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Bivona Child Advocacy Center

At Bivona Child Advocacy Center, we facilitate a collaboration of professionals who specialize in child abuse. They protect, treat and counsel children and their families so the journey of healing can begin.

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Our mission

The mission of Bivona Child Advocacy Center is to coordinate and provide services and support to meet the needs of child victims of sexual or physical abuse and their families at a single and safe, child-friendly facility. The Center is committed to reducing trauma, promoting accountability, fostering healing, and advocating on behalf of child victims of sexual and physical abuse.

Our vision

That every child has access to the services of a children’s advocacy center.

Bivona Summit on Child Abuse

Each April we host our Annual Bivona Summit on Child Abuse, featuring a nationally and regionally noted child abuse experts in a host of workshops and panel discussions. Contact us if you’d like to be included on next year’s invitation list.

Learn more about child sexual abuse

Child abuse is a silent epidemic in this country. Get informed.

Resources

We’ve put together a lengthy list of links to agencies and organizations who can provide you with more information and assistance.

Download Bivona brochure

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It’s a handy all-in-one-place reference. Download the PDF. If you would like printed versions to distribute, please contact us.

 

We look forward to hearing from you

Contact us anytime, and we’ll do what we can to help.

 

Honorary Board Member

Alana Sansone

Alana Sansone has been the Director of Finance for Geva Theatre Center since April of 1997. In June of 2006, she was promoted as the Director of Operations as well. Her responsibilities include budgeting, analysis, forecasting, cash & investment management, granting, insurance and audit preparation of a $7.2 million budget. She supervises all administrative financial functions, such as Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Payroll & Human Resources, banking, taxes and data reporting. She also is the supervisor of all Front of House Services.

Before joining the Geva Theatre family, she worked as the Finance/Administrative Director for a local interior design firm, Hafner Associates, Inc. for eight years.

She graduated with honors from the Rochester Institute of Technology in Business Administration.

Her commitment to bettering the lives of children with community involvement is evident in her 25+ years of voluntary service for the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children where she is a committee member. She was also the Founding Board Chair for the Bivona Child Advocacy Center.

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275 Lake Avenue, Rochester, NY 14608  Tel: (585) 935-7800  Fax: (585) 935-7804

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of children on this web site depict actual clients of Bivona Child Advocacy Center.
We maintain strict confidentiality with all of our clients.