Planting the Seeds of Change
The Children, Youth and Community Prevention (CYCP) division team conducts essential work for Center for Domestic Peace (C4DP). Meghan Kehoe (Division Manager), Angela Weikel (Prevention Supervisor/Bilingual Case Manager), and Laurel Freeman (Prevention Specialist) spearhead dynamic programming that benefits children, youth, and young adults and builds strong ties within our community.
As part of the CYCP division, Meghan and Angela manage the Trauma Therapy Program, which includes In This Together (ITT), a weekly, multi-family, group setting that helps break the isolation survivors and their children who witness domestic violence experience. Last year, ITT served approximately 70 families with 100 children.
Under their leadership, Meghan and Angela have expanded their case management capacity to include a mobile therapy clinic, which provides remote counseling services around the county, individual and family therapy, and most recently, two new drop-in support groups. All services are offered in Spanish and English and are facilitated by trained clinicians and domestic violence counselors.
The CYCP team also engages youth through the Marin Against Youth Abuse (MAYA) committee, made up of high school students from around the county. MAYA members meet regularly to conduct campaigns for key times during the year, such as Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month in February. They are also trained as peer resources for healthy relationships and conduct presentations in Marin County schools. In addition, the CYCP team engages interns from Dominican University and College of Marin to contribute to countywide prevention efforts.
The CYCP staff also manage Marin Youth Services (MYS) in collaboration with Huckleberry Youth Programs. MYS offers a teen text line that provides advice and referrals, and a youth advocate is stationed onsite at Huckleberry’s Teen Tuesday health clinics in San Rafael.
Meet Our Leaders!
Meghan Kehoe, Division Manager. Before coming to Marin, Meghan was the director of a domestic violence and sexual assault nonprofit agency in Merced, California, and supervised the Victim Witness Services Division for the Mariposa County District Attorney’s Office. Meghan has worked with many high school and college campuses to address domestic violence and sexual assault and implement prevention programs, including Gonzaga University, UC Merced, Merced College, Dominican University, and College of Marin. With a Master’s Degree in Nonprofit Management, she is fueled by a passion for providing hope and a brighter future for the next generation.
Angela Weikel, Case Manager and Prevention Supervisor. Before arriving at C4DP, Angela worked as a counselor at Seneca Family of Agencies, supporting youth in foster care and families in crisis. She has also taught high school and college Spanish classes. She holds a master's degree from Stanford in literature. Her great passion is bringing healing to people who have been through traumatic experiences, helping survivors and their children strengthen their relationships so they can know themselves as peaceful, whole, and safe.
Laurel Freeman, Prevention Specialist. Before landing at C4DP, Laurel previously held positions working with youth at Homeward Bound and The SAGE Project and was the director of a safe house for young women escaping sexual exploitation and violence. She has spent her career assisting survivors of dating abuse, domestic violence, and sex trafficking. She is currently working toward a Master of Social Work at the University of Southern California. She believes that empowering youth to become peer prevention advocates and activists in their community is the most effective way to end teen dating abuse.
To contact anyone in this division, please call our main line at 415.457.2464.
