Grant funding will help identify potential child abuse

Inland Empire Community Foundation

With construction on the Pavilion for Child and Adolescent Health wing at the Barbara Sinatra Children's Center progressing, a recent grant from the Inland Empire Community Foundation is as timely as it is beneficial.

The IECF grant via the Arthur L. Jacobson Donor Advised Fund will filter into the established capital campaign for the new center.

Ground broke on the new facility late last year. It will house new examination rooms as the center and the Riverside County Coalition to End Human Trafficking further extend their services for child abuse victims.

"The new facility will be set up for identification of potential child abuse," said John Thoresen, director and executive officer of Barbara Sinatra Children's Center, located on the Eisenhower Heal