therapists who counsel children and teens recovering from the effects of CSA.

Is there a CAMP CADI or other Safe Girls Strong Girls Programs near me?
Safe Girls Strong Girls is located in Atlanta, GA and all our services are currently offered in state. However, Safe Girls Strong Girls does plan to expand nationally within the next five years, and we do bring girls in from other states for CAMP CADI.

How is Safe Girls Strong Girls funded?
Safe Girls Strong Girls is fully funded by corporate gifts, private foundations and individual donors. Much of our programming is free of charge so we rely heavily of donations of all sizes.