Founded in 1986 by Barbara and Frank Sinatra, the Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center, located on the internationally acclaimed Eisenhower Medical Center campus in Rancho Mirage, California, is dedicated to ensuring every child’s right to a normal, healthy and secure childhood.
The Children’s Center provides individual, group and family therapy along with special programs that address issues associated with children suffering the affects of child abuse and neglect, and who are at risk to be abused.
With worldwide name recognition, the out-patient, state-of-the-art Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center stands as a symbol of Barbara and Frank Sinatra’s unwavering commitment to children in peril.
Over 80% of children counseled are from families below the national poverty line for a family of four. The Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center, a federally registered 501.c.3 nonprofit organization, is appropriately aggressive in fundraising the budget balance, for which a small percentage is derived from third party payer sources (self-pay, private insurance and government reimbursement).
The cost of counseling a child individually is approximately $5,000 per year.
The Children’s Center shares its extensive knowledge about child abuse prevention, protection, education and counseling through publications, lectures and its website. Referrals for counseling come from a variety of sources, including, but not limited to the Office of the District Attorney of Riverside County, California, all area school districts, Child Protective Services, California Victims of Crime Program, law enforcement, self-referrals, barbarasinatrachildrenscenter.org, Yellow Pages, physicians, social workers, relatives, the Betty Ford Center and other agencies whose mission is directed at the care of children in need.
As the demand for services increases due to economic and social challenges and population growth, so does the need for services for victims of child abuse. The Children’s Center provides psychological assistance for children up to 18 years of age.
An estimated 700 youngsters are counseled annually on an outpatient basis.
The management, staff, volunteers and board of directors of the Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center work relentlessly to ensure the on-going quality of therapy services and that every child who comes for help receives the finest, most effective counseling.
No child is ever turned away because of a family’s inability to pay.
Unrestricted Giving
An unrestricted donation is used to counsel abused children in the most effective way possible. The average cost of counseling a child in a typical program is approximately $5,000 per year and may include a psychological/psychosocial assessment, psychiatric evaluation, sexual abuse assessment, individual therapy, family therapy and group therapy. Unrestricted donations may also be used for forensic services such as forensic interviews and exams, child abuse prevention, community outreach, and our human trafficking coalition. No child is ever turned away due to a family’s inability to pay.
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Passion to Prevent Campaign
Through the Passion to Prevent Campaign the Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center Foundation has developed a bold plan to expand our support of local victims of child abuse and human trafficking, expand our global awareness and prevention program by partnering with more schools, churches, and communities globally to prevent child abuse, and to conduct more research into child and adolescent abuse prevention.
To better serve victims of abuse, we will provide additional space for forensic examinations by building a new freestanding wing on our current property. With a new wing for forensic examinations and follow-up medical care, the Center will be able to serve more victims and reduce wait times. Through Passion to Prevent the Center will also expand the art therapy studio to provide more opportunities for children to express their emotions and heal through creative means.
In 2017 the Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center Foundation started the development of a set of tools, including the Protect Yourself Rules videos, that equip children to begin to fight back against the abuse they face, to recognize signs of abuse, and to tell a trusted adult. More states are mandating the use of our curriculum in schools and by expanding our Global Child Abuse Prevention Program, the Center will help substantially more children and adolescents recognize and avoid child abuse.
Supporting the Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center Foundation through the Passion to Prevent campaign is a powerful way to make a lasting impact on the lives of children both locally in the Coachella Valley and globally.
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Aunts & Uncles Club Membership
The Aunts & Uncles Club enriches the lives of young victims through the care provided by financial support of $1,000 annually. One hundred percent of every membership donation goes directly to the children’s programs and therapy with no administrative costs taken out.
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BSCC Event Ticketing
Check back soon for more upcoming events from the Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center!
We invite you to consider an unrestricted gift to the Children’s Center while we work to establish our calendar of future events. If you have any questions, please see our Contact Us page for more information.
Thank you!
Champion Honors Luncheon
Save the Date
Monday, March 24, 2025
Honoring 2025 “Champion” Connie Chung (Pioneer News Anchor and Reporter)
JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort and Spa
Palm Desert, CA
Reception at 11am
Doors open at 11:50am
Sponsorships- $5,000
Tables- $1,500
Individual Seats- $150
For more information contact:
Laura Rogers
lrogers@eisenhowerhealth.org
760-773-1636
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Contact Us
Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center
39000 Bob Hope Drive
Rancho Mirage, CA 92270
(760) 340-2336
John Thoresen
Director/Executive Officer
Jthoresen@eisenhowerhealth.org
Laura Rogers
Donor Relations and Events
lrogers@eisenhowerhealth.org
Public Relations & Marketing
DKC/HangarFour
barbarasinatrachildrenscenter@dkcnews.com