PIKE COUNTY, PA — Thanks to a $36,286 grant funded by the PA Commission on Crime & Delinquency, Safe Haven of Pike County will add a new staff position, a Multi-Disciplinary Investigative Team (MDIT) coordinator, in the coming weeks. This position will coordinate the activities of those professionals who investigate child abuse in Pike County. According to the model set of standards for Pennsylvania’s Multidisciplinary Investigative Teams, successful MDITs:

• Promote the safety and best interest of the child; 


• Minimize the trauma experienced by the child; 


• Avoid duplication of fact-finding, including the child’s exposure to
multiple or leading interviews; 


• Preserve the integrity of evidence; and 


• Support justice and healing. 


MDITs include (at a minimum) a health care provider, a county children and youth caseworker, and a law enforcement official. Other participating professionals may include Child Advocacy Center staff, forensic interviewers; and representatives from mental health/intellectual disabilities agencies, the district attorney, local law enforcement, victim advocates and others who work to improve the lives of children in our community. Call 570/296-2827, ext. 204.