Trauma-informed · Survivor-led

Healing begins withbeing heard.

TLC, Inc. provides advocacy, mentorship, support services, and healing-centered programs for young women impacted by child sexual abuse and sexual assault.

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About TLC

A safe place for healing and hope.

TLC, Inc. was created to provide advocacy and support services for victims and families impacted by child sexual abuse and sexual assault — specializing in mentoring girls ages 12–17 while empowering families and communities through education, prevention, intervention, and healing-centered support.

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Founder & Executive Director

LaShandra Dupree

Our Mission

To make a positive impact on the community and the lives of sexually abused young women by providing support services and educating the public, victims, and their families — while fostering community involvement in prevention and intervention.

Our Vision

To be a leading program offering the highest quality service for sexually abused young women by providing strategies on recognizing, reporting, recovering, and responding to child sexual abuse.

Community-rooted

We partner with families, schools, faith communities, and providers across Georgia to surround every survivor with care that meets her where she is.

What we do

Programs that meet survivors where they are.

Each program is designed with trauma-informed care, dignity, and the belief that healing is a journey — never a checklist.

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For our girls

Every child deserves joy, safety, and a future.

We center the young lives at the heart of this work — protecting their childhood, honoring their voice, and walking with them toward healing.

Mentorship & Healing Curriculum

Skills for life. Strength for the soul.

Our curriculum builds practical life skills alongside inner strength — uplifting each young woman as she discovers her voice.

Category 1

Life Skills

  • Stress Management
  • Emotional Management
  • Healthy Relationships
  • Communication
  • Decision Making
  • Getting Your Needs Met

Category 2

Inner Strength

  • Identity Development
  • Personal Power
  • Self Esteem
  • Living Your Dream
  • Resilience
  • Insight

Category 3

Becoming

  • Independence
  • Initiative
  • Creativity
  • Morality
  • Healing Through Connection

Impact

You are not alone. Healing is possible.

A respectful, grounded look at the realities we work to change — and the lives we walk beside every day.

104,000+

children reported CSA victims annually (national)

1 in 5

girls experience sexual abuse during childhood

82%

of CSA cases in Georgia involve family or extended family

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"Breaking the Silence."

Advocacy & support for child sexual abuse victims — rooted in faith, evidence, and the quiet courage of every survivor.

Partnerships

Community partnerships save lives.

Together with trusted organizations, we extend a wider, stronger safety net.

YWCA of Marietta

Trusted collaborator in advocacy, services, and healing.

Community Partner

YWCA of Greater Atlanta

Trusted collaborator in advocacy, services, and healing.

Community Partner

Living Water for Girls

Trusted collaborator in advocacy, services, and healing.

Community Partner

TLC is certified to train adults on how to prevent, recognize, and report child sexual abuse.

National Recognition

Recognized for transforming lives.

Empowered young woman in golden meadow

“Quiet, steady, and revolutionary — the kind of work that changes a girl's life, and through her, a generation.”

National Advocacy Honor

Voices

Stories of healing.

TLC gave me language for what I was carrying, and a circle of women who reminded me I was never alone.
Survivor, age 17
Our family was lost. TLC met us with patience and the kind of expertise that quietly puts a home back together.
Parent of a participant
A model program for trauma-informed mentorship. The cultural humility and clinical care are unmatched.
Community partner

You deserve support.You deserve healing.

Reach out anonymously or share what feels right. There is no rush, no judgment — only people who want to walk with you.