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Care Healing Center briefs Westminster council on survivor services, invites public to Oct. 16 vigil
Summary
Courtney Davis, clinical director of Care Healing Center, told the council the nonprofit provides free counseling, advocacy and outreach to survivors (ages 5+), cited recent service totals and said the group relies on federal, state, county grants and private donations; she invited the council to a Survivors Vigil on Oct. 16.
Courtney Davis, clinical director of Care Healing Center, told the Westminster mayor and common council on Sept. 19 that the nonprofit provides free counseling, advocacy and education for survivors of interpersonal violence and related mental-health needs for people ages 5 and up. Davis invited council members to the center’s second annual Survivors Vigil on Oct. 16.
Davis said Care Healing Center (formerly the county crisis and intervention service) has operated in Carroll County since 1978. She gave recent service figures: 173 survivors served in fiscal year 2024, 226 in fiscal year 2025, and 42 new survivors served so far in fiscal year 2026. The organization also reported about 194 helpline calls, 96 accompaniments last fiscal year, 209 crisis-center sessions, 943 counseling sessions and 232 outreach presentations across the periods cited. “All of our services are completely free,” Davis said, noting the center does not require insurance or client payments.
Asked about the nonprofit’s annual operating budget, Davis said it is “around $550,000,” adding that the number was approximate and she offered to send the council the written statistics. She told the council the center depends on a mix of federal, state and county grants as well as private donations to sustain services and that the organization currently has three counselors on staff.
Davis also described partnerships and programs: in-county school presentations for middle and high school students on consent and healthy relationships, a Human Trafficking Task Force, a regional navigator program, and collaboration with law enforcement and child-protective services. She said the center is working with a foundation (name not specified in the meeting) to expand outreach to southern Carroll County.
The presentation ended with Davis’s invitation to the Survivors Vigil and a pledge to circulate the submitted statistics by email. Council members thanked Davis and noted appreciation for the center’s services.
The council did not take formal action on funding during the meeting; Davis’s request for follow-up materials was accommodated by an offer to email the statistics.
