Peoria-Area Community Impact Guide 2022-2023

PEDIATRIC RESOURCE CENTER

1800 N. Knoxville Avenue, Suite B Peoria, IL 61603 Phone: (309) 624-9595 Website : PediatricResourceCenter.org Facebook : @PediatricResourceCenter Instagram : @PediatricResourceCenter YouTube : @go.uic.edu/PRCYouTube KEY STAFF: Stephanie Johnson, Executive Director Channing Petrak, MD, Medical Director Carrie Watt, APN-SANE-P, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Claudia Plumer, DNP, APN, CPNP-AC/PC, SANE-A/P, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Amanda Thomison, MSN, APRN, CPNP-PC, SANE-A/P, Case Coordinator Christine Parrott, Case Coordinator Carole Siefken, Office Administrator Tori Odhiambo, Research Associate Danielle Keime, Office Manager

By accepting the privilege and responsibility of guaranteeing optimal child health and welfare, the Pediatric Resource Center (PRC) has been established as a child-centered, community-based, multidisciplinary effort to provide comprehensive prevention, education, research, evaluation and treatment in the areas of sexual abuse, physical abuse and neglect of children.

BOARD MEMBERS: Andre Allen Debbie Bart Justin Bolkema Eric Bursott Brian Card

Jennifer Flexer Mitch Gilfillan Lori Hanson Marnie Harris Talbert Houle Danielle Jepson Jason Killion Rick Linthicum Rene Rosiak Emily Norris Frank Perino Chris Rothan Seth Uphoff Kim Walker Cory Winstead

VISION Health. Safety. Advocacy. WHAT WE DO

DID YOU KNOW? We offer specializedmedical care to victims of child physical abuse, sexual abuse and neglect by a board-certified child abuse pediatrician and two advanced practice nurses who are also national board certified pediatric/adolescent sexual assault nurse examiners. We offer child-centered medical social services to children and their families. Education to community groups and child-protection professionals is available regarding child maltreatment and its prevention.

The Pediatric Resource Center is the only program in the region providing complete head-to-toe examinations in a child friendly manner by specially-trained and certified medical staff to victims of child maltreatment. We serve children frombirth to age 18. Since opening our doors in 1993, we have evaluatedmore than 9,000 children from62 counties and eight states. Our staff uses education, distraction and calming techniques to normalize the specialized medical evaluation for our young patients.

Ex-Officio: Stephanie Johnson Ex-Officio: Channing Petrak Ex-Officio: Kay Saving Ex-Officio: Susan Grebner

In addition to our Peoria office, we provide services to children at OSF HealthCare Children’s Hospital of Illinois and at UnityPoint Health Methodist.

HOW TO HELP Visit go.uic.edu/PRCGiving to donate, purchase an item from the PRC Wish List on Amazon (go.uic.edu/PRCWishList), or call Stephanie Johnson, PRCExecutiveDirector, at (309) 624-9595 to learn more about donation opportunities and volunteering.

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