Sinatra Children's Center

22 Years ago in the News:
BARBARA SINATRA CHILDREN’S CENTER TO OPEN
IN RANCHO MIRAGE, CA. AT EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER

Mrs. Frank (Barbara) Sinatra and California Attorney General John Van de Kamp will speak at the dedication ceremonies for the $2 million Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center at Eisenhower Medical Center, Fri., Oct. 31, 1986 in Rancho Mirage, Ca. 

“I am delighted to join in honoring the fine work of Barbara Sinatra as we dedicate this important facility,” Van de Kamp said. The new 12,500 sq. ft. facility will provide affordable children’s outpatient psychological services, with a special unit for abused children.  It also will provide public education, prevention and training services in the field of physical and sexual abuse.  The Children’s Center will accept its first children and parents Monday, Nov. 3; it is located on the northeast portion of the Eisenhower campus. For the past four years, Barbara Sinatra has been working to further treatment programs for sexually abused children.  “Since becoming involved, I have been impressed with the magnitude of this problem and the documented need for an affordable outpatient mental health center to treat the emotional problems that affect children,” she said. It is well documented that abused children frequently become abusive parents.  The Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center at Eisenhower will give victims of child abuse the opportunity to learn the tools they need to mature to healthy, productive adults and parents. The Children’s Center will do more than stop the current trauma; it will also focus on breaking the cycle of physical, sexual and emotional abuse.