From Tears to Triumph Welcomes Amy Nix from Jr.s House CAC

Amy Nix B.S.W, Family Advocate at Jr.'s House.

Tragically, an average of four children die every day as a result of child abuse or neglect. Thousands more suffer from some form of abuse or neglect every day.

There are over 1,550 reports of child physical, sexual, or emotional abuse and neglect in the 17th Judicial District of Tennessee, averaging over 390 reports per month.

Junior’s House, Inc. is a non-profit agency providing prevention, intervention, and treatment services to physically and sexually abused children and their families within a child-focused team approach.

Junior’s House, Inc. is dedicated to bringing together the victim and the Child Protective Investigative team, in one location, to lessen the trauma experienced by victims of child abuse and their families and to increase the awareness of the problem of child abuse and abuse prevention.

In response to a child abuse investigation and the growing problem of child abuse and neglect, Junior’s House, Inc. was founded in 2001 as a dream of Captain Joyce McConnell and the Lincoln Leadership Class of 2000-01. In August 2003, Junior’s House, Inc. hosted its Open House and began normal operating hours in September.

On a warm day in July in 1996, Detective Joyce McConnell was called out to a horrific scene. What she found was a small, pale, cold,  lifeless body discarded on the hood of a car  covered in blood, urine, feces and flies. Junior died in his sleep after being beaten repeatedly in his stomach and body. This beautiful little boy did not get to attend 1st grade. Juniors time on earth was limited. "We want Jr.s House to be all the things that Jr. did not have: a warm, safe place to disclose their abuse and then begin healing."

https://www.juniorshousecac.org/