The Pat Walker Center for Children was designed with a simple, yet profound mission statement: ”This center, and everything in it, must enhance the lives of abused and neglected children.“ Classroom spaces designed to the latest Pre-K educational and infant development standards, rooms designed specifically for counseling, physical, occupational and speech therapy, quality indoor play spaces and enhanced security to maximize safety of children and staff set EOA Children’s House apart from any other facility in the United States. The Pat Walker Center for Children makes it possible for EOA Children’s House to accomplish three primary goals:
- Increase educational and therapeutic service capacity by 328%.
- Provide long-term education and treatment to abused and neglected infants as young as 6 weeks of age.
- Expand its service area to encompass all of Northwest Arkansas.
The Pat Walker Center for Children has allowed EOA Children’s House to completely redefine how it can help and heal abused children and prepare them to excel in school. EOA Children’s House in The Pat Walker Center for Children is one of the leading facilities in the United States with 9 early childhood education classrooms and 10 rooms for therapy in the country’s largest center designed exclusively for long-term early childhood abuse treatment and prevention.